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

Vocabulary  

2

  Students use the context of the steps in Activity 

1 to find words there that match the definitions.  

1

 restart     2 partition     3 BIOS     4 boot drive 

5

 product key     6 user account     7 reboot 

8

 process     9 back up     10 licence terms  

Language  

 

Four ways of expressing reason and purpose are 

dealt with here. Most students at this level will 

be aware of most of these. In addition to the 

points in the Language box, elicit, using 

examples, that if the because-clause is the second 

clause in a sentence, there isn’t a comma 

between the clauses, whereas if it is the first 

clause, a comma is required.  

3

  Students match sentence halves, inserting 

because, so, to or for between them as appropriate.  

1

 d, for     2 e, so     3 a, to     4 f, because  

5

 c, to     6 b, so  

Speaking 

4

  Students roleplay a conversation in which an IT 

user is asking questions to an IT technician 

relating to the items in Activity 3.  

IT systems 

2 

 

 

 

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Extra activity 

Students ask and answer the following 

questions (or ones they write themselves) in 

pairs. Students with less IT experience will 

need time to think about their answers.  

1  Why might people change their operating  

   system?  

2  Why are windows useful? 

3  Why might a sales person use a webcam?  

4  Why is a large hard drive useful? 

5  Why do some people use laptops, not desktops?  

 

Suggested answers 

1  To upgrade./Because they want new  

    features./So that they can have different  

    features./For the new features. 

2  To see several files at the same time./To run 

    several programs at the same time./Because 

    they help you run several programs at the  

   same time. 

3  For video calls./To communicate using  

    video./To make video calls. 

4  To store lots of data./For storing lots of  

    data./Because some people need to store  

    lots of data./So that you can store lots of  

   data. 

5  Because they’re easy to carry./Because  

    they’re not heavy./Because they need their 

    computer while travelling./To carry easily.