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Who is it for?
* Vocational students in universities, colleges, and technical schools.
* Computing professionals who need to upgrade their knowledge of English.
Key features
* The up-to-date computing content gives students a highly relevant and stimulating context in which to improve their English. 28 topic-based units cover a range of key areas including the latest developments on the Internet and in multimedia. A further six 'interview' units focus on six different jobs in the sector, from computing student to systems manager.
* The course provides a selective language syllabus that develops specialist vocabulary, basic grammar, and functional phrases. This is integrated into a programme of realistic practical tasks which improve reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills.
* The consistent unit structure gives learners a format that is clearly signposted and easy to use.
* All readings and listenings come from authentic, up-to-date sources.
* The Student's Book includes a glossary of key computing terms, phonetically transcribed and clearly defined.
* The Teacher's Book provides full support for the teacher who is not a computer specialist.
Components
Student's Book
* 28 topic-based units
* 6 additional 'interview' units
* a glossary of computing terms and abbreviations
Teacher's Book
* unit-by-unit teaching notes
* technical introduction to each topic
* answers to the exercises
* tapescripts of all the listening tasks
Cassette
* dialogues and listening passages from all the units
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