This document provides a summary of Module 2 of an English for IT course. It discusses 3 popular food delivery apps in the US: DoorDash, Blue Apron, and goPuff. For each app, it describes how the app works, pricing, and key features. It also covers related vocabulary like countable/uncountable nouns and articles. Other sections discuss pronunciation of similar sounds, soft skills, creating slogans to market yourself, and homework to describe 5 additional apps.

1. English For IT:Starter
Module 2

2. What you will learn:
Vocabulary: Food delivery apps
Grammar: Countable / uncountable nouns & articles
Pronunciation: [i] VS [i:]
Soft Skills: Basic soft skills and marketing yourself
Speaking & Writing: Describing apps

3. Here are 3 popular delivery apps in the US. What things do they deliver?
Take a guess
What is delivery?
DoorDash Blue Apron goPuff

4. DoorDash https://www.doordash.com/en-US
How it works: DoorDash is a market leader of takeout delivery. It delivers dishes from your
favorite local restaurants right to your door. You just need to go to their map and choose a
restaurant, then place an order. You can also search for a specific cuisine (Chinese, Mexican
and so on), meal type (breakfast, lunch or dinner) or specific dishes (pizza, steak, seafood
etc.)
The company does many useful things for local communities. It provides good working
conditions for their employees and helps many people with no special training or education
achieve financial stability. On top of that, DoorDash helps small businesses reach new
customers.
Pricing: Prices are different from restaurant to restaurant
Special sauce: DoorDash provides high-quality service. Its business model is ethical and
effective

5. Questions:
What is your favorite dish?
Do you usually make it at home or do you order it
as takeout?
What is the best food delivery app in your area?
Why is it the best?

6. Vocabulary
BlueApron https://www.blueapron.com/
How it works: This company is a gamechanger. Blue Apron delivers you recipes that you
can prepare in under 30 minutes. After you sign up for the service, they send you a
box with fresh ingredients and cooking equipment. All you need to do is follow the
step-by-step instructions. You can choose how often you want to receive deliveries
from them, customize your meal plan, skip or cancel at any time.
Pricing: $7.49 per recipe (you can also buy a monthly plan)
Special sauce: Blue Apron is perfect for busy people who don’t have time to cook but
want to live a healthy lifestyle and eat fresh food.

7. Questions:
Do you think Blue Apron provides a good solution for
busy people?
Do you want to use this service?
When you cook or do something for the first time, do
you like to follow step-by-step instructions or do
you improvise?

8. Vocabulary
goPuff https://gopuff.com/home
How it works: goPuff brings you thousands of items. Food, drinks, medicine,
electronics - everything you need to live your everyday life. If you have this app on your
phone, you don’t need to leave the house. goPuff helps customers simplify their lives
with their convenient and quick deliveries. Their customers are usually young people or
parents with small children.
Pricing: $1.95 delivery fee
Special sauce: Convenience and speed. Plus, the company has a useful blog where they
share tips and tricks for a happy and healthy lifestyle.

9. Questions:
Why is goPuff so convenient?
Think of a topic you want to learn more about. What
specific tips and tricks do you want to know?

10. Questions:
1. Which app is good for people with children?
2. Which app helps businesses reach new customers?
3. Which app sends you recipes and instructions?
4. Name 1-2 apps that you like to use on your phone.
What is their special sauce?

11. Grammar. Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns are things that we can count
1 app - 2 apps
1 person - 50 people
1 story - many stories

12. Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns are things that we cannot count
Such as materials:
Food (you can’t say “1 food” or “2 foods”)
You can only say “a lot of food” or “2 kg of food”
etc.

13. Uncountable nouns
And abstract concepts:
Happiness
Respect
Time*
*time has two meanings in English:
We have time (uncountable)
I need to click here 4 times (countable)

14. Practice: Decide if the nouns are countable or
uncountable
Employee
Food
App
Item
Life
Map
Equipment
Knowledge
Job
Work

15. Articles
Countable singular nouns need an article
In English, we have two articles: a & the

16. Articles
A / an = any / one of many:
You need to choose a restaurant, then place
an order.

17. Articles
The = unique / concrete:
If you have this app on your phone, you don’t need
to leave the house.
The company does many useful things for local communities.

18. Articles
You don’t need a/an with uncountable nouns and
plural nouns:
goPuff brings you thousands of items

19. Articles
You don’t need any articles with names of people or
companies:
DoorDash is a market leader of takeout delivery
John works at Google

20. Articles
You also don’t need articles before my, you, his,
her, our, their, this, that
I love my cat
This app is great

21. Common mistake: other vs another
Another is for countable singular nouns:
Another person
Another mistake

22. Common mistake: other vs another
Other is for uncountable or plural nouns:
Other people
Other work

23. Practice
Complete with a/an, the or no article
1. My friend is ____ software developer
2. They are _____ software developers
3. You are ____ great guy
4. _____ company where he works provides good working conditions
5. You need to place ______ order
6. I have _____ free time today
7. This man works at _____ Facebook
8. You need to download Gmail on your phone. ____ app is very helpful
9. I have ______ new job
10. I have ____ 5 computers at home

24. Discussion time
Talk about:
1. A relaxing activity you typically do after work
2. An excellent tv show / movie you really love
3. A thing (something) you need to buy this week
4. The best career advice you can give other people
5. The things you can see right in front of you

25. Pronunciation
Shit VS Sheet
What’s the difference?

26. Pronunciation tip
Short [i] vs Long [i:]
Short [i] - Live, it, give, bring, dish, stability, skip, drink, quick,
simplify, busy, children, specific, tips and tricks, delivery
Long [i:] - Leave, eat, receive, convenience, speed, leader,
people, free, employee, reach, need, achieve

27. Soft Skills
What are soft skills? Soft skills or people skills help you communicate with
people and be a good team player.
They are different from hard skills. Hard skills are technical skills and special
knowledge you can learn in school or courses. For example, programming
languages, frameworks and tools.
Some important soft skills are:
1. Communication skills
2. Teamwork skills
3. Time management skills
4. Leadership skills
5. Ability to market yourself

28. Questions:
How good are your soft skills?
Which soft skill (from the list) do you want to work
on?
Which is your strongest soft skill?

29. When you want to find a new job, ability to market yourself is a very
important skill. Companies create slogans to reach new customers and
create a powerful brand.
Here are some company slogans. Guess which company they belong to:
A better way to cook (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)
It’s quick and easy (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)
Taste the feeling (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)
Shave time. Shave money (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)

30. Here are some company slogans. Guess which company they belong
to:
A better way to cook (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)
It’s quick and easy (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)
Taste the feeling (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club / Facebook)
Shave time. Shave money (Blue Apron / Coca-Cola / Dollar Shave Club /
Facebook)

31. Soft Skills
Try to create your own slogan (1 sentence) that
describes you
E.g. I am in love with Python

32. HW
Write quick descriptions for these 5 apps (2-3 sentences).
Snapchat Amazon Shopping YouTube Headspace Elevate

33. HW Example
TikTok is a very popular app. It is perfect for
people who want to watch or create short, funny
videos. TikTok is free. You just need to sign up and
use the algorithm to search for different videos

34. That’s a wrap!
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