- •Computer World
- •Read and Talk
- •Vocabulary work
- •L isten and Speak
- •Write an Essay
- •A closer look Warm up
- •Read and Talk
- •Extend your knowledge
- •Read and Speak
- •Listen and Speak
- •Vocabulary work
- •Practice Translation
- •Applications Warm up
- •Watch and Write
- •Read and Talk
- •If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous
- •E xtend your Knowledge
- •Activity: Study Applications
- •Vocabulary work
- •Have fun
- •Practice Translation
- •Watch and Write
- •Write and Present
- •Operating Systems (os)
- •Warm up
- •Activity: Windows in Windows
- •Extend your knowledge
- •Watch and Write
- •Vocabulary work
- •Watch and Translate
- •Activity: How-to
- •Extend your Knowledge
- •Watch and Speak
- •Research and Present a n os to Choose
- •Points to consider before and while decision making :
- •Hardware Warm up
- •Watch and Speak
- •Read and Speak
- •A ctivity: How to read a computer ad
- •Vocabulary work
- •Practice Translation
- •Have fun /* Help stories from Tech Support */
- •Write a Story
- •Activity: Join a forum
- •Listen and Talk
- •Have fun
- •Extend your knowledge Explore a motherboard. Find Russian equivalents to the terms.
- •Computer History Warm up
- •Read and Speak
- •Vocabulary work
- •The Development Stages
- •Practice Translation
- •Activity: Explore History
- •Watch and Talk
- •Practice Translation
- •Intro to the Internet Warm up
- •Read and Talk
- •Vocabulary work
- •Watch and Research
- •Firefox, Google, Chrome, Explorer, Yahoo
- •Read and Talk
- •Activity: Compare isPs
- •Practice Translation
- •Going online with an isp
- •Activity: Exploring your local isp market
- •Read and Talk
- •Internet Software
- •Have fun Test yourself - How much of a "techie" are you?
- •Warm up
- •Watch and Listen
- •Extend your Knowledge the web from the inside
- •Practice Translation
- •Read and Talk
- •Activity: Customizing Web Browser
- •ClearYour Browser's Cache
- •Customize the Toolbar Buttons
- •Set a home page for the browser
- •Glossary
Activity: Compare isPs
These are short characteristics of ISPs chosen by compuTalk forum members to compare.
ISP: AT@T SPEED: 1.5 Mbps COMMENTS: I know I don’t have the fastest connection, but it suits my needs. Downloading an ISO CD file doesn’t take long (about half an hour to an hour).
ISP: Tista online SPEED: 21kbps COMMENTS: Very slow and very cheap. It is dial up…I pay only $7 for that
ISP: DC.lv SPEED: 60kb/s COMMENTS: Very cheap, but not very fast and not so reliable at all…
ISP: Rogers Cable SPEED: 128kbps COMMENTS: Very slow, and my parent’s are too cheap to get the faster plans.
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Make a top-list of the ISPs, ordering the best first and the worst last. If you need additional info – go Google!
Practice Translation
R ead the text:
Going online with an isp
There are many ways to use a computer to access the Internet. On-line organizations such as America On-line or Compuserve offer connection as well as many other services like magazines, chat areas and information retrieval and storage. Some Internet Service Providers only offer dial-up or cable connections to the Internet. Usually, their services may cost more if charged by the minute or by the amounts of traffic but on the other hand ISPs can offer annual fees and those services are cheaper.
Well, if you don't have a computer and a modem (or a motherboard netcard), get one. Your computer can act as a terminal, and you can use an ordinary telephone line to connect to an Internet-linked machine. If you're on a campus, your university may have direct "dedicated access" to high-speed Internet TCP/IP lines. Apply for an Internet account on a dedicated campus machine, and you may be able to get those long-distance computing and file-transfer functions. Some cities, such as Cleveland, supply "freenet" community access. Businesses increasingly have Internet access, and are willing to sell it to subscribers. The standard fee is about $40 a month -- about the same as TV cable service.
Questions:
How does one get connected to the Internet?
What services do ISP offer their customers?
How can one get access on a campus?
Provide a written translation of the text into Russian.
Activity: Exploring your local isp market
Find most popular ISP in your area on the Internet and answer the questions:
How many ISPs are there in your area?
Which of them provide the cheapest/most expensive/most reliable connection?
What services do they offer?
How much does the access to the Internet cost on average throughout your area?
Is it the same in the capital/province?
Provide a short printable report for your research results in document format.
Read and Talk
ISP and TCP/IP
Provide the Russian equivalents for the following:
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sign up with an ISP
install the software
set up the login
service guide
transmission control protocol
point to point protocol driver
install wizard
file manager
the content of a page
hypertext-based system
hypertext markup language
utility
retrieve documents
file transfer protocol
click on keywords
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
navigate through the Web
2. Practice the conversation.
− I signed up with an ISP, and they sent me the dial-up service guide. How do I get on-line? − You need the TCP/IP software that will let you connect to your ISP. − I found some on a CD-ROM in the back of an Internet magazine. − After you've installed the software, you have to set up the login. Usually, this means a login name and password and telling the software the name of the name server, mail server and news server. − It sounds difficult. − Not really, the install wizard will do the hard part.
3. Read the text and prepare a summary.