Section 2 of EL105 establishes the two main ingredients in establishing effective communication in the classroom -Clarity and Consistency. The online instructor is task with the responsibility of getting everyone involve. Sometimes students are reluctant to share thoughts and ideas because of a perceived or lack in their communication ability. If I noticed such a situation I usually will call the student and talk to the student and become more of a coach in order to help the student learn. On other situation they are encouraged as they received comments on mandatory discussion postings. If their postings are very flawed with spellings and grammatical errors (or inappropriateness) I will send them and email relating to the errors. Some course structure demands that students post a substantive post on the Discussion Board by Wednesday of the week and are expected to respond to at least two posts by the week's end on Sunday 11:59 P.M. This forum encourages student to participate and also to be cognizant of the tone of their response.