ENGLISH FOR IT · B2

English for
complex IT decisions

Develop your English for technical problems and professional decisions.
One level, two courses — from understanding instructions
to evaluating information and sharing feedback.

Level B2 Upper-Intermediate
Full learning path 12 modules · approx. 100 hours
Study mode Self-study or instructor-led
Learning platform Edube · by
TWO COURSES. ONE LEVEL.

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Each course is $35 USD and sold separately.
Both courses cost $70 USD in total.

New to the course? Start with Course 1, then continue to Course 2. You can try Module 1 of either course for free.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

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Practical IT contexts. Relevant English.
Videos, reading, listening and exercises.

Technical problems and instructions

6 modules · approx. 50 hours

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01 Product Management: Identify Problems FREE TRIAL

Learn about the passive voice, relative pronouns, the past simple, user experiences and supplier evaluation modules.

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02 Network Engineer: Interpret & Implement Instructions

Learn about the emphatic “do” and dependent prepositions, and listen to a conversation between a manager and a junior network engineer. Read about networking job roles and responsibilities.

03 Software Engineer: Analyze Factual Information

Understand how to start a sentence with a conjunction, how to use inversion and how to use modal verbs to make suggestions and give advice. Listen to a software engineer talk about the benefits of experience, and read about the benefits and drawbacks of compilers and interpreters.

04 Customer Support: Examine Key Information

Learn how to use adverbs to make polite requests and some of the most important idioms in English. Listen to customer support agents using idioms and read about how to ask customers questions.

05 Security Engineer: Incorporate Goals and Objectives

Learn about the imperative instruction, and adverbs of possibility and probability, listen to a security engineer discussing fraudulent calls, and read about the necessity of an information security policy.

06 Security Engineer: Participate in Discussions

Understand the future perfect tense and how to use the phrase "was/were on the point of". Listen to an interview with a security officer discussing his roles and responsibilities, and read about a software virus called “Pegasus”.

IT decisions and feedback

6 modules · approx. 50 hours

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01 Network Engineer: Analyze and Prioritize FREE TRIAL

Learn about the subjunctive mood, logical deduction and “since” as a conjunction. Listen to a networking training session, and read about network protocols.

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02 Customer Support: Request Feedback

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.

03 Software Engineer: Evaluate Information

Understand “they” as singular, and learn how to use “yet” when emphasizing a point. Listen to the evaluation of a test report and read about Unix and Ubuntu.

04 Software Engineer: Identify Issues and Concerns

Learn how to use phrasal verbs, cleft sentences and fronting, listen to software engineers outlining a plan of action, and read about cloud computing.

05 Network Engineer: Defend a Point of View

Learn about comparatives and the adverb “always”. Listen to a network report, and read an email from a network engineer to colleagues.

06 Product Management: Update 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.

B2 CERTIFICATION

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