Module 3 Unit 1

Lead in 2

speak, read, write, count, solve, function, achieve, develop

Listening

1. The World Wide Web (WWW or the Web) is a part of the Internet; is a service on the Internet that enables simple retrieval of linked information, e.g.: a) retrieve documents, b) view images, animation, and video, c) listen to sound files, d) speak and hear voice, e) view programmes. 2. Got its name from the spider’s web. 3. The WWW consists of a set of linked documents known as webpages which can be viewed using a programme called a browser, e.g.: leading ones - Firefox and Internet Explorer and the other - Mozilla., Safari, Opera. 4. Finding the Web can be done by using different search tools. used to find the information you are looking for if you do not already know exactly where to look. 5. A search engine is a special web sites that provides a facility to search for other websites. 6. Uses special programmes to collect information about websites on the WWW and stores the information in a database . 7. The user can search the database to obtain a list of links to relevant websites. 8. Requires keywords. Once a keyword is typed into a search box, the search engine displays a list of website links that are relevant to the given keywords. 9. Use (a) keywords to form search phrases by putting quotation mark around the key words; (b) special logical operators such as AND, OR, NEAR which can be grouped by enclosing them in brackets; (c) symbols such as “+” or “-” can be used to represent the operators; (d) special symbols known as wildcards can also be used with keywords to represent certain characters or combination of characters, e.g.: asterisk (*) is often used to represent any combination of characters. 11. As well as keyword searches, search engines can be used for field searches, e.g.: the title field, or the web address. 12. Different search engines use various strategies to easify the search, e.g.: Google - the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.

Focus on language 2

a) Put

b) To focus

e) to narrow

f) you have defined, you have chosen

c) first, then, next, finally

d) Having set

g) you find

h) you have linked

Reading

Comprehension check 1

1. a hypertext

2. a link

3. web page

4. web site

5. country code

6. URL

7. URL extension

8. URL address

Comprehension check 2

1. commercial

2. education and research

3. government

4. non-profit organization

5. individuals

Comprehension check 3

.info - informative/ general use

.museum - museums

.biz - business

.web - web-related

.firm - firm/agency

.mil - military

Focus on language 1

to

to

for

for

on

in

-

on

Focus on language 2

1. link together

2. to evaluate

3. to take time

4. to design a web page

5. to doublecheck

6. to advocate some points of view or an idea

7. to proofread

8. reliable

9. indicate

Focus on language 3

Information: reliable, relevant, falsified, true, available, free of error, current, commercial/business, secret, factual, etc.