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

1   You can do that by retrieving a record,  

    querying the database or running a report. 

2   You can do that by using the ‘sum’ function 

    (in a formula). 

3   You can do that by using a primary key.  

4   You can do that by running a report.  

Speaking  

9

  A scenario is provided in which a company’s 

problems are described and possible solutions 

are mentioned. The scenario also reviews recent 

vocabulary. Students work in small groups (or 

in pairs) to discuss possible solutions to the 

problems, using this section’s target language.  

Suggested answers 

By using OCR, your company will save time on  

data entry. 

By using a database, you only have to enter  

data once. 

By running reports from a database, you won’t 

need to copy and paste data into word 

processing documents. The data will be ready 

for printing.