4 COMPUTERS IN MEDICINE Exercise C


Set for pairwork. Feed back, eliciting ideas on pronunciation and confirming or correcting. Build up the two lists on the board. Establish that one group are acronyms, i.e., they can be pronounced as words: PIN = /pin/. The other group are abbreviations, i.e., they are pronounced as letters: HTTP = H-T-T-P. Drill all the abbreviations and acronyms. Make sure students can say letter names and vowel sounds correctly. Elicit that words with normal consonant/vowel patterns are normally pronounced as a word, and those with unusual patterns are normally pronounced with single letters. Refer to the Vocabulary bank at this stage if you wish.


Methodology note


Don’t discuss the meanings at this point. This is covered in the next activity.


Answers


Acronyms: CAL /kl/, MESH /meʃ/, PACS /pks/, PIN /pin/, ROM /rɒm/, WAN /wn/.


Abbreviations: DVD, HTML, HTTP, ISP, LCD, PDF, URL (not pronounced /l/), USB, WWW.


Exercise D 1 Introduce the verb stand for. Elicit examples of common abbreviations and ask what they stand for. Set for pairwork. Tell students to pick out the ones they already know first. Next, they pick out the ones they are familiar with but don’t know what they stand for – and guess.


2 Elicit the meanings without reference to the Jargon Buster if possible.


3 Refer students to the Jargon Buster to verify their answers. As a follow-up, elicit other common abbreviations from medicine or IT.


Language note


If students don’t use acronyms or initial abbreviations in their language, a discussion about the reasons for using them is useful. They will then know how to find the meaning of new ones when they meet them. You might point out that abbreviations can sometimes be longer than the thing they abbreviate! For example, World Wide Web is three syllables, whereas WWWis six. It evolved because it is quicker to write, but it is longer, and harder, to say. Note that WWWis frequently written in lower-case letters (www) presumably because it is lower case in URLs.


It is also possible to mix acronyms with abbreviations: for example, JPEG – J /peg/. Point out the field of ICT is developing at an incredible speed and new acronyms and abbreviations are constantly being created.


63 Exercise E


Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Feed back, highlighting the changes from noun form to verb in the case of identity/identify.


Answers Model answers:


Noun 1 class


computer digit


identity Verb classify


computerize digitize identify


Language note


Both ~ise/~ize (~ization/~ization) forms are acceptable in British English. American English usage is ~ize (~ization).


Closure


Ask students whether they agree with the following statements. 1 Every college student must have a computer.


2 The college library uses a computer to help students find information.


3 College departments use computers to store research data.


4 Students can’t do research without a computer.


5 College computers can access research data from other colleges and universities.


6 College computers can access research data from businesses and the media.


7 A personal computer can store information students think is important.


8 Computers can help us to talk with students from other colleges and universities.


9 Computers can help students access data from anywhere in the world.


10 A computer we can carry in our pocket can access worldwide data.


Noun 2 classification


computerization digitization identification


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