English For Programmers

This course will help you improve your vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and listening skills based on natural, relevant, and practical examples from the IT field. The textbook is designed with a focus on British English and simulates real situations faced by programmers in international teams.

Course Topics:

• Coding
• Action verbs, imperative mood, keyboard symbols, and syntax
• Code Review and Testing
• Nominal constructions, parallel structure, cohesive speech, and code analysis
• Code Discussion
• Definitions, word order, verbs with -ed, and the ChatGPT case
• Bug Fixing
• Phrasal verbs, passive voice, word stress, and daily stand-ups
• Collaboration and Meetings
• Idioms, active voice, common pronunciation errors, and retrospectives
• Exercises and Answers
• Knowledge check and progress tracking