English For Information and Technology: Chapter Two
English For Information and Technology: Chapter Two
English For Information and Technology: Chapter Two
CHAPTER TWO
English
for
Information and
Technology Book Title |
15
English Terms in
Information and Technology
Goal: Students will be able to understand the terms used in Information and Technology
(IT) world so that they will be able to operate devices using English.
Computer is a device for storing, accessing, and processing information, for example by sorting it or
doing calculations on it. This is computing.
Assignment:
Make a group of 4! Find difficult terms you can find in Microsoft Office applications (Word,
Excel, PowerPoint), and discuss the meaning of those terms with your group!
Activity 2: Convergence in Telecoms and IT
Part I: Brainstorming
Direction: Work with a partner and discuss things that can be replaced by the latest mobile devices!
You can look at the picture below for ideas.
Part II. Reading
Direction: Read the magazine article about trends in Telecoms and IT!
A.After reading the article, match the industry leader to their area of expertise!
1. Peter Wilson a. Software
2. Jenny Lane b. Telecoms
3. Sanjay Ravi c. Hardware
B.Read the article again. Say if the following statements are False (F) or True (T)
according to the text!
C. Match the words on the left with the words on the right to make pairs of words that
often go together. The words on the left must go with all three words in the set. See
the example.
1. access a. chip, valley, wafer
2. downloa b. an application, a network, an account
d
3. go c. device, telephone, broadband
4. mobile d. online, offline, on holiday
5. silicon e. a file, an image, a demo version
Discussion:
Assignment:
Make a group of 4! Check the setting of your mobile phone, find difficult English terms you find on
your device’s setting, and discuss the meaning of those terms with your group!