Bugs and Updates

A2 · Elementary1 hr 7 minIT & TechnologyLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: report a bug so clearly that support can fix it — what happened, what you expected, and how to see the problem.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Something is broken

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: When Software Goes Wrong

    Read a 109-word text about When Software Goes Wrong

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Bug and Update Words

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Two model bug reports

    Read a 227-word text about Two model bug reports

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Software Problems

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Reporting a Problem

    Role-play: You're reporting a bug to IT support (8 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the perfect bug report

    3 discussion questions

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