Vocabulary

Test Preparation Activities

ESP vocabulary, reading comprehension and written communication


Task 1. Study the texts on the following pages:

http://espcomputers.blogspot.ae/p/extensive-reading.html

http://espcomputers.blogspot.ae/p/texts.html


Task 2. Explain meanings (in English) of the following words and phrases, and write your own sentences with them:

Silicon Valley 

Siri

Google Now 

Cortana

ultimate goals

interpolate

the subconscious

viability

outperform

initial

initially 

demographics

demography

likelihood

farfetched

foothold: a foothold for a successful career

censor

trivial

circumvent

cyberslacking

goldbricking

cyberloafing

telecommuting

go viral

backlash

harassment

cyberbullying

naivety

inappropriate material 

trivial policies

inception

usenet groups / usenet newsgroups

revenue

surveillance software

liability

proxy server

carrot and stick measures

alternate

black hat

white hat

abbreviation

acronym

Task 3. Explain meanings of the following acronyms:

MUD

MOO

VPN

IRC

AOL

AI

PIN

ATM

PDA

GPS

Task 4. Answer the questions that are given on the following page:

http://espcomputers.blogspot.ae/p/questions.html