McBride Industries, an American company has recently opened a branch office in the Czech Republic. Vladimira Pokorny, a Marketing Assistant for the Czech office has received a template of the corporate logo for business cards. The following e-mail chain takes place between him and an associate in the U.S. office, Milton Johnson (U.S. Marketing Director). Chloe Smith (Vice President, Operations) receives a copy of Milton’s e-mail and replies to Vladimira. Vladimira believes the template will print the colors incorrectly for the logo. Form work teams of three or four students. As a team, discuss the following questions and develop a written response using a computer, if available. Submit your team report as an e-mail attachment to your instructor.
a) Proofread the first message from Vladimira to Milton. Identify four variations of English that you believe are due to learning English as a second language.
b) Using the Internet and the world clock, explain how much time elapsed between the time the first message was sent and the time Vladimira received the first reply.
c) Give examples of friendly relationship-building words from the four e-mails.
d) Analyze each of the e-mails and classify it as direct or indirect style. Explain your choices.