Basic English for Computing.
Unit 5. Interview - Student

TUNING-IN

Task 1. Complete the task. Study the description of Lyndsey's course and answer the questions.
  1. What is the course called?
  2. How long does the course last?
  3. What do you think these subjects are about?
Read the description of the course content. Be able to translate the content into Macedonian.

LISTENING

Task 2. Listen to Part 1 of the interview. Which of the questions in Task 1 does it answer?



Task 3. Listen again to find the answers to these questions.



  1. How many students are there now?
  2. How many female students are there?

Task 4. Look at Lyndsy's timetable. Some of the information is missing. Try to asnwer the questions about the timetable.
  1. What tiem does she start each day?
  2. When does she finish?
  3. Who taches her Computer Software?
  4. Which classroom is Information Systems in?
  5. When is her lunch break?

Task 5. Now listen to Part 2 of the interview to complete the blanks in the timetable.



Task 6. Listen again to Part 2 of the interview to find the answers to these questions.



  1. What does she have on mondays at 9:00?
  2. What does she study in Programming?
  3. What happens in the Software class?
  4. What does she do on Wednesdays?
  5. What happens in Hardware?
  6. What does she study in Networks?
  7. What does she do after each visit?

Task 7. Now listen to Part 3 of the interview to find the answers to these questions.



  1. Who was at the Students' Night?
  2. Where was it?
  3. What sport do they play?
  4. What does the Students' Union do?
  5. What does Lyndsey do for two night a week?
  6. Does she want a career in catering?


LANGUAGE WORK: WH- QUESTIONS WITHT THE PRESENT SIMPLE

Read the explanation on how to form WH- questions with the Present simple.

Task 8. Make a quenstion about Lindsey and her timetable for each question.


  1. Print out and complete this online exercises on WH- questions with the Present Simple.
  2. Complete this online exercise.
  3. Complete this online exercise.

WRITING

Task 9. Write your own timetable in English.

Days Times
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday


Task 10. Computing words and abbreviations. Match each word from column A with its partner from column B to make a computing term.
Key abbreviations
1. memory a code
2. power b key
3. function c drive
4. expansion d suppy
5. bar e card
6. floppy f chip
7. disk g memory
8. cache g disk

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

  1. Name and describe courses that may be taken by a student in the field of information technology.
  2. Name and describe the courses that you are taking.
  3. Talk about your weekly timetable.
  4. Ask WH- questions with the Present Simple.