Unit 4: IT Careers

In this unit students will learn about popular IT career roles and their responsibilities.

The following activities can be tailored to fit the needs of your students and the goals your study program.

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

Reading Activity: Choosing an IT Career Path

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

Choosing a Career Path in IT Many people studying IT today are either preparing for their first job or trying to improve their current career. If this sounds like you, then this unit should be very helpful. One of the hardest parts of reaching a goal is knowing exactly what you want to achieve. In this reading, we will look at common IT career paths and the skills and attitudes that can… Continue

Multiple Choice Activity

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

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Listening Comprehension Activity

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

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Spelling and Recognition

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

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Speaking Practice Activity

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.

The data scientist analyzed customer data to predict which products will sell best next month.

The finance company hired a reputable MLE expert to build a new fraud protection module for the payment system.

A business analyst spends a lot of time gathering relevant business requirements in the initial stages of an IT project.

Software developers often specialize in a specific software framework or paradigm such as Java applications, Python, or CSS.

An IT support engineer must be able to troubleshoot and fix almost any hardware, software, or network problem that can affect an end user's PC.

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Writing Practice Activity

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.

Which of the listed careers would you like to pursue? Why? Which one would seem terrible? Why?

Research three more IT job positions not listed in this unit reading. Write a short description about the roles and responsibilities.

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