Описание
A serious-minded but easy-to-use course for IT students.Who is it for?Students of computing and IT at universities, technical and vocational institutes, and adult education programmes. In-work professionals specializing in computing and IT, who wish to upgrade their knowledge of English. Key features25 topic-based units each cover a key area of IT. There are a variety of authentic, interesting and topical texts and visual material, taken from textbooks, newspapers, computing magazines, web pages, manuals, and advertisements. The course revises and practises grammar and functions appropriate to the needs of IT specialists at intermediate level. The course develops all four skills, with the main emphasis on reading. Most units end with longer specialist reading texts. These are intentionally challenging, and can be used either for homework or self-study. The tasks - such as writing, exchanging information, and problem solving - encourage learners to combine their subject knowledge with their growing knowledge of English. Introduction UNIT 1 Computer UsersTask3 Primary school teacher Open University student Louise Artist UNIT 4 PeripheralsTask 4 Part 1 Task 5 Part 2 UNIT 5 Interview: Former StudentTask 2 Part 1Task 3 Part 2 Task 4 Part3 UNIT 10 Interview: Computing Support OfficerTask 2 Part 1Task3 Part 2 Task 4 Part3 UNIT 13 The World Wide WebTask 4 UNIT 15 Interview: Webpage CreatorTask3 UNIT 16 Communications SystemsTask 6 UNIT 17 Computing SupportTask3 UNIT 20 Interview: The ex-hackerTask3 Part 1Task 4 Part 2 UNIT 21 Software EngineeringTask 4 UNIT 24 The Future of ITTask 9 Speaker A Speaker В Speaker С UNIT 25 Interviews: Electronic PublishingTask3 1 Telecommunications engineer 2 Author 3 An e-publisher 4 Developer of an ebook reader 5 Keen reader
