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Chapter 2 – Critical Thinking Graded Assignment (7%) Critical Thinking Questions Answer the following questions and upload to your Moodle course. 1. Have digital channels changed the nature of communication? Yes, the digital era has allowed us to communicate faster and get the message across instantaneously. If there is a tight deadline then one may need to pass a message across instantly, then passing an email or sending a text will be a great option. 2. Why do you think employers prefer messages that are not written like high- school writing? I think the main reason they don't want to see a message in essay form either high school or college is that they don't need all the fillers added to the message. There is no specific need for university level big words and your thoughts on how you feel about the matter is irrelevant. You only need to get to the point across and not babble about the subject. It should usually only a few seconds for the receiver to glance over your e-mail if it takes longer they may junk it or will have to take time out of their busy schedule and try and figure out the key elements of what you are trying to say. Shortness and clarity are what counts in a business message as some think time is money and to have to read a lengthy email is a waste of time when it can be simplified and straight to the point. 3. Why should business writers strive to use short, familiar, simple words? Does this oversimplify business messages? The use of short familiar words to make the message clearer is what a business writer should strive for. This allows messages to be easily read and understood. It doesn't dumb down the message, but business writing needs to be clear and concise so there is nothing that can be misinterpreted. A wise observer once said that bad writing makes smart people look less intelligent. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
Chapter 2 – Critical Thinking Graded Assignment (7%) Drafting a message with a clear outcome with all the factors to support that outcome, puts you ahead. We need to look for opportunities to simplify, tighten, and remove fillers from our writing. Remove anything that distracts from the primary message. Eliminate fancy words. To communicate effectively, reduce the distance between you and your reader. When using a thesaurus, we need to watch the use of words, as even though they are synonyms they can still be used incorrectly, I have found on a personal level that not all big words have the same meaning as the overall meaning of the message that you are wanting to send. Sometime the use of larger, or bigger words takes away from the message because the word is a message in itself. 4. In a letter to the editor, a teacher criticized a newspaper article on autism because it used the term autistic child rather than child with autism . She championed people-first terminology, which avoids defining individuals by their ability or disability. For example, instead of identifying someone as a disabled person , one would say, she has a disability . What does people-first language mean? How can language change perceptions? “People First Language” (PFL) puts the person before the disability, and describes what a person has, not who a person is. Language can change perception in ways that do not fulfill the entirety of information. A person disabled or not should not be defined as to what they can or can not do or achieve. On a personal note, for me identifying someone with a disability sometimes allows others to interpreted in what they are limited to do, or if they do not look like they have a disability it is interpreted that there is no reason why they could not accomplish a task. The “People first language allows for inclusion of information. Whereas if we identified someone and not the disability it offers more in-depth information of both the person and the disability. Using Autism as the example in a whole it is autism but individually each person can accomplish different tasks with a wide range of level on the spectrum. So on that note I do not agree with PFL as it groups all disabilities and people and does not make them an the unique individual they are.
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