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

GRAMMAR MAIN VERB TENSES TENSES AFFIRMATIVE ST (1 PERSON SINGULAR) INTERROGATIVE ND (2 PERSON SINGULAR) NEGATIVE RD (3 PERSON SINGULAR) SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE (base form) PAST SIMPLE (past form) FUTURE SIMPLE ( will + base form) I chat online. Do you chat online? He does not (doesn t) chat online. I chatted online. Did you chat online? He did not (didn t) chat online. I will ( ll) chat online. Will you chat online? He will not (won t) chat online. I am ( m) chatting online. Are you chatting online? He is not (isn t) chatting online. I was chatting online. Were you chatting online? He was not (wasn t) chatting online. I will ( ll) be chatting online. Will you be chatting online? He will not (won t) be chatting online. Have you chatted online? He has not (hasn t) chatted online. I had ( d) chatted online. Had you chatted online? He had not (hadn t) chatted online. I will ( ll) have chatted online. Will you have chatted online? He will not (won t) have chatted online. Have you been chatting online? He has not (hasn t) been chatting online. CONTINUOUS (to be -ing form) PRESENT CONTINUOUS (am/is/are + -ing) PAST CONTINUOUS (was/were + -ing) FUTURE CONTINUOUS (will be + -ing) PERFECT (to have + past participle) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE I have ( ve) chatted online. (have/has + past participle) PAST PERFECT SIMPLE (had + past participle) FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE (will have + past participle) PERFECT + CONTINUOUS ( to have been + -ing) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS (have/has been + -ing) I have ( ve) been chatting online. Remember that:    The Past Continuous is used to describe an action in progress in a given moment in the past. It is also used for a background action interrupted by a shorter one.    The Present Perfect Simple is used for something which has happened recently or in an unspecified time in the past. In this case it is used with just, already, yet, ever, never. It is also used for actions which started in the past and which are still true in the present. In this case it requires the prepositions for or since.    The Past Perfect Simple is always used in combination with the Past Simple. It refers to actions which happened before the main actions expressed by the Past Simple.    The Present Perfect Continuous refers to actions started in the past and still true in the present when the emphasis in on the duration of the action or the effort made rather than the results achieved. It is used with for and since. 242 Module 5 DEBUGGING 

5 Complete the sentences with the suggested forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. The process of data transmission ..................................... (involve   Present Simple) significant distances. 2. Telecommunications ..................................... (begin   Past Simple) with the invention of the electric telegraph. 3. A message sent to a receiver by a transmitter ..................................... (travel   Future Simple) through a channel of communication. 4. The Internet ..................................... (become   Present Continuous) more and more essential in everyday communication. 5. Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web while he ..................................... (work   Past Continuous) at the CERN in Geneva. 6. ..................................... (share - you   Present Perfect Simple) video files over the Internet? 7. When ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990, it ..................................... (work   Past Perfect Simple) for 21 years. 8. I ..................................... (not chat   Present Perfect Continuous) online since last night. 6 Complete the text with the suitable tense of the verbs in brackets. Tim Berners-Lee and the History of the World Wide Web One of the most groundbreaking events of the 20th Century (1) ............................... (be) the creation of the world wide web. In 1989, London born Timothy Berners-Lee (come up) with the idea of the web as a way to share files with others. From this modest idea the web (3) ............................... (become) of the most important discoveries of our time. The world wide web (4) ............................... (evolve) from a simple file sharing initiative to become a place where people (5) ............................... (go) on a daily basis to share information, transact business, conduct financial transaction and a lot more. The idea for the web (6) ............................... (come) while Berners-Lee (7) ............................... (work) ACTIVITIES (2) ............................... for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). Berners-Lee and others (8) ............................... (look) for ways to share electronically. To do so, they (9) ............................... (create) a set of tools including a language (html), a browser and other utilities which (10) ............................... (allow) to establish communication. In the late 1980s the world wide web (11) ............................... (continue) to evolve. Early uses of the web (12) ............................... (be) from companies that (13) ............................... (use) the net as a place to have an electronic version of their business offerings. However, the functionality (14) ............................... (be) extremely limited. Over time, the web (15) ............................... (start) to have more practical uses. Consumers (16) ............................... (start) to enjoy the convenience of shopping online. With the added convenience and not having to have a physical storefront, e-commerce companies (17) ............................... (flourish) because they could offer goods and services at lower prices. Recently, social media and networking (18) ............................... (become) very popular. Sites (19) ............................... (continue) to come on the scene where people can interact with each other. Social media sites (20) ............................... (enjoy) tremendous popularity these days. What do you think (21) ............................... (happen) in the future? How many people around the world (22) ............................... (use) Twitter at 8 pm tomorrow? Adapted from: https://www.crucial.com.au/tim-berners-lee-and-the-history-of-the-world-wide-web/ LINKING COMPUTERS Module 5 243 

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