0. LEARNING VOCABULARY: TIPS AND TECHNIQUES PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER

 

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER 0. LEARNING VOCABULARY: TIPS AND TECHNIQUES

 

A Guessing meaning from context Some ICT terms are difficult, but others are universally accepted. You probably know terms like modem, online, chat, email, website, virus and hacker; they are part of our everyday life. When you meet an unknown word, first try to guess the meaning from the context – the surrounding words and the situation. Read the text on the right and see how words have meaning in relation to other words. ·         You know that a PC is a type of ‘computer’ and digital music relates to ‘music’ on computers’. B Organizing vocabulary Read the text again. You can organize words in your notebook in different ways. C Using a dictionary A monolingual dictionary gives you a lot of information about words. Look at this entry. EXERCISES 0.1 Look at the words in the box. Are they nouns, verbs or adjectives financial Internet electronic print design microchips 0.2 Read A opposite. Complete this text with words from exercise 1. Use the context to help you. A digital era Computers have changed the way we do everyday things, such as working, shopping and looking for information. We (1)____________ houses with the help of PCs; we buy books or make flight reservations on the (2)____________; we use gadgets that spring to life the instant they are switched on; 0.3 Match the words in Exercise 1 with the following definitions. 1 tiny pieces of silicon containing complex electronic circuits. 2 to make or draw plans for something 3 relating to money or how money is managed 0.4 Organize these words as in B opposite. mobile phone interact communicator teleworking calculating calculations typewriter   0.5 Look at this dictionary entry. Put these labels in the correct place. 1 pronunciation 3 example sentence 5 word class 2 definition 4 grammar feature

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