English for IT Basics

Advice and Time


Learn English in the context of IT and prepare for the English for IT certification exam.

Having completed this course, you will be ready to take the English for IT B1 / GSE 36-49 certification exam.

The main goal of this course is to take you from a beginner level of English to an intermediate level within the specific context of IT.

Learn words and phrases used by professional software developers, security and network engineers, product managers and support representatives.

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Designed for Everyone

English for IT Basics is a course designed for learners with basic English skills (CEFR A2), particularly those working in or training for entry-level roles in digital and IT-related fields.

English for IT Basics: Advice and Time is a course that equips learners to navigate real IT scenarios: writing code, analysing data, prompting AI, or managing support requests. Focusing on practical English, the course builds confidence in using modal verbs to give advice, describe hypothetical bugs, or explain system limitations. Learners develop control over the present continuous and the present perfect to reflect on recent updates or collaborative work. Conditional forms and imperatives help them express solutions, share outcomes, and respond clearly in professional tech environments.

You can take the course by yourself or as part of a program with an instructor or teacher and complete it in 10-15 hours.

It has been designed specifically to help you:

  • learn to express yourself accurately and confidently with digestible grammar and vocabulary videos
  • work with topic-specific terms for giving feedback, sharing updates, and working effectively in IT projects
  • develop language skills in a fun and interactive way with exercices that deepen understanding

Aligned to English For IT B1 / GSE 36-49 Certification Exam

The English for IT Basics is 100% aligned to the EIT-B1-0x certification exam, available through Edube.org.

The exam covers the following objectives:

  • Understand English grammar to an intermediate level
  • Be familiar with some of the key vocabulary and phrases used in the world of IT
  • Read simple texts and understand the overall theme
  • Parse simple texts to find key information
  • Determine when desired information is missing from a text or document
  • Extract key details from conversations between colleagues
  • Understand the main points of a short conversation between two speakers when they are discussing topics related to IT
  • Understand when speakers are expressing opinions and determine their points of view
  • Discuss digital tasks and their results using varied grammar forms
  • Ask for and give instructions, describe processes and product features
  • Describe situations using extended sentence structures
  • Write sentences or short paragraphs giving description and detail using industry vocabulary
  • Apply accurate grammar and vocabulary in written texts
  • Incorporate essential elements such as time reference, word formation and structure

Course Contents

The second English for IT Basics course starts at the beginner level, and will take you up to the intermediate level.

In this course, you will:

  • use modal verbs to give advice, make suggestions, express obligation/necessity, and ask for or respond to help in IT contexts, distinguishing strong vs. soft meanings
  • use modal verbs (could, would, might) and their past forms to express ability, negatives, and hypothetical or missed situations in digital tasks
  • use the present continuous to describe current actions, temporary situations, ongoing processes, and planned future activities in IT and workplace contexts
  • use the present perfect (have/has + past participle) to describe past experiences with current relevance, including for/since and time adverbs (just, already, yet)
  • apply key IT vocabulary (e.g., algorithm, latency, validation) in spoken and written contexts
  • use conditionals and imperatives to give instructions, advice, offers, and describe outcomes in professional IT communication
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For teachers, schools, and training organizations

The English for IT Basics course and certification exam prepare students to work in the English language in the field of IT. Your students will learn many of the terms and phrases commonly used in the IT sector, allowing them to tailor their English-language learning to the jobs that they want, or that they already have.

There are ample training resources available for teachers and instructors, as well as the ability for teachers to follow the progress of their students through an online, interactive gradebook.

You can register your school or institution at OpenEDG.org, the parent orgnanization of English for IT, and gain access to the educational platform Edube.org

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