- •Module 1. Computer and modern society
- •1. Vocabulary
- •1.1. Study the following words and word combinations. Consult a specialized ict dictionary or one of the following websites, if necessary.
- •1.2. Make sure you know what abbreviations, acronyms and blendings mean.
- •1.3. Study the following abbreviations, acronyms and blendings.
- •1.4. Read the information about the use of British and American English in this textbook. Then learn the British and American spellings and variants of the words below.
- •1.7. Complete the table with appropriate derivatives.
- •1.8. Give En equivalents to these word combinations.
- •1.9. Translate the following sentences from Ru into En.
- •2. Switch on activity
- •Computers in Modern Society
- •3.3. Answer the following questions based on the text.
- •3.4. Work in groups. Consider the following issues and report the information you have discussed back to the class.
- •4.1. Scan the following texts and choose from the list (a-d) the sentence which best summarizes each part (1-2) of the text. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
- •The Advent of Hi-Tech Has Altered Our Way of Living
- •4.2. Read through the texts again and decide if the following sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •4.3. Answer the questions about the texts.
- •It’s ok to Break Things to Make Them Better
- •Carol Bartz, the Former President and ceo of the Company Yahoo!
- •Larry Ellison and John Chambers
- •Dick Costolo, ceo at Twitter
- •Eric Schmidt, the ict Business Leader
- •R eed Hastings, Netflix Co-Founder
- •6.6. Watch the video again and complete the following statements.
- •6.7. Answer the questions based on the information from the multimedia file.
- •6.8. Work in pairs and share your opinions on the following.
- •7. Translation
- •7.1. Translate the text from En into Ru. Computer Opens New Opportunities in Politics
- •8. Text rendering
- •8.1. Render the text about information technologies from Ru into En and relate the information given in the text to your personal life experience. Информационные технологии
- •9. Discussion
- •Vocabulary Network
- •9.2. Work in groups. Find out from your partners whether they agree or disagree with the following statements.
1.2. Make sure you know what abbreviations, acronyms and blendings mean.
abbreviation (n) |
• a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole, such as ICT [ai-si-ti]; |
acronym (n) |
• a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term, such as GNU [gə`nu:]; |
blending (n) |
• a word made up by mixing usually two parts of words, such as emoticon [emotion+icon]. |
1.3. Study the following abbreviations, acronyms and blendings.
IT (or Info-Tech) |
• Information Technology or Technologies |
ICT |
• Information and Communication Technology or Technologies |
IRM |
• Information Resources Management |
PMP |
• portable music player |
the Web, www or 3w |
• World Wide Web |
Emoticon |
• emotion and icon |
CIM |
• Computer-Integrated Manufacturing |
GPS |
• Global Positioning Service |
DVD |
• Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc |
1.4. Read the information about the use of British and American English in this textbook. Then learn the British and American spellings and variants of the words below.
NB! This practice-oriented textbook for students of ICT contains original texts on a variety of topics from different indigenous sources. Due to this fact the reader may come across both British and American variants of English. The teaching instructions are given in British English, the original texts, though abridged and adapted, have preserved their authentic spellings and variants for the students of English not to be taken aback with the two Englishes when surfing the Internet or reading in the original.
British Spelling / Variant |
American Spelling / Variant |
analogue |
analog |
analyse |
analyze |
behaviour |
behavior |
characterised |
characterized |
catalogue |
catalog |
centre |
center |
cheque |
check |
colour |
color |
disc |
disk |
encyclopaedia |
encyclopedia |
endeavour |
endeavor |
favourable / unfavourable |
favorable / unfavorable |
fibre |
fiber |
fulfill, fulfillment |
fulfil, fulfilment |
informatisation |
informatization |
licence |
license |
marvellous |
marvelous |
mneumonics |
mnemonics |
mobile phone |
cellular phone |
modelling |
modeling |
organisation |
organization |
standardised |
standardized |
telelabour |
telelabor |
utilise |
utilize |
1.5. Match the words with their definitions.
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a) a society characterised by a high level of information intensity; b) a sideways image of a face formed by keyboard symbols, which is used in emails to express a particular emotion; c) information in an electronic form that can be stored and processed by a computer; d) people who have the means to partake in information society; e) a description of data which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set; f) to keep or put things in a special place for use in the future; g) the science and activity of using computers and other electronic equipment to manage information; h) a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes; i) an electronic machine that can store, organize and find information, do calculations and control other machines. |
1.6. Comment on the meaning of the following word combinations.
• computer-generated unemployment • Internet capable computer • exchange digital data • digital citizens • information and communication technology • text messaging on mobile phones • electro-optical components • Internet voting • e-voting |
• Internet connected voting systems • touch-screen machine • global laws, cyber business / education • “wink” and “sigh” using emoticons • instant messaging • texting • send e-mails instantaneously to a recipient • cause “de-skilling” of workers, turn them into passive observers and button pushers |
B. VOCABULARY USE