COMPUTERS AND WORK PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER

 

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER 18.COMPUTERS AND WORK

 

A Jobs in computing Most ICT-related jobs have developed to meet the need to analyse, design, develop, manage or support computer software, hardware or network. All the people involved in different stages of development of a computer project, i.e. analysts, programmers, support specialists, etc. are controlled by a project manager. B Computers and jobs: new ways, new profiles With the development of ICT, there has been a change in the way lots of jobs are done.   EXERCISES 18.1 Classify these jobs under the heading that best describes their function. They appear in A opposite. software engineer hardware engineer network analyst database administrator trainer help desk technician network administrator systems analyst 18.2 Draw lines between the columns to make true sentences about jobs in A opposite. 18.3 What jobs in A opposite are being offered in these advertisements? 18.4 Complete the text with words from B opposite. The use of ICT has caused the development of new ways of working. People no longer need to be stuck in an office. Laptops, the internet and wireless technologies allow (1)___________. What’s more, there are more and more people who have decided to become (2)___________ and so have no need to travel to work at all.

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