INTRODUCTION
Aims of the course
English for computer is a course book in English designed for students who are learning course on computing application. The book covers the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as improving pronunciation and building vocabulary. Particular emphasis is placed on reading. The primary goal of the course is to provide grammatical knowledge, some technical terms, words belonging to the computing area, that is, to better the students’ ability to use the language according to the professional situations and apply to practical job.
Course length
The course contains 180 classes in the two last semesters in the college. There are 75 theoretical classes, 95 practical classes and 10 tests for the whole course.
The content of the course
The book is divided into 15 main units and 3 review units. Each main unit focuses on a topic related to a professional situation and follows the same teaching sequence.
1. Structure of a main unit
Presentation includes suggested questions aiming to provide useful information involved in the topic given in the unit and to develop vocabulary as well as speaking skill.
Language Study The new grammar of each unit is presented and is followed by practice activities. Different kinds of exercises for speaking and grammatical drills such as pair work, group work, or role-play provide more opportunity for student practice of the new language items that have just been presented.
Vocabulary develops students’ vocabulary through a variety of interesting tasks, such as word map and collocation exercises. Vocabulary activities are usually followed by written or oral practice that helps students understand how to use the vocabulary in context.
Listening the listening activities develop a wide variety of listening skills, including listening for gist, listening for details and inferring meaning from context. Charts or graphics are often accompany red with these task-base exercises to lend support to students.
Speaking teaches students how to present an issue. Speaking tasks involve the use of the new structures and words at the same time concentrate on the topic of the unit.
Reading the reading has two parts: a text and introduction to different kinds of computer and their component. The Readings develop a variety of reading skills, including reading for details, skimming, scanning and making inferences. Sometimes included are pre-reading and post-reading questions in which the topic of the reading is used as a springboard to discussion.
Writing the writing exercises include practical writing tasks that extent and reinforce the teaching points in the unit and help develop students’ writing skills.
2. Review units
The review units consolidate the students’ knowledge learned from four previous units with a variety of practical exercises.
Keys, wordlist and appendix are at the back of the book as the reference for teacher; and students.
