English for IT Basics

Learning and Growing Together


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: Learning and Growing Together is built around a realistic IT community event featuring presentations and live Q&A sessions from professionals across software development, game design, tech support, networking, and cybersecurity. Learners follow authentic talks and discussions that explore collaboration, continuous learning, user-focused design, problem-solving, security, and communication in real workplace contexts. Across the event, the course develops practical listening skills, relevant IT vocabulary, and essential grammar, showing how different IT roles connect—and how professionals learn from each other to stay informed, adaptable, and effective.

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

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

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

What’s included in the course:

  • a complete IT community event narrative that brings together skills and themes from the previous four courses
  • a culminating experience where learners apply language, listening, and communication skills developed earlier
  • authentic listening texts based on presentations from IT professionals
  • seminar-style Q&A sessions that reflect real workplace interaction
  • coverage of key IT fields: Software Development, Game Design, Tech Support, Networking, and Cybersecurity
  • targeted vocabulary videos focused on workplace, collaboration, and technology language
  • comprehension, reordering, and completion exercises for active practice
  • a strong emphasis on communication, collaboration, and continuous learning across IT roles
  • realistic examples of problem-solving, decision-making, and user awareness in IT
  • a coherent end-of-course experience that connects language learning with real-world professional practice
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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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