IT Session One Lessons One and Two Outline

IT Session One Lessons One and Two

Outline o o o o o Some basic vocabulary Email address reading Web address reading List of keyboard characters HW 1 Using online dictionaries Cambrigde Advanced Learner’s Etymonline. com Synonym. com HW 2

Some basic vocabulary o http: //www. learn-english-today. com/vocabulary/computer_vocab. htm Adware, application (app), browser, bug, cache, cookies, crash, cursor, driver, e-bussiness, e-mail, FAQ, firewall, font, hardware, hit, home page, login, modem, netiquette, portal, program, provider, scanner, spam, spyware, trojan, videoconference, virus, WYSIWYG, WWW, worm, zip… + freeware, shareware, hard drive, flash drive, screen, webcam, keyboard, to click, to erase (delete), to copy and paste, to insert, laptop (!), desktop, turn/switch on/off, plug in, plug out, online, offline, touchpad, button, dialogue box, up/download, share, acept, decline, remind me later, cancel

Email address reading o m. marek@gjwprostejov. cz /em dot marek ət dʒi: dʒeɪ dʌbl ju: prostejov dot si: zet/ o john_smith@on-mail. com /dʒɒn ʌn. dəskɔ: r smɪθ ət on dæʃ meil dot kom/ o blackrider 007@darkworldonline. co. uk /blækraɪdə dʌbl ou sevn ət dɑ: kwɜ: ldonlain dot kou dot ju: kei/

Web address reading o http: //www. itea. kvalitne. cz o http: //www. fi. muni. cz/~thomas/ /(h)eitʃ ti: pi: kəʊ. lɒn* dʌbl slæʃ dʌbl ju: dot ai ti: dot kvalitne dot si: zet/ * colon

Keyboard characters Read the following web addresses: o o http: //www. fi. muni. cz/~thomas/ livestation. com/channels/10 bbc_news_english#demographics_nag http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Vertical_ bar#Computing http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Talk: Vertical_bar

HOMEWORK 1 o Practise at http: //www. fi. muni. cz/~thomas/keyboard/kybd_characters. htm

Using online dictionary o Cambridge Advanced Learner’s http: //dictionary. cambridge. org/

Using online dictionary o http: //www. etymonline. com/

Using online dictionary o www. synonym. com

HOMEWORK 2 Answer the followong questions: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Which language does the word technology come from? Are small and petite synonyms? Find at least ten antonyms of small. How would you transtate the phrase make hay while the sun shines into Czech language? Is there a difference between desert and dessert in pronunciation? Learn to pronounce it!