UNIT 1 - Welcome to English 4IT

Unit 1 — Welcome to English for IT

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Reading: Essential English for IT

Hello and welcome to English 4 IT!

In this course, you will learn to understand, speak, and write the words required to
function in an English speaking IT job or University study program.

The course is organized into many units covering a wide area of IT topics. To
complete a unit, you need to learn the new vocabulary and then complete the
activities.

In this first unit, there are only 10 vocabulary words you need to learn. The
vocabulary words are normally presented in a short reading or dialogue format.
Here is a really short reading as an example:

Information Technology 101

"Good morning students! Today I want to talk about application
development. As you know, to begin you need a good computer with solid
components. Having the right hardware will help you to develop quality
software that works without crashing.

I always follow certain rules when I build a new app:

1. The data for the application should be stored in a relational database
2. Customers should be able to buy my application on the Internet
3. The software should work without any extra peripherals
4. The program should be designed to work with or without a solid network
connection.

By following these simple rules, you can write great applications that work
for everyone.

The end.

Now, most readings will be longer than that, but as you can see, the underlined
key unit words are clickable and bring up definitions and example sentences.
Although you should understand all the words in all readings, you are only
responsible for learning the underlined words to pass the unit!

As a final notice, students who complete the study program with a passing grade
will get a downloadable and printable Certificate of Completion. You can post it on
your wall, put it on your LinkedIn page, facebook, CV, resume, etc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hGsPni6hiQCFgctZ0kQIGU7ANLV7yr88EcuVIzxQIzQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Now please get started by completing the activities that follow this reading.

Thank you and have fun using English 4 IT!

Discussion Questions

When did you start learning English? What is the hardest part about learning
English? How good is your spoken and written English?

How good are your IT skills? What is your best IT skill? Describe what you want in
your IT career.