7.4 Extending skills


making effective contributions to a seminar


A Look at the weblog and the press release headlines on the opposite page.


1 What does open source mean? 2 What information will the press releases contain? 3 What do the graphs show?


B≤Listen to the first extract from a seminar about open source software.


1 What question will the students discuss? 2 Why was Netscape’s decision surprising?


C≤Listen to Extract 2 of the seminar. Are these sentences true or false?


1 Open source makes program code available to everyone.


2 Anyone can contribute to open source programs. 3 Open source software is the same as free software.


4 Open source application software is very user friendly.


5 The potential social benefits of open source software are considerable.


D Study tasks a–d below and the phrases in the blue box. 1 Write a, b, c or d next to each phrase to show its use. a introducing b asking for clarification c agreeing/disagreeing d clarifying


2 ≤Listen to Extract 2 again to check your answers.


E Work in groups of four to research the main benefits of open source programming. Each person should choose a


different aspect. ●


Student A: read about security issues on page 102. ● Student B: read about costs on page 105. ● Student C: read about flexibility on page 105. ● Student D: read about social issues on page 106.


After reading the notes, report back orally to your group. Use fixed phrases to ask for and give clarification.


F Work in groups. Choose some of the items shown in the photographs.


1 Have a practice seminar in which you decide which of the items would benefit from using open source software.


2 Report to the class on your discussion, giving reasons for your decisions.


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I’d like to make two points. First, …


Can you expand on that? The point is … What’s your second point? My second point is that … Yes, but …


I don’t agree with that because …


Sorry, but who are we talking about, exactly? We need to be clear here. I’d just like to say that … In what way? What I’m trying to say is, … Can you give me an example? Look at it this way. Absolutely.


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