- •Basic technical english
- •Introduction 3
- •Introduction
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- •3 Transfer
- •4 Word Check
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Basic technical english
For Information Security Engineers
Contents
Introduction 3
Notes to the Student 5
The contents list below indicates the topic themes for each unit.
Unit 1 Protecting your Computer System (obligation and permission — modals) 6
Unit 2 Designing a Computer System (classification) 10
Unit 3 Optical Fibres (quantity and amount) 13
Unit 4 Shape Memory Alloys (cause and effect) 16
Unit 5 What is a Transistor? (properties) 19
Unit 6 Setting up your new Computer (instructions — imperatives) 21
Unit 7 Building a House — the Requirements (probability and forecasting) 26
Unit 8 Installing the 9450 Photocopier (instructions — modals) 30
Unit 9 Printing Processes (process description — past, present and future tenses) 34
Unit 10 Data Communications (tenses — present) 37
Unit 11 Information Retrieval (tenses — present and future) 40
Unit 12 Control Systems (adjectives and adverbs) 43
Unit 13 Project Planning (prepositions of time) 46
Unit 14 Speeding up Air Traffic (prepositions of location and movement) 50
Unit 15 Electronic Assembly (comparison of adjectives) 55
Unit 26 Energy Sources (question formation) 59
Tapescripts 62
List of Abbreviations 78
Introduction
TARGETS AND OBJECTIVES
These materials are aimed at students who have a professional need for English in technical/industrial fields; people either in, or training for, posts as engineers or technicians. Some of the fields covered are: data processing, electronics, telecommunications, and mechanical engineering. For a full list, see the Contents page.
The materials also develop speaking skills around:
1. problem-solving activities
2. role-plays
3. discussion topics
ORGANIZATION OF MATERIAL
There are 16 units (see Contents page). Each unit consists of:
Introduction
A short written introduction to the topic of the unit, often introducing key vocabulary.
Presentation
Highlighting and explanation of language items.
Controlled Practice
Exercises designed to practise the language items introduced in the Presentation.
Transfer
Pairwork, or occasionally group work, designed to encourage the students to use the language introduced and to be practised in a context.
Word Check
A glossary of the technical vocabulary that appears in the listening passage.
In the second part of the book is the Key Section for each unit. This contains:
Controlled Practice
Answers to the controlled practice exercises.
Transfer (where necessary) Information for pair work activities.
The Vocabulary at the back of the book provides art alphabetical glossary of important words which appear in the units.
THE ROLES OF THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS
The materials provide the teacher with an opportunity to strike a balance between two classroom roles: teacher-controlled and teacher-monitored. They also give students an opportunity for autonomous learning (self-access). Sections 1, 2, and 4 (Presentation, Controlled Practice, and Word Check) can be done with or without a teacher. Section 3 (Transfer) can be done by students in pairs or groups without a teacher, but some form of teacher monitoring is advisable.
USING A UNIT