5 Speaking Listening Databases eee! een Ty eee eet eee es Database basics 11 What database products do you know and use at work and at home? 2 MEZEBE Listen to two colleagues at a book company. Chris needs some information from the production database. Complete this dialogue. Chris: Tim: Chris: Chris: Tim: Chris: Tim: Chris: Tim: ‘Tim, ()_____ you help me ‘a moment, please? ‘Sure. Whats the (2)____? {need some (3) about a book budget from the database. OK. But I don’t know how to ot No problem. ‘So what do I do first? Enter your name and, (@)—___-and press enter, Erm...? You have got a password? Erm, tcan’t (6). Use mine. Type in t evans, that's t-e-v-a-n-s, then snavet, s=n-a-v-e-t. OK. Now press Enter. Now what is the name of the book? Basic French. (OK. Type in that in the title (inthe first (@—___Now press Find. ‘There itis. OK, budget, Click (@—___Pablishing and ‘scroll down to Plant costs and ‘lick on that. Good, There's the budget in the ‘second row. Thanks, Tim. No problem,é ‘Could you help me, please? Sue, ‘Please could you help? ‘No problem. ‘Can you explain what a database i please? Tm atrai | cant Please can you explain what a database? im somgl cant Would you explain tat, ploase? Could you come back 2 bit ater? Im busy rightnom. 3 BEZEEE Listen and repeat these questions. 1 Could you help me, please? 2. Flease could you help me? 3. Would you help me with this software? 4 Flease could you explain how to do that? 5. Flease would you give me your password? ‘Speaking 4 Work in pairs. Student A: make questions from the prompts. Student B: answer yes or no and give a reason why not (if your answer Is no).. Example: type/name ‘Could you type in your name, please? ‘open/window ‘tum up/air conditioning turn down/mp3 player sive/you/pen answer/phone sive/password 5 Wors in pairs. Use the example of a database below to explain to your partner what a database is. Use these words: store, access, ge, fields, columns, rows. Example: A database is used to .... This is. a 6 Why do people and organisations use databases? Discuss with the group. ‘Example: They use databases fo find outData processing Vocabulary 1 Match the headings in the box to the data processing steps a-t, eee eet eons (G2 Ge ee ee eo ees ea eae @ eter tne data into a system O ana ta ate ora oa ea bo nage 4] Re ee 2 Put the data processing steps in 1 into the correct order. Listening 3 IEZZEE Listen to an IT expert describing the data processing steps to a colleague, Check your answers to I and 2. 4 MEZZIM Listen and mark the syllable stress in these nouns and verbs. 1 entry 7 gather 2 collection 8 create 3. tabulation 9 arrange 4 validation 10 enter 5. sorting 11 double-check 6 coding 12 format 5 Listen again and repeat the words.Vocabulary 6 Complete these sentences with the words In the box. Language Speaking 7 questions to check understanding about a between for from in into oft Example: This database is used to store our financial information. 1 What's the difference ___a database and a spreadsheet? 2 Adatabase is ___storing data, 3. The school has information students. 4 Can people access the system the same time? 5 Adatabase is a collection ___ records. 6 You retrieve information the database. 7 Youenter the data the system. 8 Which software do you use your work? That's calod colection. OK? That's coding? Got that? That's tabulation All ight? We cal that sorting. Understood? ‘Work in pairs. Explain the data processing steps from 1 in your own words. Look at the examples of database software below. What database software do you know? What is it used for?