Software Releases

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

Aims

Goal: answer "Can we release on Friday?" like a professional — status, the bugs, the patch, the version, and the rollback plan.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Can we release on Friday?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: From Code to Users

    Read a 167-word text about From Code to Users

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Release Words

    7 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model release answer

    Read a 228-word text about A model release answer

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Put the Words in Order

    Word-ordering exercise, 4 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Release Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Planning a Release

    Role-play: You're in a meeting about releasing a new version of your product (8 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the release answer

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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releaseversiondeployrollbackpatchbetastable

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