BỘ LAO ĐỘNG - THƯƠNG BINH VÀ XÃ HỘI
TRƯNG CAO ĐNG ĐẠI VIỆT SÀI GÒN
GIO TRNH
MÔN HC: TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN NGÀNH
NGÀNH: CÔNG NGHỆ THÔNG TIN TRNH Đ: CAO ĐNG
(Lưu hành nội bộ)
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this lecture is to develop a basic knowledge of how English is used for
communication in Information Technology. It is suitable for use in universities, colleges
and technical schools with intermediate students who already know how to handle the
common English sentence patterns but who want to improve and extend their language
skills in the context of IT.
Little or no previous knowledge of Information Technology is assumed, but if students
work through the lecture carefully they will certainly learn a great deal about it since the
material does embrace all the basic concepts of Information Technology.
There are 8 units covering a wide range of current IT topics using a variety of texts and
visual material taken from textlectures, newspapers, popular computing magazines,
Internet newsgroups, Webpages, manuals, and advertisements. The aim is to help students
to acquire and develop the skills they will need in order to learn the subject of Information
Technology. Emphasis is placed on developing reading skills; important lexical items are
isolated for special attention and significant points of grammar are thoroughly treated and
revised. The lecture also includes a comprehensive glossary of current IT terminology
with Vietnamese translation, the answer key as well as many teaching notes.
It is user-friendly to both teachers and students and its clear layout, using both photos and
graphics, will make it a very popular choice for those wishing to acquire what are now
regarded by many to be mandatory skills for employees in almost every part of the
workforce.
Having many years of experience of teaching Information technology in English and
teaching English for Computing, the authors have devoted much time and effort to
compile this lecture of English for Information Technology appropriate to the Vietnamese
environment. Nevertheless, the lecture cannot escape from shortcomings that the authors
would like to insist the tolerance from the users of the lecture and to thank them for their
comments and remarks that will be valuable for the next publication.
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INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................
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CONTENTS................................................................................................................................
3 MODULE 1. COMPUTERS TODAY .....................................................................................
10 Lesson 1. Computer
applications.............................................................................................. 11
I. Match the pictures...................................................................................................... 11
II. Language work: The passive .................................................................................. 12
III. Reading................................................................................................................... 13
IV. Other application .................................................................................................... 14
Lesson 2. Computer essentials..................................................................................................
15 I. Computer hardware....................................................................................................
16 II. What is a computer?...................................................................................................
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Lesson 3. Inside the system ......................................................................................................
20 I. Worm-up ....................................................................................................................
20 II. Reading................................................................................................................... 20
III. Language work: Relative clauses........................................................................... 22
IV. Reading................................................................................................................... 23
V. Vocabulary quiz ......................................................................................................... 24
VI. Your ideal computer system................................................................................... 25
Lesson 4. Buying a computer ...................................................................................................
26 MODULE 2. INPUT/OUTPUT
DEVICES.............................................................................. 28 Lesson 1. Type, click and
talk!................................................................................................. 29
I. Interacting with your computer.................................................................................. 29
II. Speaking ................................................................................................................. 30
III. About the keyboard ................................................................................................ 30
IV. Reading................................................................................................................... 31
V. Language work: Describing function......................................................................... 32
Lesson 2. Capture your favorite images ...................................................................................
33 I. Scanners: The eyes of your computer........................................................................
33 II. Facts and opinions.................................................................................................. 33
III. Language work: Making comparisons ................................................................... 34
IV. Further reading ....................................................................................................... 37
Lesson 3. Viewing the output ...................................................................................................
38 I. Read and think............................................................................................................
38 II. Reading................................................................................................................... 38
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III. Writing....................................................................................................................39 IV.
Language work: Instructions and advice................................................................39 Lesson 4.
Choosing a printer ....................................................................................................41 I.
Reading ......................................................................................................................41 II.
Discourse cohesion.................................................................................................43 III. Scan
reading: Quiz .................................................................................................43 IV. Language
work: Revision of comparison...............................................................44 V. Describing your
ideal printer .....................................................................................45 Lesson 5. I/O devices for
the disabled......................................................................................46 I. Adaptive
technology ..................................................................................................46 II.
Reading...................................................................................................................47 III.
Writing....................................................................................................................49 IV.
Language work: Compound nouns.........................................................................49 MODULE
3. STORAGE DEVICES........................................................................................52 Lesson 1.
Hard drives...............................................................................................................53 I. Before
you read..........................................................................................................53 II.
Reading...................................................................................................................53 III. Work
in group ........................................................................................................54 IV.
Vocabulary .............................................................................................................55 V.
Language work: Revision of prefixes........................................................................55 Lesson
2. Magnetic storage ......................................................................................................56 I.
Types of magnetic drive.............................................................................................56 II.
Magnetic storage ....................................................................................................57 III.
Language work: precautions ..................................................................................58 IV. Word
building.........................................................................................................59 V. Explaining
hard drive precautions .............................................................................59 Lesson 3. Flash
memory ...........................................................................................................60 I. Flash-based
gadgets ...................................................................................................60 II. Memory in a
flash ......................................................................................................60 III. Find words or
phrases in the text with the following meanings.............................62 IV. Vocabulary
revision ...............................................................................................63 MODULE 4. BASIC
SOFTWARE..........................................................................................64 Lesson 1. Operating
Systems....................................................................................................65 I. Warm-
up ........................................................................................................................65 II.
Reading...................................................................................................................66
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III. Basic DOS commands............................................................................................67
IV. Language work: Revision of the passive................................................................67 V.
Quiz ............................................................................................................................67
Lesson 2. The graphical user
interface .....................................................................................69 I. A user-friendly
interface ............................................................................................69 II.
Reading...................................................................................................................69 III.
Exercise work .........................................................................................................70 IV.
Language work: Short relative clauses...................................................................71 V.
Writing .......................................................................................................................72
Lesson 3. Spreadsheets.............................................................................................................73
I. Looking at a spreadsheet............................................................................................73
II. Reading...................................................................................................................73 III.
Vocabulary .............................................................................................................74 IV.
Language work: Prepositions of place ...................................................................74 V.
Graphic representation ...............................................................................................75 VI.
Extension ................................................................................................................75 I.
Warm-up ....................................................................................................................77 II.
Reading...................................................................................................................77 III.
Puzzle .....................................................................................................................78 IV.
Language work .......................................................................................................79 V.
Writing .......................................................................................................................80
MODULE 5. FACES OF THE
INTERNET ............................................................................81 Lesson 1. The internet and
email..............................................................................................81 Lesson 2. The
web ....................................................................................................................85
I. A typical web page.....................................................................................................85
II. Language work: collocations 2 ..................................................................................86
III. Language work: the prefixes e- and cyber-............................................................87
IV. What do you use the Web for? ...............................................................................88
Lesson 3. Internet security........................................................................................................89
I. On alert.......................................................................................................................89 II.
Security and privacy on the Internet ..........................................................................89 III. The
history of hacking............................................................................................91 IV. Language
work: the past simple .............................................................................91 V. Internet
issues.............................................................................................................93 MODULE 6.
CREATIVE SOFTWARE..................................................................................94
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Lesson 1.
Multimedia ...............................................................................................................95 I.
Multimedia is here!....................................................................................................95 II.
Reading...................................................................................................................95 III.
Language work: If – clauses...................................................................................96 IV.
Multimedia on the Web..........................................................................................98
Lesson 2. Web design.............................................................................................................100
I. A typical home page ................................................................................................100
II. Web page design ..................................................................................................100 III.
Language work: modal verbs...............................................................................102 IV.
Blogs.....................................................................................................................103