I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

manage, store, preserve, tools, strategies, document related technologies, internal information system, service concept, functionality, implementation, uniform repository, content warehouse, data warehouse, document warehouse, content integration, infrastructure components.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) What is enterprise content management?

2) What are three key ideas that distinguish such solutions?

3) Why is ECM a uniform repository for all types of information?

4) When is ECM working properly?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. Enterprise content management is	a) basically unaware of using an ECM solution.
2. The user is	b) used to manage information without regard to the source or the required use.
3. ECM is	c) vision, a strategy, or even a new industry .
4. ECM technologies are	d) infrastructures that support specialized applications as subordinate services.

Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:

A comparison of the definitions of the different (usage/ application) fields of ECM and WCM makes it clear that the (existing/ including) system category distinctions (cannot/ must not) last long, whether for products and (radio/ technical) platforms or for usage models.

THE SPEAKING MODULE

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe document; to store documents; to deliver documents; data warehouse; data; repository using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

document a piece of paper; to have; official information example: The document is a piece of paper that has official information on it.

to store documents to keep; documents; information until; you need; them.

to deliver documents to take; documents; letters; a particular place; or; person.

data warehouse a special place; for storing; large quantities; information.

data information; in a form; can; be stored; by used.

repository a place; a lot of information; be stored.

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: ECM tools and strategies allow the management of an organization's unstructured information, wherever that information exists.

2) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: Standards for interfaces connecting different services will play an important role in the implementation of ECМ.

3) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: Expensive redundancies and associated problems with information consistency are eliminated.

THE WRITING MODULE

III. Writing Exercises:

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words:

for; and; related; into; that.

ECM thus is a collection of infrastructure components __ fit __ a multi-layer model __ include all document __ technologies (DRT) __ handling, delivering, and managing structured data and unstructured information jointly.

Exercise 2. Fill in the table with words and expressions from the text:

	processes	types of facets	types of jobs
Example: method and tools are used to	-	-	capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver content
content management has many facets including.
document related technologies for

Exercise 3. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words):

“Characteristics of ECM”

“Three key ideals”