This is the opening meeting of an English course designed for university students in Information Technology. It introduces the basic building blocks of English sentences, focusing on the subject and predicate, and includes theory, examples, and practice exercises.
This document is the first meeting of an English course for university students in Information Technology. It is intended for learners who need to build a foundation in academic English, with a focus on understanding and constructing basic sentences. The material is presented as lesson notes with learning objectives, theory, and practice tasks.
The theory section defines what a sentence is and explains the core components: the subject, which names who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate, which tells something about the subject. It uses simple examples related to IT, such as 'I study Information Technology' and 'The computer is on the desk', to illustrate the pattern.
A key teaching point is that the predicate includes the verb plus any additional information, not just the verb alone. The document emphasizes the basic sentence pattern of Subject + Predicate and provides a simple question-based method, 'Who/What + Does/Is What', to help beginners identify the parts of a sentence.
The guided practice section contains five exercises. Students are asked to underline subjects and predicates, identify whether a bold part is a subject or predicate, complete sentences with their own information, and rearrange scrambled words to form correct sentences. These activities reinforce the theoretical concepts.
The final part focuses on essay writing. Students are instructed to write a short personal introduction of five to seven sentences, covering points such as their name, study program, interests in IT, and future goals. A writing frame and a model essay are provided, followed by a self-correction checklist for students to review their first drafts.