Topic

Getting online, Internet, email, online banking

Learning objectives

• understand how the Internet works
• give a brief description of what the Internet is
• explain the term World Wide Web
• list requirements for a connection to the Internet
• list typical customer services provided by an Internet Service Provider
• explain in detail how to use a search engine to locate information
• acquire vocabulary and collocations related to the Internet
• learn about the basic ideas related to security and privacy on the Internet
• explain what electronic mail is
• describe how email works
• acquire vocabulary related to online banking and internet shopping

Key words

Modem, Internet Service Provider (ISP), wireless router, online, TCP/IP, IP address, broadband, ADSL, Wi-Fi, wireless access point, hotspot, power-line Internet, email, FTP (file transfer protocol), newsgroups, Telnet, chat and instant messaging, mail server, username, @, domain name, attachment, emoticon, smiley, spam, search engine, e-commerce, online banking, account, balance, interest, fraud, authentication, PIN, username, password, TAN, biometric authentication.