Do you buy things on the internet? Why/Why not? What are the advantages and disadvantages of internet shopping?
Yes i do.
Adventages: Access to stores and
products in remote locations
Disadvantages: Inability to test the product before buying it and Lack of communication and personal relationship
Read this magazine article about Dalya’s job. What are three parts of an e-commerce system? Which does Dalya find most difficult to set up?
The three parts of an e-commerce system are:the user interface, the shopping basket and the payment system
Get the infotmation abou the clients is the most difficult to set up
Find words in the article that match these definitions.
Put together two or more things so that they work well together (paragraph 2) System
Smaller parts of something bigger (paragraph 2) components
Computer programming instructions (p3) Software
Taking a series of steps to do something (p4) Processing
The place to send goods (p4) Address
The items that a customer wants to buy (p4) Order
Looking after money in an organization (p4) The payment processing
Read the article again and answer these questions.
For which component is appearance important?
For the custumer
Which component involves integration with something else?
What do e-commerce websites use cookies for?
For save information and data about customers interested
For which component is programming mentioned?
Internet shopping
Which item involves integration with more than one other component?
Where does the company get delivery information from?
From Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Why is EDI useful?
For get all information about the customers
There are three acronyms in the article. Underline them and their meanings.
B2B:business to business.
B2C:Business to Consumer.
EDI:Electronic Data Interchange.
Put these stages of the software development process in the best order.
The customer checks and approves the final version _5
Speak with the people who will use the new software and analyze how they will use it _1
Plan the project, write the specifications and prepare instructions for the programmers _2
Test and debug the code _4
Write the code _3
Read this interview from Computer World, an online magazine, in which Jess Wong, a systems analyst, talks about her job. Which of the stages does she mention?
Read the interview again and answer these questions.
Why does Jess talk to the client at the beginning of the process?
Why are the interviews sometimes difficult?
What does the specification document contains, besides writing?
Why does the analyst want the client to check the specification document?
Complete these definitions with the word in the box. Use the stages in 9 and the interview in 10.
All the separate features and pieces of information about something __________________.
Think about something very carefully, step-by-step __________________.
Officially say that you are happy with something __________________.
Ask someone questions formally in order to find out information __________________.
Find problems in a computer program and correct them __________________.
Answer these questions
How do you feel about interviews?
Have you had an interview?
What was the interview for?
What happened in the interview?
How did you feel?
What might you be asked about in a job interview?
At what stage in the interview can you usually ask questions?
What might you ask the interviewer about?
Read the job advertisement and choose one of the jobs to apply for. Then follow these steps. So you are going to do everything.
Interviewers, think of questions to ask the interviewee. Interviewees, predict what questions you might be asked and prepare answers. Make sure you questions and answers include these topics
Experience
Personal skills
Technical skills
Why the candidate wants the job