{"id":335,"date":"2010-10-12T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2010-10-19T16:46:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T16:46:55","slug":"vocabulary-navigating-computer-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/vocabulary-navigating-computer-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary: Navigating the Computer Keyboard in English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you having trouble expressing your computer-literate self in English?\u00a0 One summer my husband and I traveled to Spain and found our hotel internet to be down<\/span>.\u00a0 So we went to some of the public internet sites that abound.\u00a0 I had so much difficulty knowing how to navigate my way around the keyboard. The language on the keys was different.\u00a0 Even the keyboard was different from the American keyboard: keys were in different places than I was accustomed to!<\/h3>\n

So let’s take a look at the English language keyboard used here in the United States and let’s learn what everything is.\u00a0 We’ll begin with the left side of the keyboard.<\/p>\n

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\nThe top left key<\/strong> that says “Esc<\/span><\/strong>” is for “ESCAPE<\/strong>“. You use this key to escape from any bad situations. Be careful, because this might close any programs<\/strong> that you have running<\/strong>. We use this word “escape” as a noun (he planned his escape<\/em>), as an adjective (the escape route)<\/em>, and as a verb (he escaped)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On the left, you have the “Tab<\/span>” key<\/strong>. The “tab” key moves a certain number of predetermined spaces to the right each time you hit<\/strong>, or click,<\/strong> it. We use this as a verb (to tab over to a certain point<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Beneath that, you have the “Caps Lock<\/strong><\/span>” key. “Caps” stands for “capitals<\/strong>” and it locks<\/strong> the capital letters into place.<\/p>\n

Beneath that, you have the “Shift<\/span>” key<\/strong>.\u00a0 Pressing this alternates<\/strong><\/em> your letters between small letters and capital letters (small letters and “caps”) and alternates the number row between the numerals and the symbols (such as the numeral 2<\/span> and the symbol @<\/span>, or the numeral 8<\/span> and the symbol *<\/span>). “Shift” is also a verb: You shift between capital letters and small letters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Beneath the “Shift” key you have the “Control” key<\/span>.<\/strong> You use the Control key together with another key to perform some function that you desire. For example, if you select<\/strong> some text or an image, then press<\/strong> the Control key and the “C” key together, you will COPY the text you have selected onto your notepad, which you can then paste onto something else.<\/p>\n

Below is a review of the vocabulary used in this blog post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now I’ll list our vocabulary: <\/span><\/p>\n

(to be) down
\n(to) escape
\n(to) close a program
\n(to) run\/(to) have running
\n(to) tab\/(to) tab over to…
\n(to) lock
\ncaps\/capital letters
\n(to) shift
\n(to) alternate<\/p>\n

So that’s PART 1 of today’s lesson, Navigating the Computer Keyboard in English!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will complete the keyboard in subsequent lessons.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you having trouble expressing your computer-literate self in English?\u00a0 One summer my husband and I traveled to Spain and found our hotel internet to be down.\u00a0 So we went to some of the public internet sites that abound.\u00a0 I had so much difficulty knowing how to navigate my way around the keyboard. The language […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-culture","category-english-vocabulary","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}