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Introduction Englishfor ICT Studresis designedfor studentswho plan to take an ICTcourseentirely or partly in English. The principalaim of Englishfor ICT Studiesis to teach studentsto cope with input texts, i.e., listeningand reading, in the discipline.However,studentswill be expectedto produce output texts in speechand writing throughout the course. The syllabusfocuseson key vocabularyfor the disciplineand on words and phrasescommonlyusedin academicEnglish.lt coverskey facts and conceptsfrom the discipline,thereby giving studentsa flying start for when they meet the samepointsagain in their facultywork. lt alsofocuseson the skillsthat will enable studentsto get the most out of lecturesand written texts. Finally,it presentsthe skillsrequiredto take part in seminarsand tutorials and to produceessayassignments. English for ICTStudiescomprises: o studentCourseBook includingaudio transcriptsand wordlist o the Teacher'sBook, which providesdetailed guidanceon each lesson,full answer keys,audio transcriptsand extra photocopiableresources . audio CDswith lectureand seminarexcerpts Englishfor ICT Studieshas 12 units, each of which is basedon a different aspectof lCT.Odd-numbered units are basedon listening(lecture/seminarextracts).Even-numberedunits are basedon reading. Eachunit is dividedinto four lessons: Lesson1: vocabularyfor the discipline;vocabularyskillssuchas word-building,useof affixes,useof synonymsfor paraphrasing Lesson2: readingoi listeningteit and skillsdevelopment Lesson3: readingor listeningskillsextension.ln addition,in later units,studentsare introducedto a writing assignmentwhich is further developedin Lesson4; in later listeningunits, studentsare introducedto a spokenlanguagepoint (e.9.,making an oral presentationat a seminar)which is further developedin Lesson4 Lesson4: a parallel listeningor readingtext to that presentedin Lesson2 which studentshave to usetheir new skills(Lesson3) to decode;in addition, written or spokenwork is further practised The fasttwo pagesof each unit, Vocabularybank and Skil/sbank, are a usefulsummaryof the unit content. Eachunit providesbetween 4 and 5 hours of classroomactivity with the possibilityof a further 2-4 hours on the suggestedextra activities.The coursewill be suitable,therefore, as the core component of a faculty-specificpre-sessional or foundation courseof between 50 and 80 hours. It is assumedthat prior to usingthis book studentswill alreadyhavecompleteda generalEAP(Englishfor AcademicPurposes)coursesuchas Skillsin English(GarnetPublishing,up to the end at leastof Level3), and will have achievedan IELTSlevel of at least5. For a list of other titles in this series,seewww.garneteducation.com/

Book map Unit 1 what is lcT? Lis t ening .Sp e a k i n g

2 ICTin the workplace Reading' W ri ti n g

3 lntroductionto ICTsystems Lis t ening . Sp e a k i n g

4 ICTin education Reading . Writing

5 The historyof ICT Lis t ening ' Sp e a k i n g

6 The lnternet Reading . W ri ti n g

Software development Lis t ening .Sp e a k i n g

8 Efficiencyin computersystems Reading . W ri ti n g

9 Human-computer interaction(HCl) Lis t ening .Sp e a k i n g

1 0 E-commerce and e-government Reading . Writing

11 Computingand ethics Lis t ening ' S p e a k i n g

12 lc'l in the future Reading . W ri ti n g

Topics o definingICT . introductionto differentaspectsof ICT

. impactof ICTon business,includingcommunication,information managementand productdesign . impactof ICTon the natureof work, includingtelwvorkingand outsourcing

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embeddedand generalpurposesystems data storageand management control systems communicationsystems functionsof ICTsystems(datacapture,processingand output)

. useof computersand the Internetin research and learning . computer-assisted learning(CAL),virtuallearningenvironments (VLEs) and theirimpacton teaching

. keystagesIn the development of the computer(inventions and innovations) . developmentof computercomponents(input, output, processingand storage) . foundationsof the Internet . Internetprotocolsand data transfer o Web 2 0 and the future of the Internet . socialnetworkingservices(SNS) . . o .

developmentmethodsand processes waterfall,iterativeand prototypingmodels planningthe development process open sourcesoftware

. efficiencyin computersystems o reliability,security,speedand cost

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importanceand scopeof HCI aspectsof human sciencesand computersciences differenttypesof interface hardwareand software

. typesof e-commerce:B2B,S2C,CZC, B2G . barriersto adoption of e-commerce

. lawsand regulations, includingcopyright o principles and ethics,includingprrvacyand surveillance . the roleof hacking

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preparingfor a lecture predictinglecturecontent makinglecturenotes usingdifferentinformationsources

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n""l the text. The red words are probablyfamiliarto you in generalEnglish.But can you think of a different meaning for each word used in an ICTcontext?Changethe form if necessary(e.9.,change a noun into a verb). Anna phonedthe languageschoolto sayshehad a virus and was too ill to work. Shefound a little bit of chocolatein the fridge, pluggedin her CD player,and sat down to browsethrough her TV magazineand play with her pet mouse.On the table there was a menu for a local Chineserestaurant.Anna was choosinglunch when the postmanarrived with a packageaddressedto her. Shesteppedout to get it and the door closedbehind her.Anna realizedher kevswere insidethe houseand shewas locked out.

B nead these sentencesfrom ICTtexts. Completeeach sentencewith one of the red words from ExerciseA. Changethe form if necessary. 1 Selectan option from the drop-down

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