About this course
English for IT B2 Upper-Intermediate | Course 2
English for IT B2 Upper-Intermediate | Course 2 is the second course in a two-part English for IT sequence for learners working toward CEFR B2 / Global Scale of English (GSE) 59–75. The course continues from Course 1 and helps learners use English more clearly and confidently in IT study and work.
The English for IT B2 course sequence helps learners prepare for real communication in international, English-speaking, and multicultural IT environments.
This course is aimed at the following non-native English-speaking audiences:
- students in high school, college, or university who want to study or work in IT;
- early-career IT professionals who want to improve their English;
- software developers, network engineers, security engineers, product managers, and IT support specialists;
- IT specialists who want to work in international or English-speaking companies;
- non-IT employees who work with technology teams and need stronger English communication skills.
The course develops practical English through realistic IT topics, including network engineering, customer support, software engineering, and product management.
Learners practice grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, and workplace communication skills. They work with situations such as asking for feedback, comparing technical options, evaluating test reports, discussing software issues, explaining network recommendations, and updating colleagues.
You will learn to:
- Understand IT conversations, reports, and training sessions
- Ask for feedback and respond to problems politely
- Compare ideas, tools, and technical options
- Evaluate information from technical and workplace sources
- Identify issues, concerns, causes, and possible solutions
- Explain causes, results, and recommendations
- Defend a point of view clearly
- Update colleagues on work-related topics
- Take part in professional discussions
- Read and understand more detailed IT texts
- Use B2 grammar and IT vocabulary with more confidence
Course 2 Syllabus
- Grammar: Subjunctive mood; modal verbs for logical deduction; since as a conjunction.
- Listening: A network engineer training session.
- Reading: Network protocols.
- Skills: Understanding and prioritizing technical information in network engineering.
- Grammar: Negative future forms; polite requests.
- Listening: Customer support situations involving feedback and difficult customer interactions.
- Reading: The difference between a feature and a bug.
- Skills: Asking for feedback and responding clearly in customer support.
- Grammar: Singular they; emphasis with yet.
- Listening: A software test report.
- Reading: Operating system options.
- Skills: Evaluating information and comparing software-related options.
- Grammar: Phrasal verbs; cleft sentences; fronting with adverbial phrases.
- Listening: Software engineers discussing a plan of action.
- Reading: Cloud computing.
- Skills: Identifying software issues and explaining possible actions.
- Grammar: Comparatives with while and whereas; the adverb always.
- Listening: A network report.
- Reading: An email from a network engineer to colleagues.
- Skills: Defending a point of view and explaining network recommendations.
- Grammar: Polite phrasing; even if and even though; past perfect and past simple.
- Listening: A product management sparring session.
- Reading: Sharing feedback.
- Skills: Updating colleagues and sharing feedback in product management.
Certification pathway
English for IT B2 Upper-Intermediate | Course 2 completes the two-part English for IT B2 course sequence.
After completing Course 1 and Course 2, learners will have practiced the grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, and workplace communication skills needed for B2-level English in IT contexts.
Together, Course 1 and Course 2 help learners prepare for the English for IT B2 / GSE 59–75 certification exam.
- Channel: Edube
- Sponsor: OpenEDG
- Mode: Online self-study course
- Level: Upper-Intermediate
- Cost: USD 35
- Study time: 40h