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ICT in the workplace

ICT in the workplace. Vocabulary: How to use E – E dictionary Answer the following questions: What do you often do when you find a new word in English? Guess the meaning of the word in context Look up the dictionary to find its meaning Ignore it.

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ICT in the workplace

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  1. ICT in the workplace • Vocabulary: How to use E – E dictionary Answer the following questions: • What do you often do when you find a new word in English? • Guess the meaning of the word in context • Look up the dictionary to find its meaning • Ignore it

  2. 2. What kind of dictionary do you often use? • A translation (bilingual) dictionary B. An English – English (monolingual) dictionary

  3. 3. Why do people like to use a translation dictionary? • Because they need a translation into English (V – E) • Because the translation into their mother tongue is easy to understand (E – V) • Both A & B

  4. 4. What are benefits of using an English – English dictionary? • Having more examples • Providing precise definitions of each words • Both A & B

  5. Books

  6. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

  7. Parts of a dictionary: • Spelling • Pronunciation • Part of speech • Meanings • Examples in phrases or sentences • Special uses/idioms

  8. Part of speech

  9. Read the words in the dictionary extract

  10. Types of nouns: Countable [C] or Uncountable [U] • Types of verbs: Transitive [T] or Intransitive [I] Definition: A transitive verb is one that is used with an object: a noun, phrase, or pronoun but an intransitive verb does not have an object. Ex: She loves animals.=> loveis a transitive verb The baby was crying.=> cryis an intransitive verb

  11. Activity 1: Complete the table:

  12. Activity 2: Find the words with their definitions, then find their part of speech and pronunciation • It’s a device for entering information into a computer 2. It’s a machine for sending and receiving documents in electronic form 3. It’s a small computer that you can carry around easily 4. It’s a way of sending messages using a mobile phone 5. It’s the graphical image that is used to represent a real person in a cyberspace or three dimensional system 6. It’s a part of a whole unit, expressed as one figure above another

  13. Reading skills • Look at the pictures in part B and fill in the table.

  14. Aims of reading skills • Identify paragraph structure • Produce good topic sentences • Summarize a text

  15. Exercise A: Find the phrases with the words in the box and match them with the meanings. Phrases Definitions/Meanings normal everyday tasks which are difficult or dangerous where documents are kept cut the number of people employed keep information about customers put 2 important aids to retailing together records the item as sold machine for sending and receiving copies of documents electronically way of producing high quality documents on a computer important purpose • Key role • Fax machines • Desktop publishing • Store customer details • Storage space • Combine bar-coding with electronic point-of-sale systems • Logs each sale • Routine, complex and dangerous procedures • Reduce the size of their workforces

  16. Exercise C: Discourse note In academic writing, topic sentences often consist of a general point. The sentences that follow then support the general statement in various ways, such as: • Giving a definition and/or a description • Giving examples • Giving lists of points (arguments or reasons) • Restating the topic sentence in a different way to help clarify it • Giving more information and detail on the topic sentence to clarify it Often, but not always, the type of sentence is shown by a “discourse marker”, such as for example, first of all. This helps to signal to the reader how the writer sees the link between the sentences and is therefore a good clue as to purpose of the sentences following the topic sentences.

  17. Exercise D: Summarize the text “ICT at work” in a short paragraph (100-150 words) • Read Skills Bank for more information. • Do not copy the sentences in the text, try to plagiarize/ use your own expressions to summarize the text

  18. Homework • Read the text “Changing the way we work” page 19 in the course book and note down topic sentences in each paragraph and then summarize the text in a short paragraph (100-150 words). • Do the handout Part A & B (Activity Bank) • Writing an essay: • Do some research into the use of ICT in the workplace. • Make notes to answer these questions: • How is ICT used in the workplace? • What are the advantages and disadvantages for businesses of using ICT?

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