A. Reading Text
Instruction: Read the following text
silently and loudly!
English may not be
the most spoken language globally, but it is the official language in many countries.
This language happened to be the main one in lots of influential countries. It
is also the dominant business language, and it has become almost a necessity
for people to speak English if they are to enter a global workforce.
Research from all over the world shows that cross-border business communication
is most often conducted in English.
English and ICT
English is
essential to information technology for various reasons. IT is used in
businesses and is basically the backbone of the commercial world at the
moment. English is the international language of trade currently, so these two
fields of study are interlinked in terms of operating many systems. It
is vital to mention that most IT companies internationally do
recruitment and it often leads to some groups have a great variety of
nationalities working at the place. Many companies have discovered early
in the 21st century that they can cut their production costs by
sending their jobs overseas.
Even if we want to
access some information about products or make an order, proper language skill
is needed. Also, a vast majority of data on the internet is in English. So, in
many ways, it's necessary to understand English to understand a lot of that.
Native English speakers created most of the most visited websites on the
internet, and so are all written in English. Besides, a lot of computer
'jargon' has come from words or is an acronym of an English expression,
and so people across the board can understand these terms if they speak
English.
What is more,
using a single language as the primary IT language has streamlined
computer processing. The commands for many programs are in English, and
so a program might not respond to other language commands unless it was
explicitly reprogrammed to understand those languages. Most IT products are
first created with an English interface or user communication and then upgraded
with other language support. Even if the user can use a program in another
language, it may be programmed in English at the base level.
. The
importance of English skills and learning is immense in IT, but so is its
reverse. To know English is vital for every educated person, for every good specialist.
Learning the English language is not an easy thing. Information technology may
assist in facilitating learning or serving as the actual educational
structure allowing learning to occur. Information technology benefits both
traditional education institutions and online educational models in fundamental
ways. For example, multimedia presentations, knowledge-management software,
video conferencing, cloud computing, and collaborative document
editing are exceptional information technology services benefiting education.
Now information
technology has made it easy to study as well as teach in groups or clusters. At
the English lessons online, we can be united together to do the desired
task. There are different programs, games and they help learn the English language.
Many people learned English just via using IT products and surfing the
internet sites. English Efficient postal systems, the telephone (fixed and
mobile), and various recording and playback systems based on computer
technology all have a part to play in educational broadcasting in the
new millennium. The Internet and its Web sites are now familiar to many
students in developed countries.
B. Questions
Instruction: Answer the following questions based on the text!
1.
Based on your
opinion, explain the general reason why English is essential!
2.
Based on the text,
why is English significant in the information technology area?
3.
Why is learning
English difficult?
4.
How do you learn
English?
5.
What are the
platforms to learn English at this moment?
C. Vocabulary
Instruction: Pay
Attention to the Difficult Words below!
|
No
|
List of Difficult words
|
Pronunciaton
|
Meaning
|
|
1
|
Workforce
|
ˈwərkfôrs
|
Tenaga kerja
|
|
2
|
Commercial
|
kəˈmərSHəl
|
komersial
|
|
3
|
Interlink
|
ˌin(t)ərˈliNGkd
|
Saling terkait
|
|
4
|
Company
|
ˈkəmp(ə)nē
|
Perusahaan
|
|
5
|
Discover
|
dəˈskəvər
|
Menemukan
|
|
6
|
Cost
|
Kôst
|
Biaya
|
|
7
|
Overseas
|
ˌōvərˈsēz
|
Luar negeri
|
|
8
|
Command
|
kəˈmand
|
Perintah
|
|
9
|
Interface
|
ˈin(t)ərˌfās
|
Penerjemah antara 2 perangkat berbeda
|
|
10
|
Upgrade
|
əp ɡrād
|
Peningkatan kemampuan perangkat keras
|
|
11
|
Base Level
|
bās ˈlevəl
|
Tingkat dasar
|
|
12
|
Specialist
|
ˈspeSH(ə)ləst
|
Spesialis
|
|
13
|
Serve
|
sərv
|
Melayani
|
|
14
|
Video conference
|
ˈvidēō ˈkänf(ə)rəns
|
Tatap muka secara streaming
|
|
15
|
Cloud Computing
|
ˈkloudē kəmˈpyo͞odiNG
|
Komputasi awan
|
|
16
|
Service
|
ˈsərvəs
|
Layanan
|
|
17
|
United
|
yo͞oˈnīdəd
|
Serikat
|
|
18
|
Surfing
|
ˈsərfiNG
|
Berselanjar/ menjelajah
|
|
19
|
Recording
|
rəˈkôrdiNG
|
Rekaman
|
|
20
|
Broadcasting
|
ˈbrôdkastiNG
|
Penyiaran
|
D. Language
Focus: Auxiliary Verb
Instruction:
Understanding the following language Focus!
Auxiliary Verb
Just like nouns, verbs are an
essential part of any sentence. Without either, you cannot express a complete
thought. However, there are some types of verbs whose purpose is to “help”
other verbs. These verbs are called auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary verbs cannot
exist by themselves in a sentence; they must be connected to another verb.
These “helping” verbs can connect to both action and linking verbs in order to
add tense, mood, voice, and modality to these verbs.
There are 4 types
of auxiliary verbs, that be, do, have, and modals. You must master the
four types of verbs because you will use them in the formation of tenses.
1.
Aux verb “Be”
The auxiliary verb
“Be” consists of “am, are, is, was, and were.” The table below shows the
subjects and the forms.
|
Subject
|
Present
|
Past
|
|
I
|
am
|
was
|
|
You/We/They
|
are
|
were
|
|
He/She/It
|
is
|
was
|
Ø Example:
1. I
am a full-time blogger.
2. You
are an IT programmer.
3. The
computer was cleaned last week.
4. I
am learning English from the website.
2. Aux
Verb “Do”
The auxiliary verb
“Do” consists of “do, does, and did.” The auxiliary verb is mostly used in
negative sentences and questions in verbal sentences, in which the sentence uses a
verb. The table below shows the subject and form.
|
Subject
|
Present
|
Past
|
|
I/You/We/They
|
do
|
did
|
|
He/She/It
|
does
|
Ø Example:
1. She
does not like this job.
2. I
do not know much about computer programming.
3. Does
she help you to sell this old laptop?
4. Did
you get a high salary in your company last year?
5. She
does not understand cloud computing.
3. Aux
verb “Have”
The auxiliary verb
“Have” consists of “have, has, and had.” Its function is to make a sentence stating
something that is already done (seems like present
perfect tense). The table below shows the subject under
the auxiliary verb of "have".
|
Subject
|
Present
|
Past
|
|
I/You/We/They
|
have
|
had
|
|
He/She/It
|
has
|
Ø Example:
1. He
has been an IT teacher in this vocational high school since 2015.
2. I
have bought this flash disc for ten years.
3. They
had communicated with their friends using English through Facebook.
4. Aux
Ver “Modals”
The fourth
auxiliary verb is composed of modals “can, must, may, will, should, would,
could, might, and others. Its function is to express mental attitudes, such as
the ability, necessity, certainty, demand, prohibition, etc.
Ø Example:
1. We shall overcome this internet
connection.
2. You should be serious about this job
interview.
3. I will always teach you to create a
beautiful design.
4. If I had a lot of money, I would buy
some computers for this laboratory.
5. You may be right; the exam should be
completed soon.
6. I can help the English teacher to
explain these materials.
