About this course
B2 Upper-Intermediate | Course 2
English for IT B2 Upper-Intermediate | Part 2 is a complete course that will prepare students to work in the English language field of IT. The course begins at an intermediate level and takes the student to an upper-intermediate level, which is the lowest language level a person can expect to be able to work in effectively.
Chanel: Edube
Sponsor: OpenEDG
Mode: Online self-study course
Level: Upper-Intermediate
Cost: Free
Study time: 50 hours (Recommended: 7h/week)
The English for IT course and certification exam have been designed specifically to prepare students for the world of work.
It is aimed at the following non-native English speaking target audiences:
- late-stage K12 and Higher Education students and IT professionals early in their careers;
- software developers, network engineers, security engineers, product managers and IT support who want to work in an international, multicultural environment;
- IT specialists who want to start working in multinational or English-speaking companies;
- non-IT employees working in the IT sector.
You will learn:
- Interpret and implement instructions
- Construct requests for information and feedback
- Update colleagues on work-related topics
- Incorporate goals and objectives into their working environment
- Defend a point of view
- Identify concerns about an issue, a product or service, or a business situation
- Examine key information from conversations
- Participating in discussions and conversations, exchanging information when necessary
- Analyze and prioritize opinions and recommendations
- Analyze factual information from various sources
- Evaluate information from various sources
- Identify a problem and its cause, and identify solutions
Course One Syllabus
Learn about the subjunctive mood, logical deduction and “since” as a conjunction. Listen to a networking training session, and read about network protocols.
Learn about negative future tenses and how to make polite requests. Learn how to deal with angry customers, and read about the difference between features and bugs.
Understand “they” as singular, and learn how to use “yet” when emphasizing a point. Listen to the the evaluation of a test report and read about Unix and Ubuntu.
Learn how to use phrasal verbs, cleft sentences and fronting, listen to software engineers outlining a plan of action, and read about cloud computing.
Learn about comparatives and the adverb “always”. Listen to a network report, and read and email from a network engineer to colleagues.
Understand polite phrasing, the difference between “even if” and “even though”, and the difference between the past perfect and past simple. Listen to a recording about sparring sessions, and read about how to share feedback.