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Стань Экспертом В Информационных Технологиях Become It-Savvy МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ Минский государственный лингвистический университет А. В. Красник СТАНЬ ЭКСПЕРТОМ В ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЯХ BECOME IT-SAVVY Рекомендовано учебно-методическим объединением по лингвистическому образованию в качестве пособия для студентов учреждений высшего образования, обучающихся по специальности 1-23 01 02-01 «Лингвистическое обеспечение межкультурных коммуникаций (информационное обслуживание)» Минск МГЛУ 2020 УДК 811.111’24(075.8) ББК 81.432.1–923.137.72 K78 Р е ц е н з е н т ы: кандидат филологических наук, доцент С. А. Дубинко (БГУ); кандидат филологических наук, доцент Ю. В. Бекреева (МГЛУ) Красник, А. В. K78 Стань экспертом в информационных технологиях = Become IT-savvy : пособие для студентов учреждений высшего образования, обучающихся по специальности 1-23 01 02-01 «Лингвистическое обеспечение межкультурных коммуникаций (информационное обслу- живание)» / А. В. Красник. – Минск : МГЛУ, 2020. – 160 с. ISBN 978-985-460-973-7. Пособие предназначено для совершенствования навыков и развития умений профессионально ориентированной коммуникации в сфере информацион- ных технологий. Оно состоит из 7 разделов, где представлены актуальные с точки зрения информационных технологий аутентичные тексты с тренировочными упражнениями и заданиями, ориентирующими студентов на самостоятельный поиск и анализ информации. Адресовано студентам 3 курса факультета межкультурных коммуникаций МГЛУ, изучающим английский язык в качестве основной специальности. УДК 811.111’24(075.8) ББК 81.432.1–923.137.72 ISBN 978-985-460-973-7 © Красник А. В., 2020 © УО «Минский государственный лингвистический университет», 2020 CONTENTS Предисловие ............................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTORY TASK ........................................................................................ 6 U n i t 1. MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE ............................. 10 U n i t 2. CLOUD COMPUTING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ........... 27 U n i t 3. THE INTERNET ..................................................................................... 51 U n i t 4. MOBILE COMPUTING ......................................................................... 85 U n i t 5. ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS .......................................................... 112 U n i t 6. DATA SECURITY ................................................................................ 131 U n i t 7. CAREER IN IT ...................................................................................... 144 3 Предисловие Настоящее пособие выполнено в соответствии с требованиями Типовой программы по дисциплине «Практикум по культуре речевого общения» для высших учебных заведений по специальности 1-23 01 02-01 «Лингвистическое обеспечение межкультурных коммуникаций (информа- ционное обслуживание)». Оно адресовано студентам 3 курса факультета межкультурных коммуникаций МГЛУ в качестве основного пособия для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы. Пособие включает вводное задание и 7 разделов, освещающих следующие темы по аспекту «Устная практика: информационное обслу- живание»: «Современные технологии и будущее», «Облачные технологии и искусственный интеллект», «Интернет – всемирная паутина», «Мобильные компьютеры», «Корпоративные приложения», «Безопасность данных», «Карьера и успех в IT-индустрии». Основная цель пособия – развитие навыков профессионального общения в сфере информационных технологий на основе компетентностного подхода. Каждый раздел пособия имеет следующую структуру: лексический минимум активной лексики по изучаемой теме; тексты, затрагивающие актуальные проблемы в сфере информационных технологий; задания, направленные на усвоение студентами материала прочитанного текста и закрепления активной лексики; комплекс заданий, ориентированный на развитие умений продуцирования монологического и диалогического высказывания по предъявляемой теме; задание на поиск информации в Интернете и ее последующую обработку. Работа над темами начинается со знакомства с активной лексикой, на которую следует обратить внимание при последующем прочтении текста. Затем вводится теоретическая информация по различным проблемам в сфере информационных технологий, представленная в аутентичных текстах. За текстами следуют упражнения на проверку усвоения прочитанной информации и закрепления лексического материала. Задания по тексту представлены в формате «объяснить выделенные понятия», «дополнить подходящими синонимами из текста», «дать эквивалент на соответствующем языке», «сопоставить слово с его дефиницией», «найти и прокомментировать правильное/неправильное утверждение», «ответить на поставленные вопросы», упражнений, направленных на осуществление коммуникации в заданных параметрах с использованием материала текста. Комплекс коммуникативно ориентированных заданий соотносится по содержанию с изучаемой темой и предлагаемой теоретической информацией. 4 В рамках компетентностного подхода к обучению по аспекту «Устная практика: информационное обслуживание» автором пособия разработаны упражнения, направленные на развитие умений выстраивать диалоги- ческое/монологическое высказывание по темам и осуществлять общение в конкретных коммуникативных ситуациях, максимально приближенных к реальным. В соответствии с предлагаемыми материалами студенты разрабатывают стратегии собственного коммуникативного поведения на основе тематически адекватной лексики, знаний социокультурных норм профессионального общения, правил речевого этикета, позволяющих эффективно использовать иностранный язык в своей профессиональной деятельности. Завершающим этапом работы над темой является задание по подготовке презентации или проекта, который начинается с самостоя- тельного поиска материала в Интернете, его критического осмысления и творческой переработки. 5 INTRODUCTORY TASK IT is short for Information Technology. It is a broad subject concerned with all aspects of managing and processing information, especially within a large organization or company. What contemporary names are associated with this sphere? Assignment 1. Look at the table below. Match the company/product/service/ technology with a corresponding name. Steve Jobs Hyperloop Elon Musk Facebook Bill Gates Amazon Joseph Bezos Google Mark Zuckerberg Tesla Larry Page and Sergey Brin iPhone Jack Dorsey Microsoft Twitter Assignment 2. Read the following quotes about IT. Do you agree or disagree with the ideas present in them? 1. The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential (Steve Ballmer). 2. Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion (Ray Kurzweil). 3. Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims (Evgeny Morozov). 4. The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications (Peter Drucker). 5. Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand (Archibald Putt, Putt’s Law). Assignment 3. How do you think these professions might use IT technologies: architects, interior designers, farmers, landscape gardeners, musicians, rally drivers, salespeople? Compare your answers with your groupmates’. 6 Assignment 4. Scan the following four texts presenting one of the current spheres where IT technologies are in high demand. A ticket on Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket will cost at least $200,000 The price is as high as the trip itself A Reuters report this morning has given us an advanced window on the price of entry for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space tourism offering, with two sources suggesting a single ticket will cost between $200,000 and $300,000. Blue Origin is an independent company that Bezos founded to work on space travel, and its New Shepard vehicle is a rocket with a passenger capsule attached at the tip, intended primarily to facilitate the fancies of well-off tourists. Offering six reclining seats accompanied by large windows to soak up the sights of going to the edge of space, the new Shepard will provide its riders with a few minutes’ worth of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the earth. Good both for Instagram addicts and flat earth zealots. Blue Origin’s testing has included eight test launches and returns of the New Shepard so far, including some with dummies inside, though no humans have yet been put on board any of the test flights. Having previously suggested that the first trips might happen in 2018, Bezos’ company is now more likely looking at next year for the start of its commercial offering. The reported Blue Origin pricing has already been accepted by 650 people keen to experience this wholly new and exclusive form of tourism. https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/13/17567872/jeff-bezos-blue- origin-space-tourism-price-ticket Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars with SpaceX – here’s what he said it will be like as one of the first residents Elon Musk said being one of the first people to colonize Mars won’t be glamorous. Speaking during a Q&A at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, the SpaceX
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