There are 13 units, each providing around 4 hours of work. Course introduction and certain advices before beginning with the units.
Unit1 : IT Technical Support Officer
Class discussions: computing problems Specific vocabulary Listening: Interview: Problems reported by phone ( audio CD) Grammar: If sentences
Unit2 : Networks Speaking: Oral report Grammar: Relative clauses with participles Writing: Write a report on electronic security Design a topology of a local Area in a virtual office.
Unit3: The Internet Communication Tools Oral task Reading: CMC ( Computer- mediated communication) Use specific vocabulary Writing: Write an article for a newsgroup of your choice (public discussion) Specialist Reading: TCP/IP links
Unit4: The World Wide Web Or Web3 Speaking: Evolution of the Web From Web1.0 to Web 4.0 Internet addresses and their descriptions Listening: How the browser finds the web page you want (Audio CD) Grammar: The Time Clause Structure of a sentence Writing: The students write their own description of how the browser finds the page they want. Specialist Reading: Email Protocols
Unit5: Websites and Webpage creator
Listening and Speaking: Listening for specific details Features of a good website Grammar: Giving advice which is close to warnings Writing: Write an evaluation of a website of your choice Specialist Reading: HTML
Unit6: Telecommunication
Speaking: Class discussion Listening: Future developments in computing ( Audio CD) Grammar: Making predictions ( certainty expressions) Writing: Mini-project: Plan your own Internet café
RECOMMANDATIONS :
Lab equipment or new sophisticated material especially for Listening task |