English for ICT studies in higher education studies : course book

By: Fitzgerald, PatrickContributor(s): McCullagh, Marie | Tabor, CarolMaterial type: TextTextSeries: English for specific academic purposesPublication details: Reading, Berkshire, UK : Garnet Pub., 2011Description: 137 pages : colour illustration ; 2 audio discs (4 3/4 in.)ISBN: 9781859645192; 1859645194Subject(s): Information technology -- Language | Information technology -- Terminology | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakersDDC classification: 004.014
Contents:
Contents Unit 1: What is ICT? Unit 2: ICT in the workplace Unit 3: Introduction to ICT systems Unit 4: ICT in education Unit 5: The history of ICT Unit 6: The Internet Unit 7: Software development Unit 8: Efficiency in computer systems Unit 9: Human-Computer interaction Unit 10: E-commerce and E-government Unit 11: Computing and ethics Unit 12: The future of ICT
Summary: This is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of ICT who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with specialist ICT language they need to participate successfully within an ICT faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from ICT lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key ICT vocabulary that students will need.
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Contents Unit 1: What is ICT? Unit 2: ICT in the workplace Unit 3: Introduction to ICT systems Unit 4: ICT in education Unit 5: The history of ICT Unit 6: The Internet Unit 7: Software development Unit 8: Efficiency in computer systems Unit 9: Human-Computer interaction Unit 10: E-commerce and E-government Unit 11: Computing and ethics Unit 12: The future of ICT

This is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of ICT who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with specialist ICT language they need to participate successfully within an ICT faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from ICT lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key ICT vocabulary that students will need.

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