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Module 1 — Effective
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Assignment preparation task 2: Identifying noise

During the coming week, identify and note examples of noise that might hinder you from getting your written messages across effectively. (Email is fertile ground to explore.) Note the steps you took to minimize the effect of the noise you anticipated. You will need this data when you come to writing your assignment.

Create an assignment folder on your desktop. Use this folder to store all the files you will create for the assignment task.

Here are some examples of the kind of noise others have identified. (Of course, you should find your own examples for this activity.)

Example 1

Your new supervisor has an obsession about using apostrophes correctly. If she finds apostrophe mistakes in a report, she tends to assume that the contents of the report are unreliable.

Example 2

Your reader has only worked for the ILO for three days.


Assignment prep task 1: Thinking about your assignment
Assignment prep task 2: Identifying noise

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