Have you ever had to read a user guide in English? Here you have the chance to do it. You have the reading and some vocabulary and writing activities.

broadband-router-user-guide.pdf

This is a reading about problems that may occur when installing the game Dungeon Siege. There are different comprehension, vocabulary and translation exercises.

Dungeon Siege Setup Issues

This is a reading about a free Microsoft download that enables the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint to open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. After the reading there are several exercises focused on vocabulary, reading for comprehension and translation.

The targeted vocabulary is the Operating System and Softaware. And it can cover grammar points such as: imperative and -ing forms after prepositions.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

I think this is a very interesting reading. It consists of 6 pieces of news about new technologies that have been recently developed by computer engineers. It has a wide range of activities covering reading, speaking and writting skills. It is ideal to introduce or practice on the present perfect tense.

computer-news.pdf

Here you’ll find translation activities and comprehension questions about the text ‘How to install a SATA hard disk’.

how-to-install-a-sata-hard-disk_practice.pdf

Here you’ll find translation activities and comprehension questions about the text ‘How to build your PC’.

how-to-build-your-pc_practice.pdf

Here you have the first reading assignement for my students in the first year (CF1). You will find the reading and some practice worksheets to work intensively on grammar and vocabulary. There are also translation and comprehension exercises.

how-to-install-a-sata-hard-disk.pdf

Here you have the first assignement for my students in second year (CF2). You will find the reading and some practice worksheets to work intensively on grammar and vocabulary. There are also translation and comprehension exercises. The main grammar point covered by this reading is modals. The worksheet called ‘Modal verbs_rules to build a PC’ is designed to be worked on together with this reading.

how-to-build-your-pc.pdf