Welcome to
Basic English for Computing Course
Unit 1: Everyday uses of computers
-Tuning-in
- Listening: Computer uses
- Reading: Computers in every life
-Language work: Articles
-Aids to communication
-Problem-solving
-Writing
► Tuning-in : to adjust or use something
• Task 1: Link these computer documents
with…
- sales voucher (n)  shops, supermarkets
- ORION Bank, United Bank  bank, etc.
- Sky-king Airline (n)  airport
• Task 2:
Examples: offices, stations, stock markets…
• Task 3: Match these words to locations
New words: till (n), bar code (n)
Answers: a (2, 4) b (7,8) c (3,5) d (1,6)
• Task 4: Listen & identify which places
 Answer:
- Extract 1: at home (letters, games, bills…)
- Extract 2: at a supermarket (bar code, sell,
customers…)
- Extract 3: at a factory (washing machines,
refrigerators, wages…)
- Extract 4: at a travel agent (ticket, seat on
flight, reserve hotel…)
• Task 5: Tick the computer uses
- New words: effect, groceries, generate,
maintain, inventory, advertisement, graphic,
terminal, schedule
 Answers: hospital, shopping, television
advertising, banking, libraries, filmmaking
♦ Language work: Articles
- Indefinite articles: a, an
E.g.: I saw a nice laptop on the shop window.
- Definite articles: the
E.g.: The laptop I bought is really good.
- Read the notes in the book
• Task 6:
- Countable Nouns: device, disk, drive,
monitor, mouse, soft ware
- Uncountable Nouns: capacity, data,
memory, speed
• Task 7: Fill in the gaps with a / an or the
Answers: 1. a
2. the
3. Ø
4. Ø
5. the 6. Ø
7. an
8. the
9. Ø
10. the
♦ Aids to communication: Read the notes
• Task 8: Problem-solving
Answers: - Screen 1: an engineer ; designing
machine or tool ; rulers & pencils ; more
exactly and more beautiful
- Screen 2: a librarian ; searching
books ; library cards ; convenient…
• Task 9: Match the places & the computer use
Answers:
- Banks  control our money.
- Factories  control machines.
- Homes  provide entertainment and
information
- Hospitals  look after patient records and
medicines
- Shops  calculate the bill
• Task 10: Fill the gaps with the computer uses
Answers:
1. calculate the bills
2. control machines
3. hospitals
4. controls our money
5. provide entertainment and information
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That’s the end of Unit 1.
Welcome any questions
Unit 2: Types of computer
Map of the Unit
♦ Tuning-in
♦ Listening: Buying a computer 1
♦ Reading: Types of computer
♦ Language work: Comparison
♦ Aids to communication
♦ Problem-solving
♦ Writing
• Task 1: Match the names to the different types
Answers: 1.a
2.c
3.b
4.d
5.e
6.f
• Task 2: Self answer
• Task 3: Listening
Answer: 1. writing / games / Internet
2. sound / graphic / animation
• Task 4:
Answer: multimedia notebook; sub notebook;
handheld; printer; modem
• Task 5: multimedia notebook; printer; modem
• Task 6: Answer the questions
1. micro computers or personal computers
(PCs)
2. sub notebook
3. notebook
4. mainframes
5. minicomputer
6. palmtop
7. mainframes
8. handheld or palmtop
♦ Language work: Comparison (comparatives
and superlatives  Review)
• Task 7: Practice
1. lighter / heavier
2. largest / not smaller
3. more common / better
4. less powerful / less expensive
5. faster / cheaper
6. less powerful / expensive
♦ Aids to communication: Read the note
• Task 8: Problem-solving
1. laptop, notebook, sub notebook, handheld
2. personal computer, laptop
3. mainframes, minicomputer
4. personal computer
• Task 9:
1. largest
2. most powerful
3. smaller
4. most common
5. less powerful 6. smaller
7. largest
8. smaller
9. smaller
10. smallest
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That’s the end of Unit 2.
Welcome any questions!
Unit 3: Parts of a computer
Map of the Unit
♦ Tuning-in
♦ Listening: Buying a computer 2
♦ Reading: The motherboard
♦ Language work: Making instructions
♦ Problem-solving
♦ Writing
• Task 1: Label the components
Answers: 1.h
2.e 3.f
4.g 5.a
6.d
7.b 8.c
• Task 2: Read the terms, using the Glossary
• Task 3:
- processor  megahertz (MHz)
- RAM  gigabytes (GB)
- video memory  gigabytes (GB)
- cache memory  kilobytes (KB)
- hard disk  gigabytes (GB)
• Task 4: Match the components …
Answers:
1. SIMMS
2. CPU
3. cache memory
4. Expansion slots
5. ROM
• Task 5:
1. Remove the old motherboard
2. Add the processor
3. Add the memory. Don’t touch the contacts
4. Fit the new motherboard
5. Put it back together
♦ Language work: Read the note in the book
• Task 6:
Answers: 1. put
2. start 3. select
4. click
5. Don’t exit
6. Click
• Task 7:
Answers: 1.d
2.c
3.e
4.b
5.a
6.f
• Task 8:
Answers: a (keyboard)
c (COM1)
e (parallel port) g (USB port)
• Task 9: Practice as request
Unit 4: Keyboard and mouse
Map of the Unit
♦ Tuning-in
♦ Listening: The keyboard
♦ Reading: The motherboard
♦ Language work: Present simple
♦ Problem-solving
♦ Speaking
♦ Writing
• Task 1: Match the key abbreviations…
Answers: 1.e
2.a
3.g
5.b
6.d
7.c
• Task 2:
Answers: a) Function keys
b) Main keyboard
c) Editing keys
d) Numeric keypad
• Task 3: Practice as requested
• Task 4: Practice as requested
4.f
• Task 5:
Answers: 1. left
2. ball
3. two
4. rolls
5. pad
• Task 6: Practice as requested
• Task 7:
1) (wrong)  It moves the cursor up.
2) (wrong)  It moves the cursor to the left
3) (wrong)  It deletes a character.
4) (wrong)  It prints the screen display.
5) (wrong)  It moves the screen down.
6) (wrong)  It has a fixed function.
7) (wrong)  It gives you capital letters
• Task 8: Problem-solving
1) This key moves the screen up.
2) This key moves the cursor to the right.
3) This key deletes the screen display.
4) This key moves the cursor down.
• Task 9:
Answers: a) at
b) forward slash
c) tilde
d) colon
e) dot, stop f) underscore
• Task 10: Practice as requested (following the
guidance from the teacher)
• Task 11: Write a brief description of a
keyboard (yourself)
Unit 5: Interview: Student
Map of the Unit
♦ Tuning-in
♦ Listening
♦ Language work: Wh-questions with the
Present simple
♦ Writing
♦ Computing words and abbreviations
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• Task 1:
Answers:
1) The course is called GSVQ Level 3 in
Information Technology.
2) It lasts one year.
3) (Self answer)
• Task 2:
Answers: - What is the course called?
- How long does it last?
• Task 3:
Answers: 1. Fifteen
2. Three girls and twelve boys
• Task 4: Answers
1) She starts each day at 9.00.
2) She finishes at 16.30.
3) Wendy Bright
4) K302
5) From 13.30 to 14.30
• Task 5: Complete the blanks
- Mon (Period 2): Numeracy 3 / (Period 3): Ø
- Tue (Period 1): Programming / (Period 3): Ø
- Wednesday: Ø (sometimes visit companies)
- Thu (Period 3): Computer hardware
- Fri (Period 1): Network / (Period 3): IT and
Business & Industry
• Task 6: Answers
1) Communication 4
2) Study computer language like Pascal
3) Learn to use MS-Dos and packages like
databases
4) Sometimes visit companies
5) Find out all the different things inside
computer
6) Learn how computer work’s connected
together
7) Write a report (six pages long)
• Task 7: Answers
1) All new students
2) Waiting Hall
3) Football
4) Organize discos
5) Work as a waitress in a hotel
6) No, she doesn’t
• Language work: Wh-questions with
present simple (Read the book)
• Task 8: Make questions
1) What time do they start?
2) Where does she work?
3) What does Ms Murray teach?
4) How long do the classes last?
5) What does she do on Wednesday?
6) Where does she study?
7) How long does the course last?
8) What does she do after each visit?
9) What do the Student Union do?
10) How often does she work a week?
• Task 9: Practice as requested
• Task 10: Answers
1.f 2.d 3.b 4.e 5.a 6.h 7.c
8.g
Unit 6: Input devices
Map of the Unit
♦ Tuning-in
♦ Listening: Voice input
♦ Reading: Input device
♦ Language work: Functions
♦ Problem-solving
♦ Writing
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• Task 1: Answers
a) touch screen
b) tracker ball
c) barcode reader
d) digital camera
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e) microphone
f) joystick
g) graphics tablet
h) scanner
Task 2: Some uses of these devices
(Read the glossary)
Task 3: Answers (from left to right)
bedac
Task 4: Listening
Task 5: Answers
1) Joystick
2) Tracker ball
3) Light pen
4) Scanner
Language work: Function (read the book)
Task 6: Answers
1.f 2.a 3.b 4.g 5.e 6.d 7.c
• Task 7: Practice as requested
• Task 8: Answers
1) joystick
2) barcode reader
3) scanner
4) microphone
5) digital camera 6) voice input
7) keyboard
• Task 9: Answers
1) download 2) computer 3) manipulate
4) print
5) web page 6) present
7) expensive 8) film
9) output
10) processing
11) better
12) scan
Unit 7: Output devices
Map of the Unit
♦ Tuning- in
♦ Listening: Printers
♦ Reading: How to read a monitor ad
♦ Language work: Giving advice
♦ Problem-solving
♦ Writing
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• Task 1:
New words: workstation, copyholder, footrest
Answers: a.5 b.7 c.4 d.6 e.3
f.1
g.2
• Task 2:
Answers:
- Dot matrix: slowest, cheapest
- Inkjet: running cost (more expensive than
laser)
- Laser: the best printer, price (twice as much
as inkjet)
• Task 3: Practice as requested
• Task 4: Answers (True or False)
1. False
2. False (the less space between dots, the
better the display)
3. True
4. True
5. False (the diagonal distance from one
corner to another)
6. True
7. False (also depend on aperture grill pitch,
resolution and the number of controls)
8. True
• Task 5: Practice as requested
• Language work: (Read the book)
• Task 6: (Look at the picture & give advice)
• Task 7: Answers
1. a dot matrix printer
2. a mono laser printer
3. a color laser printer
4. a inkjet printer
5. a color inkjet printer
• Task 8: Answers
1. cheapest 2. quality 3. good
4. expensive 5. slowest 6. more 7. better
8. fastest
9. cheapest 10. most 11. good
12. slow
13. noisy
14. cheap