Examiner: Do you enjoy using technology?Stephan: Well … I wouldn’t call myself a ____ or a computer ____ but I enjoy using computers … I’d like to find out more about how they work … when my computer ____ I never know what to do. Examiner: Do you use the Internet for your studies? Sophie: Yes … I’d be lost without it … I do lots of video ____ to practise speaking and ____ media like Facebook is a good way to meet up with other students … and I download ____ that teach English vocabulary and grammar. Examiner: Do you have your own computer? Tania: Yes … I have a Macbook Pro … I use it all the time … for word ____ … browsing ____ and catching up with TV programmes I’ve missed. Mattie: I don’t have many ____ … just a computer … a laptop and my mobile phone ... but I’ll talk about my computer as it’s so useful … it’s funny really … 2 years ago I was still learning to use computers … how to use email … send ____ how to ____ websites … then I decided to do a ____ editing course for video … and so I bought the laptop when I started the course … my husband had a desktop ____ but it was very slow so I decided to ____ to a powerful one because we do a lot of video editing on the course … it’s a ____ laptop …very fast … the latest operating system … it ____ up really quickly … I’ve become a competent computer ____ now … if I didn’t have it I daresay I’d have to spend more time at college using their computers … but on the positive side I suppose I’d read a lot more if I didn’t have it … I probably waste a lot of time surfing the ____ … but hopefully I won’t have to be without it … Examiner: What do you think are the important things people need to learn when they start using computers?Alejandro: Well … there are things like how to use the Internet … how to ____ a web address … how to navigate ____ … that kind of thing but it’s also important to know how to ____ up your files in case your computer ____ … and all about Internet ____. Examiner: What kind of technological developments have made the biggest impact on our lives?Faydene: In my lifetime it has to be the Internet of course but I also think wifi has made a huge difference to how we interact with the Internet … ____ networks at home and public wifi ____ mean we can ____ online easily … access our ____ … log into our work intranet and basically be connected wherever we are. Examiner: Do computers make it much easier to study?Jane: Definitely yes … ____ information is much easier with the ____ .. you can bookmark ____ for future reference and writing essays is much easier … being able to cut and ____ sections of text means you can experiment with organisation … so yes … compared to years ago when you had a pile of books on your desk and a pen and paper … it’s now much easier.

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