English Learning Guide

Competency 1 Unit 3: ICT

Workshop 1 Centro de Servicios
Financieros- CSF

Name: Cohort: Date:

Training program: Instructor:

THEN AND NOW: HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED THE

WORLD
This workshop attempts to help you understand the influence of internet and technology in our
society. You will learn about the evolution of internet and technology and also, how to use the
netiquette.

Objective: From the development of these activities, you will be able to explore and use the
internet in an appropriate way.

✓ Work in groups and discuss the following questions and Share your
answers

✓ HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE THE INTERNET?

 I use the internet frequently, since during the week I am in virtual classes
and through that means I communicate and I am very informed

✓ WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT INTERNET IN GENERAL?

 My opinion is that it is very important, for example, in these times it has not
helped enough, through the internet we learn, know and communicate with
people

✓ DISCUSS WHY PEOPLE DEPEND ON TECHNOLOGY NOWADAYS.

 Most of us depend a lot on the internet, since we can, as I said before,
communicate with people, family members and we begin to know things
through it.

✓ WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR APPS?

 Facebook
 Mensserger
  Whatsapp
 Instagram
 Snapchat
 Skype
 Tik tok

1. Create your profile card for a social professional network using your personal information. Use a
picture of
your and write some personal information like your educational background and work
experience.

Take into
account:
✓ Full name ✓ Phone
number ✓ Education
Information ✓ Job
position

✓ 1E-mail
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https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/webcenter.1111/e10149/profile.htm#WCSUG846
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English Learning Guide
Competency 1 Unit 3: ICT
Workshop 1 Centro de Servicios
Financieros- CSF

1. Skills practice: Do the following activities to practice the learnt vocabulary and English
structures

1.1. Speaking
practice

Now, practice your oral skills and prepare a discussion about advantages and disadvantages of
Internet and Technology. Take a position and support your ideas according to the group
established by the teacher and then, compare and contrast your insights with your partners’
opinions.

1.2. Listening
practice

Before watching the video,

discuss:
✓ WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT INTERNET HISTORY?
 I know that it started in the United States during the cold war, in the year 60, the
objective of it is to allow general communication between users of several
computers

✓ HOW DO YOU USE THE INTERNET IN YOUR DAILY LIFE?

 I use it in an appropriate way, when I have to use it a lot, the most appropriate
thing is to know how to handle it, in my daily life I always use it since I keep in
classes at work and talking with my relatives

Watch the video, make notes, and answer or complete the following
statements:2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=h8K49dD52WA
 ● WHO WAS THE INTERNET INVENTOR?
 JCR. LICKLIDER (Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider).

● WHEN WAS THE E-MAIL CREATED?

 It was created in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one

● WHAT KIND OF FUNCTION DID NETSCAPE USE TO HAVE ON THE INTERNET?

 netscafe's function was to validate forms, however it was the first to include a
language, but it was easily expanded

● WHAT DID YOU UNDERSTAND FOR “DIAL- UP” ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO?
 It is the form of access to the internet that people use through a model, to call the
switched telephone network

● IN YOUR OPINION WHAT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING FACT ABOUT

INTERNET HISTORY?
 In my opinion, the dates in which each application or different parts of the
internet, since they were not very present and it is good to know them, also the
part that tells us who and how the internet process has been

1.3. Reading
practice

Before Reading the text, discuss the following

questions:
- HOW DO YOU THINK INTERNET HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFESTYLE?
 It has changed a lot, because before we did not have access to the internet and it
was difficult for us because we had to read books, look for enough and get an
idea of what we have in our homes, and now that we have it, we can see many
pages where we do not take more than five minutes to already do our activities.

- WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT COMMUNICATION THROUGH INTERNET?

 Sometimes it can be quite good, if we handle it in a good way, on the other hand,
if we already have habits of hurting people or using the internet for good things, it
can be the worst thing there is.
 2Taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8K49dD52WA Used by SENA for academic purposes,
exclusively.
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Financieros- CSF

VOCABULA
RY

Identify the key words from the article “The internet revolution is the new industrial
revolution”. Look for their definition and pronunciation in English.

WORD / EXPRESSION DEFINITION Networks Social media Skills

Revolution Conventions Understand Outsourcing Workplace
Boundaries Employment Value Success Background
Websites Handshake Retirement Brand Sweeping

Read the article "The Internet revolution is the new

revolution"

The Internet Revolution is the New Industrial

Revolution3
Oct 5, 2012 by Micha
Kaufman

In the mid-90s, ARPANet was transformed from a

military safety net to the civilian Internet that has
become such an integral part of our lives, bringing
with
it change not only technological, but societal and
epic
in scope. Consider the following: Forty years ago,
the
 3 Text adapted from https://www.forbes.com/sites/michakaufman/2012/10/05/the-internet-revolution-
is-the-new-industrial-revolution/#20ccedf347d5 used by SENA for pedagogical purpose,
exclusively.
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Competency 1 Unit 3: ICT
Workshop 1 Centro de Servicios
Financieros- CSF

average person followed an employment path largely determined by birth and education, often
committing to one employer until retirement. Today you probably wouldn’t even consider that as a
viable
option. Success is no longer solely determined by the right education, the perfect resume, or
even your
age and background. Teens as young as 12 are now coding websites, producing films and
building
networks through social media. By the time they’re adults, this online generation will already have
some
skills and real-world experience that a formal education just can’t
provide.

The Internet is bringing a revolution along with it. Access to information combined with global
supply and
demand is reshaping established conventions and destroying old world
definitions.
To understand the main idea of it, take the word 'local.' It once referred to your own street, town
or even
the state you lived in, but now everywhere is local. Americans are outsourcing their services to
companies
from China to Brazil, all from the comfort of their own homes. Where once our reach was limited
by
physical boundaries, today almost everyone and everything is just a digital
handshake away.
Long established workplace conventions - from defined office hours to physical office space - are
being
tossed out the window. Success was once defined by a suit and the ‘9 to 5’; now it can achieved
by
working in pajamas and starting at noon after a morning at the gym and leisurely latte. The very
definition
 of ‘success’ is now drastically changing. It once meant a “keeping up with the Joneses” lifestyle
your
neighbors would be envious of; now it’s about making personal, intimate choices about how to
live your
life. Of course some still associate it purely with wealth, but for many, success is being measured
in other
ways –happiness, freedom, health, more time for travel and
family.

As we engage in a century where everyone is not only a global citizen, but a valuable “Brand in
Waiting,”
we begin to understand that the Internet Revolution is in fact the Industrial Revolution of our time.
It’s a
sweeping social disruption that brings with it not only new inventions and scientific advances, but
perhaps most importantly revolutionizes both the methods of work and we the workers
ourselves.

According to the text answer the questions

below:
• WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF INTERNET REVOLUTION IN THE NEW
GENERATIONS?
 An important impact is that commerce, education and even the way we relate to
each other has changed; it can be said that it is the main social change today.
since it is especially important how it has affected social communication itself.

• WHAT IS THE ARPANET MEANING? EXPLAIN


ARPANet went from being a military safety net to the civilian internet that has
become such an integral part of our lives, bringing with it changes not only
technological, but social and epic On reach.

• DO YOU AGREE WITH THE SUCCESS DEFINITION GIVEN IN THE TEXT?

 No, I agree because to achieve success it is through education, even if it is
minimal, for example, a child says mom, because his mother has helped him
over time to say “mom”

MAKE A MIND MAP WITH THE MAIN VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS OF

 THE READING AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR CLASSMATES. WORK IN
PAIRS.

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1.3. Writing
Practice

Write a short paragraph to point out your personal experience of advantages and disadvantages (at
least 3 of each one) about the use of Internet and Technology. Use the following paragraph as a
model

Hello, My name is Andrea Contreras, I am an

 English teacher and I work in a private high
school on the north of the city. I think that
Technology is an unavoidable item in our
lives. As advantages I say that Internet makes
everything easier, immediate and practical,
but, by the other hand Internet and technology
make us lazy , distracted and dependent
people. I know about it, because
I see my students everyday depending on their smartphones and electronic devices.

NOW, TRY YOUR OWN TEXT. USE A PICTURE TO HAVE MORE

IDEAS!

Hello, my name is Dayana Preciado, I am a student at the

Sena, I specialize in accounting and finance, the internet for
me is a very great advantage since it helps us with things
that we do not know, it is quite complicated when it comes to
having too many tabs Not being able to organize them as I
wish, it is a great advantage to be able to save the
passwords since there are people who have too many things
in their heads and we do not remember them, I do not like
when I want to find out something, that I have to download it or have to pay it, in It really
is like a time waster, there are many good things as well as bad things but nevertheless
it is a great help for me and my family

Extension activities: The extension activities will help you improve your
performance in the topics. You need to reach at least five hours of practice on your
own.
✓ For further information, listening practice, pronunciation, and more about internet,
check the link below to a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0nAP1Qq9Bxg ✓ Based on your instructor’s orientation, explore the following
website and play at least
2 games: http://www.esl-
lounge.com/student/games.php
3 Image taken from the website as example. https://mx.depositphotos.com/127312238/stock-illustration- set-of-business-

people- office.html