Unit 12: English for Programmers

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Basic activities (computer-graded)
Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students should be familiar with the following vocabulary before continuing on to the activities and exercises:

  • Argument
  • Array
  • Callback
  • Constant
  • For loop
  • Function
  • Global scope
  • Goto statement
  • If else statement
  • Local scope
  • Operand
  • Operator
  • Parameter
  • Procedure
  • Regular expression
  • Statement
  • String
  • Subroutine
  • Switch
  • Variable
  • While loop
Reading Comprehension: Dialogue: Procedural Programming is not Rocket Science

This unit teaches some basic programming terminology like variables, arrays, and loops.

Multiple Choice Activity (Registered users only)
Pick the correct answer from a list.
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Listening Comprehension (Registered users only)
Listen to the word and type it in.
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Spelling and Recognition (Registered users only)
Type in the correct answer for each definition.
Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)
Speaking Practice Activity (Registered users only)
Record yourself speaking five example sentences from the unit.
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Writing Practice Activity (Registered users only)
Pick a question and write about it.