Topic outline

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  General

  • Объявления Forum
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  Unit 1. Living in the digital age

   In this unit students will:

  1. talk and write about computer applications in everyday life
  2. study the basic structure of a computer system
  3. study the diferences between certain types of computer

  • TEXT: Cache Memory. File
  • Problem-solving File
  • Language work: Past Simple/ Present Perfect File
  • Individual work Assignment

    1. Describe how you use computers in your study and in your free time.
    2. Speak about one recent inovation in the digital age
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  Unt 2. The History of the Computer

  Students will be able to:

  1. learn how to classify computer devices
  2. learn about how memory is measured
  3. learn how to distinguish between RAM and ROM

  • Terms and Abbreviations File
  • Text: Cache Memory. How a Disk Cache Works File
  • Individual work Assignment

    Find out as much as you can about your PCs characteristics, following further instructions.

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  Unit 3. Peripherals

  Students will be able to: 

  1. Identify the peripherals
  2. To divide them into input and output devics
  3. Revise the Comparison degree

  • Peripherals File
  • Conventional and Digital cameras File

    Listen to both audio parts and put down the advantages and disadvantages of digital cameras

  • TEXT: Ready for the Bazillion-Byte Drive? File
  • Individual work Assignment

    1. Study the list of needs. Which type of the peripheral would you advise in each case?
    2. Check the websites for the latest digital cameras
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  Unit 4. Computer Applications

  This unit will help students to:

  1. Differentiate computer applications
  2. Use present passive
  3. Understand the usage of the computer in different areas

  • The usage of the computer in different areas File
  • Language work: Present passive File

    The passive is often used to describe the steps in the process where the action is more important than the agent is already known to the reader. If we need to add the agent, we can do.

    1. The information is stored on a smart card.
    2. The information is stored on a smart card by the microprocessor.
  • TEXT: Data Mining File
  • Individual work Assignment

    Problem-solving

    Assuming cost is not a problem, what computer applications would make today's cars safer, more comfortable, more secure and more efficient? List your ideas; then compare ideas with others in your group

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  Unit 5. The use of computers in different fields

  Students will find out:

  1. The use of the computer in different fields
  2. How to make the sentence, interrogative in Past Simple
  3. The word study up- and -up verbsI

  • The subjects and the domains that could be studied File
  • Some areas where the computer can be used File

    Listen to the recordings to understand which areas is the computer used

  • Language work. Revision:Past simple questions File
  • Word study: up- and -up verbs File
  • Individual work Assignment

    Study this description of a computer course. Then write a description of your own computing course, or one of its components, in the same way.

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  Unit 6. Operating systems

  Students will be able to:

  1. Understand the difference between operating systems
  2. Difference between hardware and software
  3. Popular operating systems

  • The screen display File
  • TEXT. Operating Systems: Hidden Software File
  • TEXT: Linux File
  • Individual work Assignment

    Describe the operational system of your computer as in the example.

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  Glossary

  • Glossary part I File
  • Glossary part II File
  • Glossary part III File
  • Glossary part IV File
  • Glossary part V File