Curriculum English for Information Technology: Part 1

Thai Nguyen University Faculty of Information Technology English for Information Technology Thai Nguyen, 2012 1 Acknowledgement We are grateful to the authors, publishers and others who have given the useful materials to help us complete this book. Our special thanks go to M.A Vu Duc Thai and colleagues at the Faculty of Information Technology – Thai Nguyen University for their helpful suggestion and friendly encouragement. For better preparation and design of English language materials, suggestions from colleagues and those concerned will be highly appreciated. 2 Course description English for Information Technology is a topic-based course. To prepare students for their future job, the course is designed to introduce students to a full range of IT texts and to give students opportunities to practice their language skills in different IT contexts. The materials used in this book are arranged from general to more specialist content so that they can be understood by students easily. 1. Objective English for Information Technology is designed to: Provide students with vocabulary related to different major topics in the field of Computing Information Technology. Introduce students to some basic knowledge in several areas of Computing and Information Technology. Provide students with opportunities to practice and develop their language skills in general as well as Information Technology contexts. Develop students’ language skills in the context of computing and information technology with emphasis on reading, listening, speaking, and writing. “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” – Tesol Newsletter. 3 Table of Contents Pages Acknowledgment.......................................................................................................... 2 Course description.............................................................................. ........................ 3 Table of contents........................................................................................................ 4 Introduction. ............................................................................................... 5 Lesson 1: Computer applications............................................................................... 6 Lesson 2: Configuration .............................................................................................. 12 Lesson 3: Inside the system ....................................................................................... 17 Lesson 4: keyboard and mouse................................................................................. 24 Lesson 5: Floppy disk and Hard drives.................................................................. 30 Review 1........................................................................................................................... 34 Lesson 6: Spreadsheets and databases................................................................... 39 Lesson 7: Graphics and multimedia ......................................................................... 44 Lesson 8: Faces of the Internet................................................................................. 51 Lesson 9: Programming ................................................................................................ 58 Lesson 10: Future trends............................................................................................ .63 Review 2........................................................................................................................... 68 Further reading........................................................................................................... 71 Glossary.........................................................................................................................83 Reference 4 Introduction A. How much do you know about the computer and computer related words? You can test your computer knowledge by putting these words and terms into the appropriate categories. Do not worry if you cannot do this well now. Laptop Hard disk drive Speaker Joystick Scanner Tracker ball Barcode reader Printer Mainframe System analyst Floppy disk Mouse Minicomputer Motherboard Bridge LAN Software engineer/ designer Keyboard Processor Fixed hard disk Hub peripherals Star Network support person Laser printer Monitor Memory chips Expansion card Hardware engineer Software Cache memory Clients Ring Computer salesperson register Notebook Types of computers: .......................................................................................................... Input devices: ...................................................................................................................... Output devices: .................................................................................................................. Storage devices: .................................................................................................................. Internet: .............................................................................................................................. Other components of a computer: ..................................................................................... Job: .................................................................................................................................... B. Make a list of other Information Technology (IT) words you know in English. Then compare lists with a partner. 5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn