Distance Education

Communicating for Distance Education

Part 1: A message to my family, and a letter to the insurance company.

Hi Mom, how’s everything going at home? I’m a little rattled today because I was just in an accident. It wasn’t a major accident but it was enough to frighten me. I’m nervous because I’ve never had an accident and everything happened so fast. I was opening my car door and out of nowhere a car driving past knocked the door off. Besides being rattled I’m also mad. I checked my side view mirrors before opening my door as I always do and no cars were coming. Then boom next thing I know my door is being knocked off. The worst part is determining who is right and who is wrong.

Stephanie

Dear All State,

I was recently in a car accident and wanted to file an insurance claim. I was parked sitting in my car ready to get out. I looked through my driver side view mirror and allowed the cars to past by before I exited my car. When everything was clear to exit I opened my car door and another car came by so quickly and hit my door causing it to detach from my car. I immediately called the police and reported the accident. I have the police report as well as the case number. Please contact me as soon as possible. Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank You,

Stephanie Battle

Part 2: Anthony’s Dilemma

It is important to use inclusive language in class forums, because language is often used to get one’s point across. When writing in the class forum it should be in a formal form. Anthony wrote his in a message as if he was writing a friend instead of using academic formal writing. Anthony’s letter also seemed kind of sexist. He could’ve referred to the speaker as an “expert” or a “woman who gave a presentation”; instead he referred to her as a “business lady”. Anthony could have also...