QTM-CĐ-MH26-AVCN TUYÊN BỐ BẢN QUYỀN: Tài liệu này thuộc loại sách giáo trình nên các nguồn thông tin có thể được phép dùng nguyên bản hoặc trích dùng cho các mục đích về đào tạo và tham khảo. Mọi mục đích khác mang tính lệch lạc hoặc sử dụng với mục đích kinh doanh thiếu lành mạnh sẽ bị nghiêm cấm. 1 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.
Match the pictures. Language work: The passive. What is a computer?. Inside the system.
Language work: Relative clauses. Your ideal computer system. INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES. Type, click and talk!.
Interacting with your computer. About the keyboard. Language work: Describing function. Capture your favorite images.
Scanners: The eyes of your computer. Facts and opinions. Language work: Making comparisons. Viewing the output.
Read and think. Language work: Instructions and advice. Scan reading: Quiz. Language work: Revision of comparison.
Describing your ideal printer. I/O devices for the disabled. Language work: Compound nouns. Before you read.
Work in group. Language work: Revision of prefixes. Types of magnetic drive. Language work: precautions.
Explaining hard drive precautions. Flash-based gadgets. Memory in a flash. Find words or phrases in the text with the following meanings.
Basic DOS commands. Language work: Revision of the passive. The graphical user interface. A user-friendly interface.
Language work: Short relative clauses. Looking at a spreadsheet. Language work: Prepositions of place. FACES OF THE INTERNET.
The internet and email. A typical web page. Language work: collocations 2. Language work: the prefixes e- and cyber-.
What do you use the Web for?. Security and privacy on the Internet. The history of hacking. Language work: the past simple.
Multimedia is here!. Language work: If – clauses. Multimedia on the Web. A typical home page.
Web page design. Language work: modal verbs. PROGRAMING / JOBS IN ICT. Language work: Infinitive constructions.
Language work: Would, Revision of time clauses. A short description of BASIC. Jobs in ICT. A letter of application.
Language work: the present perfect. Before you read. Language work: Making predictions. Language work: The past simple (revision).
Language work: phrasal verbs. Language work: future forms. The Personal Computer .136 TÀI LIỆU THAM KHẢO .188 7 MÔ ĐUN Anh văn chuyên ngành Mã mô đun: MH26 Thời gian của môn học: 75 giờ; (Lý thuyết: 30 giờ; Thực hành: 45 giờ) Vị trí, ý nghĩa, vai trò môn học/mô đun: - Vị trí: Môn học được bố trí sau khi học xong các môn học chung, trước các môn học, mô đun đào tạo chuyên môn nghề. - Tính chất: Là môn học cơ sở chuyên ngành.
Mục tiêu của mô đun: - Phát triển những kỹ năng như: đọc hiểu, dịch các tài liệu tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Công nghệ thông tin. - Đọc hiểu các thông báo của hệ thống và các phần mềm ứng dụng khi khai thác và cài đặt. - Đọc hiểu các tài liệu đọc thêm bằng tiếng Anh và tóm tắt nội dung chính của tài liệu. - Nắm được vốn từ vựng và ngữ pháp cơ bản của tiếng Anh chuyên ngành CNTT.
- Bố trí làm việc khoa học đảm bảo an toàn cho người và phương tiện học tập. NỘI DUNG MÔN HỌC: 1. Nội dung tổng quát và phân phối thời gian : Thời gian Số Thực Kiểm tra Tên chương, mục Tổng Lý TT hành, Bài (LT số thuyết tập hoặcTH) I Computers today 10 5 5 Computers applications Configuration Inside the system Bits and bytes Buying a computer II Input/output devices 10 5 5 Type and click! Capture your favorite image Viewing the output Choosing a printer III Storage devices 10 5 4 1 Floppies Hard drives Optical breakthrough IV Basic software 15 4 11 8 Operating systems The graphical user interface A walk through Speadsheets Databases Face of the Internet V Creative software 10 4 5 1 Graphics and design Desktop publishing Multimedia VI Programming 10 4 6 Program design Languages Jobs in computing VII Computers tomorrow 10 3 6 1 Electronic communications Internet issues LANs and WANs New technologies Cộng 75 30 42 3 9 MODULE 1. COMPUTERS TODAY Learning objectives In this lesson, you will learn how to: Talk and write about computer applications in everyday life Recognize the basic components of a computer system and understand their functions Understand the structure of different CPUs (central processing units) Understand the units of memory (bits, bytes, KB, MB, GB) Build up new words by using prefixes and suffixes Buy a computer from a shop Use synonyms, acronyms, and abbreviations when talking about computers 10 Lesson 1.
Match the pictures A. Computers have many applications in a great variety of fields. Look at these photographs of different situations and match them with texts 1 to 4 below. A B C D 1) Airline pilots use computers to help them control the plane.
For example, monitors display data about fuel consumption, and weather conditions. In airport control towers, computers are used to manage radar systems, and regulate air traffic. 2) Computers can help students perform mathematical operations and solve difficult questions. They can be used to teach courses such as computer- aided design, language learning, programming, mathematics, etc.
3) Computer is used with laser and barcode technology to scan the price of each item and present total at a supermarket. 4) Banks use computers to look after their customers’ money. They also control the automatic cash dispensers which, by the use of a personal coded card, dispense money to clients. Match these titles with the pictures Using an automatic cash dispenser 11 In education, computers can make all the difference Scanning the price of each item and present total at a supermarket Controlling the plane B.
Match the places in column A with the computer uses in column B A B Banks Provide information and entertainment Factories Look after, patient records and medicines Homes Calculate the bill Hospitals Control machines Shops Control our money Now use the above words and phrases to fill in the gaps in this paragraph about computer uses. Computers are now part of our everyday life. In shops, they ……. In factories, they ……….
In ……, they look after, patient records and medicines. When we have bank account, a computer ………. In our homes computers……… C. Look at text one again and discuss these questions How are/were computers used in your school? What other areas of study would benefit from the introduction of computers? Example: In my school, computers are used to speed up the process of looking for references in the library.
Language work: The passive Passives are very common in technical writing where we are more interested in facts, processes, and events than in people. We form the passive by using the appropriate tenses of the verb ‘to be’ followed by the past participle of the verb we are using. Examples: Active 1) We sell computers. (simple present) 2) Babbage invented ‘The Analytical Engine’.
(simple past) Passive 1) Computers are sold. (simple present) 2) ‘The Analytical Engine’ was invented in 1830. (simple past) Facts and processes 12 When we write or talk about facts or processes that occur regularly, we use the present passive. Examples: 1) Data is transferred from the internal memory to the arithmetic- logical unit along channels known as buses.
2) The other users are automatically denied access to that record. 3) Distributed systems are built using networked computers. Read the text below, which describes the insurance company’s procedure for dealing with PC-users’ problems. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
(register) by the Help Desk staff. (allocate) to the relevant support group. (contact) by telephone, and an appointment 6………………. (deal with) within one working day.
In the event of a major problem requiring the removal of a user’s PC, a replacement can usually 8………………. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the appropriate form of the verb in brackets 1) The part of the processor which controls data transfers between the various input and output devices ………………. (call) the control unit. 2) An operating system ……………….
3) Instructions written in a high-level language ………………. (transform) into machine code. 4) In the star configuration, all processing and control functions ………………. (perform) by the central computer.
5) When a document arrives in the mail room, the envelope ………………. Events When we write or talk about past events, we use the past passive. Let us look at some examples. Examples: 1) COBOL was first introduced in 1959.
2) Microsoft was founded on the basis of the development of MS/DOS. 3) The organization was created to promote the use of computers in education. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. (found) by Bill Gates.
3) In the 1980s, at least 100,000 LANs ………………. (set up) in laboratories and offices around the world. 4) The first digital computer ………………. (build) by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.
5) IBM’s decision not to continue manufacturing mainframes ………………. (reverse) the year after it ………………. Write a list of as many uses of the computer, or computer applications, as you can think of. Now read the text below and underline any applications that are not in your list What can computers do? Computers and microchips have become part of our everyday lives: we visit shops and offices which have been designed with the help of computers, we read magazines which have been produced on computer, and we pay bills prepared by computers.
What makes your computer such a miraculous device?