Fitzgerald, Patrick  1964- <br/><br/>
English for ICT Studies in Higher Education Studies /  
Patrick Fitzgerald, Marie McCullagh, and Carol Tabor; Terry Phillips (Series Editor). 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Reading, UK :  Garnet Education Limited,  2011. 
 - 137 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm.   + 2 CDs. 
 - English for Specific Academic Purposes .
<br/><br/> Includes a glossary and transcripts.  
<br/><br/>"English for ICT Studies is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of ICT who are about the enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progression in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist ICT language they need to participate successfully within an ICT faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from ICT lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key ICT vocabulary that students will need.<br/><br/> Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view. Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers. Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to analyze complex sentences and identify such things as the writer's stance. Writing: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of the appropriate academic phrases.<br/> Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of psychology and of academic study in general. Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference source to provide students with revision of the keywords and phrases and skills presented in each unit. Full transcripts of all listening exercises. Intended for students of ICT who are about to enter English medium tertiary level studies. Designed for students of upper intermediate to proficiency level (CEF B2-C2). The Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can therefore deal with a range of ESAP courses at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure" (Book Cover). TABLE OF CONTENTS: Topics  Defining ICT  Introduction to different aspects of ICT Vocabulary Focus  Words from general English with a special meaning in ICT  Prefixes and suffixes Skills Focus Listening  Preparing for a lecture  Predicting lecture content from the introduction  Understanding lecture organization  Choosing an appropriate form of notes  Making lecture notes Speaking  Speaking from notes Unit 2: ICT in the workplace (Reading + Writing) Topics  Impact of ICT on business, including communication, information management and product design  Impact of ICT on the nature of work, including teleworking and outsourcing Vocabulary Focus  English-English dictionaries: headwords, definition, parts of speech, phonemes, stress markers, countable/uncountable, transitive/intransitive Skills Focus Reading  Using research questions to focus on relevant information in a text  Using topic sentences to get an overview of the text Writing  Writing topic sentences  Summarizing a text Unit 3: Introduction to ICT systems (Listening + Speaking) Topics  Embedded and general purpose systems  Data storage and management  Control systems  Communication systems  Functions of ICT systems (data capture, processing and output) Vocabulary Focus  Stress patterns in multi-syllable words  Prefixes Skills Focus Listening  Preparing for a lecture  Predicting lecture content  Making lecture notes  Using different information sources Speaking  Reporting research findings  Formulating questions<br/><br/> Unit 4: ICT in education (Reading + Writing) Topics  Use of computers and the Internet in research and learning  Computer-assisted learning (CAL), virtual learning environments (VLEs) and their impact on teaching Vocabulary Focus  Computer jargon  Abbreviations and acronyms  Discourse and stance markers  Verb and noun suffixes Skills Focus Reading  Identifying topic development within a paragraph  Using the Internet effectively  Evaluating Internet search results Writing  Reporting research findings Unit 5: The history of ICT (Listening + Speaking) Topics  Key stages in the development of the computer (inventions and innovations)  Development of computer components (input, output, processing and storage)  Foundations of the Internet Vocabulary Focus  Word sets: synonyms, antonyms, etc.  The language of trends  Common lecture language Skills Focus Listening  Understanding "signpost language" in lectures  Using symbols and abbreviations in note-taking Speaking  Making effective contributions to a seminar Unit 6: The Internet (Reading + Writing) Topics  Internet protocols and data transfer  Web 2.0 and the future of the Internet  Social networking services (SNS) Vocabulary Focus  Synonyms, replacement subjects, etc., for sentence-level paraphrasing Skills Focus Reading  Locating key information in complex sentences Writing  Reporting findings from other sources: paraphrasing  Writing complex sentences Unit 7: Software development (Listening + Speaking) Topics  Development methods and processes  Waterfall, iterative and prototyping models  Waterfall, iterative and prototyping models  Planning the development process  Open source software Vocabulary Focus  Compound nouns  Fixed phrases from ICT  Fixed phrases from academic English  Common lecture language Skills Focus Listening  Understanding speaker emphasis Speaking  Asking for clarification  Responding to queries and requests for clarification Unit 8: Efficiency in computer systems (Reading + Writing) Topics  Efficiency in computer systems  Reliability, security, speed and cost Vocabulary Focus  Synonyms  Nouns from verbs  Definitions  Common "direction" verbs in essay titles (discuss, analyze, evaluate, etc.) Skills Focus Listening  Using the Cornell note-taking system  Recognizing digressions in lectures Speaking  Making effective contributions to a seminar  Referring to other people's ideas in a seminar Unit 10: E-commerce and e-government (Reading + Writing) Topics  Types of e-commerce: B2B, B2C, C2C, B2G  Barriers to adoption of e-commerce Vocabulary Focus  "Neutral" and "marked" words  Fixed phrases from ICT  Fixed phrases from academic English Skills Focus Reading  Recognizing the writer's stance and level of confidence or tentativeness  Inferring implicit ideas Writing  Writing situation-problem-solution-evaluation essays  Using direct quotations  Compiling a bibliographic/reference list<br/><br/> Unit 11: Computing and ethics (Listening + Speaking) Topics  Laws and regulations, including copyright  Principles and ethics, including privacy and surveillance  The role of hacking Vocabulary Focus  Words/phrases used to link ideas (moreover, as a result, etc.)  Stress patterns in noun phrases and compounds  Fixed phrases from academic English  Words/phrases related to ethics in computing Skills Focus Listening   Recognizing the speaker's stance  Writing up notes in full Speaking  Building an argument in a seminar  Agreeing/disagreeing Unit 12: ICT in the future (Reading + Writing) Topics  Virtual and mirror worlds  Augmented reality (AR)  Lifelogging  Using technological growth curves to predict future development Vocabulary Focus  Verbs used to introduce ideas from other sources (x contends/suggests/asserts that...)  Linking words conveying contrast (whereas), result (consequently), reasons (due to), etc.  Words for quantities (a significant minority) Skills Focus Reading  Understanding how ideas in a text are linked Writing  Deciding whether to use direct quotation or paraphrase  Incorporating quotations  Writing research reports  Writing effective introductions/conclusions 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781859645192 (Student Book with CDs) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers <br/>English language--Teaching and learning<br/>English language --Vocabulary and terminology--ICT Studies<br/>English language--Audio aid.<br/>B2-C2 (CEFR).<br/>Upper-intermediate to proficiency.