2 English for Information Technology A2-B1 Vocational English Teacher’s Book

1 supervise a team     2 have a problem  

3 be responsible for IT projects     4 look after 

computers     5 install software     6 diagnose 

the/a problem/problems     7 design databases 

8 maintain databases     9 write specifications 

for software 

 

Working in IT 

1 

 

 

 

5 

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Vocabulary  

5

  In pairs, students make new collocations using 

the verbs in Activity 3. Encourage them to think 

of as many collocations as they can that might 

work, and check with you whether they do.  

Suggested answers 

supervise people/[any job title] 

be responsible for a team/computers  

look after databases/a team  

install databases/software  

design software/databases  

maintain computers 

Speaking  

6

  Students now use collocations from Activity 3 

(and possibly 5) to describe what the people in 

Activity 2 do in their jobs.  

Suggested answers 

1   A software developer writes software. 

2   A helpdesk supervisor is responsible for/