lesson 1.Working in the IT industry

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English
Information Technology
Vocational English
Course
B o o k

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Working in the
IT industry
• I n t r o d u c e y o u r s e l f and
others
• ask a n d a n s w e r p e r s o n a l q u e s t i o n s
• talk a b o u t s c h e d u l e d tasks
• use the a l p h a b e t a n d s p e l l out w o r d s
Meeting people
H o w d o y o u greet p e o p l e i n y o u r c o u n t r y ? W h a t d o y o u say w h e n y o u greet
p e o p l e i n English?
Speaking
Reading
Listening
Speaking
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C o m p l e t e these dialogues w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .
all
is
too
you
name's
Welcome
Nice
this
What's
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Natasha: H i , m y (1)
Natasha.
Khalid:
Pleased t o (2) _
you. I'm Khalid Ali.
Natasha: Pleased t o meet y o u , ( 3 ) .
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Philip:
Ahmed:
f'hilip:
G o o d m o r n i n g . (4)
I ' m A h m e d . A n d (5)
M y name's P h i l i p . (6) .
Tim:
All:
Tim:
Ingrid:
Linda:
Tim:
Hi everybody, (7).
. is I n g r i d .
Hi!
I n g r i d , t h i s (8)
. A h m e d , L i n d a , M o h a m m e d a n d Mansoor.
Nice m e e t i n g y o u (9)
Likewise.
(10)
t o t h e t e a m a n d g o o d luck.
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. y o u r name?
_ are?
t o meet y o u .
L i s t e n a n d c h e c k y o u r answers.
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L i s t e n again a n d repeat t h e dialogues.
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W o r k i n s m a l l g r o u p s . Practise i n t r o d u c t i o n s . F o l l o w t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s below.
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2
1
meet
Working in the IT industry
Introduce yourself.
I n t r o d u c e a new t e a m member.

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Listening
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L i s t e n t o t h i s d i a l o g u e a n d c h o o s e t h e c o r r e c t answers.
K a t h r y n : K a r i m , w h a t d o y o u do?
Karim:
I'm a (1) website developer/network
administrator.
w o r k for?
K a t h r y n : I w o r k for CISCO. I ' m a (2) system analyst/website
W h e r e are y o u f r o m , K a r i m ?
Who do you
analyst
there.
Karim:
I'm f r o m K u w a i t . I w o r k for M i c r o s o f t t h e r e . A n d w h e r e are y o u
from, Kathryn?
Kathryn
I ' m f r o m t h e (3) UK/US b u t n o w I live i n Qatar. Do y o u k n o w w h e r e
Glenda's from?
She's f r o m t h e US.
A n d w h a t ' s h e r job?
Karim:
Kathryn
Karim:
She w o r k s for (4) IBM/Dell.
Her j o b is t o set u p n e w s y s t e m s .
Language
Present tense of be
We use be to say who somebody is
or what something is.
I'm Sam.
1 am Sam.
You're/We're/They're from the UK.
You/ We/They are from the UK.
He's/She's
He/She is a website developer.
a website developer.
It is in the US.
It's in the US.
We use be to ask personal
questions.
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Where are you from?
B c X H L i s t e n a n d repeat these w o r d s .
I'm, You're, She's,
Reading
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What is his name/job?
What's his name/job?
He's, It's, We're,
They're/Their
C o m p l e t e t h i s e m a i l w i t h am, is, are, their, our o r my.
Dear Colleagues
the IT Support team
Jessica Martin and I (2).
My name (1)
Mahmoud Al Banawy,
leader. The IT Support team members (3)
Eli Ibrahim and Guido Pitteri. Mahmoud (4)
our network administrator.
Eli and Guido (5)
system maintenance officers. (6)
job is to
keep our systems going. (7)
job is to support you.
(8)
contact number (9)
675 567 567.
Best regards
Jessica Martin
Writing
Speaking
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W r i t e a r e p l y t o t h e e m a i l i n 8. I n t r o d u c e y o u r s e l f a n d t h r e e p e o p l e i n
your group.
1 0 W o r k i n pairs. A s k a n d a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s a b o u t y o u r j o b s , c o m p a n i e s
and nationalities.
Example:
A: Where are you
B: I'm from ....
from?
Working in the IT industry
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