A course for people studying computer science or working with computers. It covers a wide range of computing areas, giving practice in all four language skills. Particular emphasis is placed on the vocabulary and grammar of the English used in computer science.
Unit 1
Personal computing
The processor
Language focus A
Contextual reference
Unit 2
Portable computers
Operating systems
Language focus B
Word formation prefixes
Unit 3
Online services
Data transmission
Language focus C
Word formation suffixes
Unit 4
Programming and languages
C language
Language focus D
Organizing information
Unit 5
Computer software
Comparing software packages
Language focus E
Making comparisons
Unit 6
Computer networks
Network configurations
Language focus F
Time sequence
Unit 7
Computer viruses
Computer security
Language focus G
Listing
Unit 8
Computers in the office
Information systems
Language focus H
The passive
Unit 9
Computers in education
CALL
Language focus I
Giving examples
Unit 10
Computers in medicine
Data storage and management
Language focus J
Explanations and definitions
Unit 11
Robotics
Robot characteristics
Language focus K
Compound nouns
Unit 12
Virtual reality
VR input devices
Language focus L
Classifying
Unit 13
Machine translation
AI and expert systems
Language focus M
Cause and effect
Unit 14
Multimedia
Computer-to-video conversion
Language focus N
Making predictions
Unit 15
Computer graphics
24-bit colour
Appendix 1 Letter writing
Appendix 2 Glossary of terms