OXFORD Information Technology Eric H.Glendinning | John McEwanContents ComputerUsers 2 Computer Architecture 3 Computer Applications 4 Peripherals 5 Interview: Former Student 6 Operating Systems 7 Graphical User Interfaces 8 Applications Programs 9 Multimedia 10 Interview: Computing Support 11 Networks 12 The Internet 13 The World Wide Web 14 Websites LanguageWork Revision: Past simple and Present perfect Describing how an item functions Prepositions of place Present passive Reading Listening Noting specific information Locating specific information Reading diagrams Ignoring irrelevant info Speaking Exchanging information Exchanging technical information Describing a process Writing Writing a brief description Sequencing instructions Describing a process Revision: Comparison and contrast Revision: Past simple questions Word Study: up and up verbs ing form: as noun and after prepositions V + obj + infin V + obj + foinfin allow, enable, help, let, permit Instructions and complex instructions ing clauses: cause and effect sentences, types 1 and 2 Word Study: noun + noun compounds Relative clauses with a participle Warnings Time clauses Giving advice Listening for detail Listening for detail Describing function Comparing and contrasting Describing function Matching text and diagram Prediction Reading diagrams Notetaking Locating information in diagram and text Exchanging technical information Providing explanations Exchanging information Providing explanations Making recommenda tions Describing a process Matching text and diagram Computer mediated communication Matching Giving diagrams and instructions spoken output Providing explanations Information transfer, listeningand notetaking Understanding the writers purpose Exchanging information Describing advantages and disadvantages Writing a newsgroup contribution Describing a process EvaluatingLanguageWork Listening Speaking Webpage Creator 16 Communications Systems 17 Computing Support 18 Data Security 1 19 Data Security 2 20 Interview: The exhacker 21 Software Engineering 22 People in Computing 23 Recent Developments in IT 24 TheFuture of IT 25 Interview: Electronic Publishing would Word Study: definitions and collocations Predictions: certainty expressions Diagnosing a fault and givingadvice Cause and effect cause tomake; causativeverbs; en and en verbs Cause and effect using allow and prevent links Phrasalverbs Word Study: semantic groups Revision: IfX, then Y. Do until, do while Requirements: need to, have to, must, be + essentiaIcritical Ability: can, could, be able to Readingfor specific information Scanning Reading a table Readingand notetaking Readingand notetaking Predictions: Reading and Future perfect and notetaking It in subject position Emphasising: cleft sentences Word Study: prefixes; ise verbs Listening for specific information Listening for predictions and certainty Information transfer from telephone call to form Listening for specific information Listening for specific information Exchanging information Exchanging information to complete a diagram Giving advice on technical problems Exchanging information Exchanging explanations Role play Exchanging information and options Advising Describing a system Reportinga problem Explaininga computer crime Describing how a system operates Writing a short news item Describing advantages and disadvantages Asking targeted Writing a c.v. questions Comparing different versions of a text Listening for points of view Making a presentation Writing a report Persuading Writing a others to your summary point of view Listening for Planning group points of view presentation Defending a decision Pairwork Student A Pairwork Student B Listening Script Glossary of computing terms and abbreviationsUNIT 1 Computer Users STARTER Work in groups. Share information on how you use computers in your free time. Compare answers with other groups and make a list of uses for your class. LISTENING You are going to hear four people talk about how they use computers. Before you listen, try to predict the uses they describe. User primary school teacher Open University student girl (Louise), aged 6 artist Possible useNow listen to the recordings and note the actual uses described. Now listen to the recordings again to find the answers to these questions: 1 How does the storytelling program encourage children to work together? 2 In what way is the childrens reaction to this program different from other uses they make of computers? 3 What is the OU student studying? 4 What opportunity has she to meet other students? 5 What can you do with Pets 3? 6 What does Louise do with clipart? 7 How did the artist display work to dealers in the past? 8 What is the difficulty in selling through a website? LANGUAGE WORK Study these examples of the Present perfect from the recording of the artist. 1 Ive scanned in about a third of these photographs. 2 Ive organised the paintings into themes. 3 Ive added a sound track. Why doesnt the speaker use the Past simple? 4 scanned in about a third of these photographs. 5 organised the paintings into themes. 6 added a sound track. We use the Present perfect to describe past actions with present relevance. The artist uses the Present perfect because he is describing a CD he has just made and what he is going to do with it in the near future. We use the Past simple to describe completed actions in the past. It is often used with time expressions such as last year, before PCs were introduced, in 1998. Note these examples from the recording: 7 I made one for Marys birthday last week. 8 We tried it out last term. User Actual use primary school teacher Open University student girl (Louise), aged 6 artist