Men,Women and It
Reading
Read the text quickly. Write the correct heading above each section.
Why are boys better at IT?
Why is IT important?
Is the world changing?
Did you know that ...
1.
• more men use IT than women?
• only 33% of the people studying IT are girls?
• only 4% of computer scientists are women?
This is strange because it's a fact that girls are just as clever as boys in science and mathematics.
2.The usual explanation is that boys learn basic computer skills through video games. Girls do not usually like these violent and aggressive games, so boys have earlier experience with computers.
What's more, when the Internet started, men did not encourage women to join. Many women who use the Internet complain that men are rude and unpleasant to them.
3.
• More than 75% of future jobs will need people with computer skills.
•Thousands of companies use the Internet to advertise job vacancies.
• Computers are tools, not just toys, and they can help everyone get good jobs.
You don't need to be a genius to learn computing. It just takes practice!
4.
Yes! 51% of new Internet users are women. More people are using Netiquette, which encourages women and girls to go online. More girls are learning computing, and programmers are designing imaginative and non-violent games that are fun and exciting to play.
Vocabulary
Circle the word in each group that is different.
1. imaginative creative boring interesting
2. help encourage support stop
3. fact opinion belief idea
4. typical strange unusual unlike
5. aggressive rude unpleasant nice
6. violent peaceful gentle helpful
7. silly genius intelligent clever
8. complain promise guarantee agree