Doretta Ardu

Maria Grazia Bellino

Giusy Di Giorgio

Bit by Bit è un testo di inglese rivolto in particolare agli studenti dei corsi a indirizzo Informatico e, in generale, a coloro che hanno l’esigenza di utilizzare la lingua inglese come strumento di studio e/o di lavoro in questo settore.
 Materiali integrativi <ul><li>Teacher’s Book. - Soluzioni, testi degli esercizi di ascolto, test di fine unità e di fine modulo, proposte di domande orali e di griglie valutative, real-life tasks, mappe per ogni unità, programmazione didattica, guida didattica di supporto per studenti BES.
</li><li>ONLINE RESOURCES. - Ulteriori esercitazioni, approfondimenti letterari, esempi di reading comprehension per le certificazioni EUCIP Core e FIRST/IELTS, test adattati per studenti BES.</li></ul>

Module 1 - The birth and role of computers

Unit 1- Computer science and ict

Unit 2 - ICT and society

Unit 3 - Computers

Vocabulary

Grammar • Prefixes, suffixes and compound nouns

Listening • Digital libraries

Speaking • New technological trends in teaching and studying

Writing • Learning with technology

Mapping your mind

Film • Bicentennial man

Module 2 - The body of computers

Unit 4 - The electronics of computers

Unit 5 - The structure of computers

Unit 6 - The peripherals of computers

Grammar • Relative clauses

Listening • At the computer shop

Speaking • Discussing computers

Writing • Describing computers and computer problems

Film • Strange Days

Module 3 - The mind of computers

Unit 7 - Computer languages

Unit 8 - Computer programming

Unit 9 - Operating systems

Grammar • Conditionals

Listening • Working in a software house

Speaking • Writing computer code

Writing • Programming languages

Film • Desk Set

Module 4 - The uses of computers

Unit 10 - Main software

Unit 11 - Graphics software

Unit 12 - Other software programs

Grammar • The passive voice

Listening • Learning and playing with computers

Speaking • Interviewing

Writing • Improving sound, music, pictures and texts

Film • AI - Artificial intelligence

Module 5 - Linking computers

Unit 13 - Communication networks

Unit 14 - The internet

Unit 15 - Sharing online

Grammar • Main verb tenses

Listening • Slideshare and other online activities

Speaking • Past and future

Writing • Social media

Film • Lucy

Module 6 - Protecting computers

Unit 16 - Computer threats

Unit 17 - Computer protection

Grammar • Comparatives and superlatives

Listening • Internet privacy

Speaking • Security problems

Writing • Data encryption

Film • The Imitation game

Appendices

1 Biz bits

2 Careers

3 How to…

Technical glossary

Acronyms

LISTENING WORKING IN A SOFTWARE HOUSE 1 PET 3.19 You will hear a man called Paul talking on the radio about his typical day as a programmer. For each question put a tick in the correct box. You will listen to the extract twice. 1. Paul has been working in the computer industry for  a. about 13 years. b. over 13 years. c. over 14 years. 2. He starts working at  a. 8.30. b. 8.40. c. 9.15. 3. He works in  a. hardware. b. software design. c. software marketing. ACTIVITIES 4. He is actually working on a program for  a. making calculations. b. the car industry. c. training carpenters. 5. The program will be released next  a. month. b. year. c. summer. 6. He spends all the morning  a. debugging the program. b. writing the code. c. on the phone with the contractor. 2 You will hear a conversation between two colleagues discussing the use of debuggers. Decide if each sentence is correct (yes) or incorrect (no). You will hear the recording twice. Yes No Both Jane and Mike use debuggers. Jane says that Torvalds uses debuggers. Jane says that you can discover bugs immediately with a debugger. Both agree on the fact that debuggers do not detect high level problems. Mike learnt alone how to use a debugger. Both agree on the fact that debuggers are not essential in code writing. PET 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 3.20 142 Module 3 UPDATING 

SPEAKING WRITING COMPUTER CODE 3 PET Here are two photographs of people writing computer code. Describe what you can see in the photographs. STUDENT A STUDENT B PET The photographs show people writing computer code. Talk together about the different types of programming languages that you know and decide which ones are used or can be learnt by children. 5 PET You have studied different programming languages. Work in pairs and decide which one is the most appropriate for writing a simple game for your smartphone. ACTIVITIES 4 143 

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