Computer Engineering Unit 3 + 4

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Computer Engineering

Unit 3 & Unit 4

To Do:

- Recap Unit 1 and Unit 2

- Unit 3: I/O devices 1

- Unit 4:  I/O devices 2

Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing

Vocabulary

Aims

-  reading and listening for specific information

- describing experiences in English

- make predictions in English

- completing an email

How do you call a: 'professional who is trained in computer science and electrical engineering and who can usually design hardware and software'?

1. Computer scientist
2. Computer pioneer
3. Computer engineer
4. Computer developer

Fill in the missing word: " The company is spending $5 million on ............ new products."

1. evaluate
2. evaluating
3. develop
4. developing

What is the name of the theoretical study of numbers and equations?

1. Mathematics
2. Mathematical Analysis

What type of computer do you see in the picture?

1. laptop
2. desktop computer
3. notebook
4. embedded computer

What is the difference between a laptop and a notebook?

Unit 3: I/O devices

1. What does I/O stand for?

2. Which I/O devices do you know?

3. How have computer monitors improved over time?

Reading

Read the text and look up the Dutch meaning of the words in bold from the text on page 8.

Reading and Vocabulary

Exercise 2: Read the text on p. 8. Are the statements True or False? 

Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct wors from the word bank.

Exercise 4: Read the sentence pairs. Choose which word or phrase best fits each blank.

Exercise 5: Read the text  again. How do HD displays differ from standard displays?

Answers

Exercise 2:      1) False       2) True     3) False

Exercise 3:   1) Screen   2) flat panel   3) pixel    4) CRT   5) HD   6) component

Exericse 4: 1 A LCD                               B  Bitmap

                        2 A active matrix           B  frame buffer

                       3 A   monitor                     B  display

Exercise 5: they can display higher-resolution images

Listening

Exercise 6: Listen to a conversation between two managers and choose the correct answers.

Exercise 7: listen to the conversation again and fill in the missing words.

Answers

Exercise 6:  1) C   2) B

Exericse 7:  1) our new monitors

                         2) HD resolution

                         3) I'm just glad

                         4) a CRT

                         5) That's what made

                         6) too much space

     

Speaking and Writing

Exercise 8: Work in pairs. Act out the roles based on exercise 7. 

Discuss the following questions in English:

-How have monitors improved?

-What are the benefits of the new monitors?

- What were some features of the old monitors?

 Exercise 9: Use the conversation from exercise 7 and 8 to fill out the email.

Writing an email

Can you give an example of a situation in which you need to be able to write a formal email?

 

Can you give an example of a situation in which you need to be able to write an informal email? 

Informal

To start: Hi .....

                  Hey .......

                  Dear ........ (neutral)

To end:  Love

                 Kisses

                Yours

                CU

               All the best ( neutral)

              Best wishes ( neutral)

Formal

To start: Dear Sir/ Madam

                   Dear Mr .....

                   Dear Mrs/ Miss / Ms ........

To end: Yours faithfully

                 Yours sincerely

                 Kind regards ( neutral)

                 Best regards ( neutral)

A mistake that is made often:

Dear Tom Brown, > Dear Tom, or Dear Mr Brown,

            

Where do displays appear?

On a ....

What do flat-panel displays use?

What do older monitors use?

What organises pixels into an image?

What stores bitmaps?

Break

Unit 4: I/O devices

1. What information do keyboards and mice input into computers?

2. What is the difference between a mechanical mouse and an optical mouse?

3. What are peripherals?

Reading and Vocabulary

Exercise 2: Read the product description  on p. 10. Are the statements True or False?

Exercise 3: Match the words ( 1-8) with the definitions ( A-H)

Exercise 4: Read the sentence pairs. Choose which word or phrase best fits each blank.

Exercise 5: Read the text  again. What are an electrical mouse's main features?

Answers

Exercise 2:  1) F   2) T     3) T

Exercise 3:  1) F   2)C   3)A    4) D     5) G    6)E    7) B   8)H

Exercise 4:  1)  A click        B  scroll

                          2) A  LED        B  QWERTY

Exercise 5:  durable scroll wheel and buttons

Listening

Exercise 6: Listen to a conversation between a salesperson and a customer. Choose the correct answer.

Exercise 7: Listen again and complete the conversation.

Answers

Exercise 6:   1) B     2) A

Exercise 7: 1) interest you

                        2) my old one

                        3) kind is it

                        4) electromechanical mouse

                         5) you'll really like

                          6) newer technology

Speaking

Exercise 8:  Work in pairs. Act out the roles based on exercise 7. Talk about:  peripherals for a computer

                         your recommendation as a salesperson

                         how the customer will benefit from your 

                         recommendation.

Homework

Finish this week's exercises and study: 

Unit 3: exercise 3, 4, 7 + words in bold in the text on p.8

Unit 2: exercise 3, 4, 7 + words in bold in the text on p. 10

You can find the meaning of the words in the glossary on p 34-38