ENGLISH FOR IT

Who needs English For IT?

English For IT is needed by everyone who works in IT. And these are not only IT engineers, but also managers, recruiters, consultants, HR who work in IT.

What is this English For IT?

In fact, most of it is vocabulary . After all, all the specificity of English For IT lies in special words, expressions and constructions that IT specialists use in their work. Therefore, you need to learn words!

It's no secret that IT specialists already know most of the IT words without the help of an English teacher, and can even teach them to anyone who wants to, but you can still replenish your vocabulary for work  with this list:

Do you think that the list is not complete? Add your words and expressions.

Grammar is our everything! Surprisingly, many IT people love to learn grammar and consider it an important part of language learning.

We explain why we write that it is "amazing". Modern teaching methods allow you to teach a person English (as well as any other language) without using our favorite school and somewhere Soviet approach to studying grammar as the main aspect of the language. For example, Cambridge teaches grammar in a hidden way, which allows you not to study the rules and exceptions to them, but speak right away. Yes, making mistakes (we are all not without sin), but even knowing all the grammar rules, we will still make mistakes in speech until we get enough conversational practice. Therefore, our advice is practice makes perfect !

Back to grammar! We have selected the most necessary grammatical aspects that an IT specialist needs to pay attention to.

You want to describe the product

Present Simple is the simplest time.

• It costs fifty dollars. (How much does it cost?)
• It monitors employee activity. (What does it monitor?)
• It is easy to use. (Is it easy to use?)
• It is available in three colors. (Is it available in other colors?)
• It comes with a two-year guarantee. (Does it come with a guarantee?)

Passive voice

• This device is manufactured in India. (Where is this device manufactured?)
• It is designed for competent users. (Who is it designed for?)
• It can be used for internal communication. (What can it be used for?)
• It is equipped with a signature recognition software. (What is it equipped with?)
• The cover is made of leather. (What is the cover made of?)

Comparatives and Superlatives

• The new version is more reliable than the old one. (Is the new version more reliable than the old one?)
• It's smaller than a laptop. (Is it smaller than a laptop?)
• It's not as expensive as a PC. (Is it cheaper than a PC?)
• It's the cheapest product on the market.

Do you want to describe the process

Passive voice

• The system was reinstalled. (Why was the system reinstalled?)
• Three bugs have been fixed. (When were they fixed?)
• The payment was processed. (When was it processed?)
• The letter will be sent to all the employees. (Why will it be sent?)

Do you want to give instructions

Imperative

• Plug in your computer and all peripherals.
• Turn on the surge protector.
• Press the power button on your computer or CPU

You want to solve a problem and give advice

Present perfect

• Have you tried turning it off and on again?
• Have you checked your home button settings?
• Have you disabled the extensions?

Past tenses

• What were you doing when the error occurred?
• Did you initialize the drive?
• Did you verify software compatibility?

Should

• You should download a data recovery software to help you.
• You should back up all your data.

Why don't you ...?

• Why don't you try turning it off and on again?
• Why don't you run some tests to make sure everything is stable?

Imperative

• Disable the internal GPU.
• Don't attempt to write anything on the hard drive.
• Don't click Yes to format the drive.

This is with regard to the technical side of the issue.

But we must not forget that English For IT is also soft skills in English. We will talk about the basic software skills for an IT specialist in the next article.

In the meantime, come to the English For IT school and understand in practice what English for IT is. On SEPTEMBER 23rd, a free WEBINAR for IT engineers will be held , where you will have the opportunity to learn more about all the nuances of learning on the course. 

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