About this course

English for IT Basics: Describing and Comparing (A2 to B1)

English for IT Basics is a collection of four courses featuring instructional videos, reading, listening and various types of exercises and activities specifically designed to test the Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) Levels A2–B1 / Global Scale of English (GSE) range of 36–49.


This collection provides learners with essential English language skills embedded in real IT contexts such as DevOps, Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Data Analysis.

Each course integrates practical vocabulary, functional grammar, and everyday communication scenarios to support clear and effective collaboration in tech environments.

Through structured listening, reading, and language practice, learners develop confidence in areas like giving updates, describing processes, managing workflows, and explaining causes or quantities.

Each course steadily builds from A2 to B1 level, reinforcing core language skills while introducing relevant industry terminology and communication strategies. This is done by making use of typical IT related jobs in order to provide realistic scenarios, and using industry-specific vocabulary and terms. Each course section utilizes one or more of these jobs as a source for its material and topics.

There are narrative themes and connections between the various jobs and scenarios. For example, listening and reading activities make use of conversations or emails between people working in different positions who may be collaborating on projects across departments and disciplines, or seeking advice in order to resolve issues etc.

Course Syllabus

Grammar/Vocabulary: Determiners, articles, set phrases, phrasal verbs, idioms. Skills & IT Contexts: Using set phrases in IT communication

Grammar/Vocabulary: Regular/irregular adjectives, comparatives/superlatives. Skills & IT Contexts: Describing and evaluating features.

Grammar/Vocabulary: Adverbs, -ed/-ing adjectives, phrasal verbs, vocabulary. Skills & IT Contexts: Describing problems and workflows: Game Design, ML, Project Mgmt, AI.

Grammar/Vocabulary: Adverbs, prepositions, phrasal verbs. Skills & IT Contexts: Describing responsibilities and teamwork: DevOps, QA.

Grammar/Vocabulary: Adverbs, prepositions, phrasal verbs. Skills & IT Contexts: Describing responsibilities and teamwork

Grammar/Vocabulary: Topic vocabulary (proactive, hurdle, diligence), prepositions, personal/impersonal pronouns. Skills & IT Contexts: Writing and responding to updates. .

Grammar/Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs, teamwork vocabulary, prepositions. Skills & IT Contexts: Talking about collaboration and automation.

Grammar/Vocabulary: Cause/effect. Skills & IT Contexts: Explaining reasons and outcomes.

Grammar/Vocabulary: Vocabulary for collaboration, workload. Skills & IT Contexts: Describing task distribution and progress

Grammar/Vocabulary: Determiners, quantities (some, enough, too). Skills & IT Contexts: Talking about data quality and analysis
  • Channel: Edube
  • Sponsor: OpenEDG
  • Mode: Online self-study course
  • Level: Beginner
  • Cost: Free
  • Study Time: 15 h
Pre-requisites

None