Unit 19: IT Slang: Part II

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

• 1337
• Alpha geek
• As soon as possible
• Away from keyboard
• Be right back
• For the win
• In my humble opinion
• Later
• Laughing my ass off
• Laughing out loud
• Leech
• N00b
• Pissed off
• Rolling on the floor laughing
• Today I learned

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

People often use funny slang and abbreviations in chats and other social situations. Typically, there is also a more relaxed attitude towards grammar as well. The following is a chat transcript between an account manager and a software engineer working at a web hosting company. They are troubleshooting a server problem that affects one of their customers. Please note that you should not use slang… Continue

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.