FULL Period 1 2.1 Basic telephone skills A2

Key Vocabulary: 

• Log in: To enter your username and password to access a computer system or application.
• Access: The ability to use or enter something, like a system or account.
• Internet access: The ability to connect to the internet.
• Download: To transfer a file or application from the internet to your device.
• App (Application): A software program designed to perform a specific function on a device.
• Bank account: An arrangement with a bank where it holds and manages your money.
• Paym: A system that allows you to send and receive money using a mobile phone number.
• Send/Receive money: To transfer or accept funds electronically from one account to another.
• Mobile phone number: A unique number assigned to your mobile phone for making and receiving calls and messages.
• Battery: The power source for your phone that needs to be charged regularly.
• Username: A unique name used to identify yourself when logging into a system.
• Password: A secret word or phrase used to authenticate your identity when logging into a system.
• Screen: The part of the phone that displays information and allows you to interact with the device.
• Button: A physical or virtual control on a device that you press to perform a specific function.
• Call: To use a telephone to talk to someone.
• Text message: A written message sent electronically, usually by phone.
• Voicemail: A system that records spoken messages left by callers.
• Contact: A person whose information is stored in a phone, allowing you to easily call or text them.
• Dial: To input a phone number into a phone to make a call.
• Hang up: To end a phone call.
• Ringtone: The sound a phone makes to alert you of an incoming call.
• Charger: A device used to replenish the battery of a phone.
• Signal: The strength of the phone’s connection to a network.
• Contacts list: A list of people saved on your phone with their phone numbers.
• Call history: A record of all the calls made, received, and missed on a phone.
• Volume: The loudness of the sound coming from the phone.
• Speakerphone: A feature that allows you to use the phone hands-free with the call’s sound coming from the phone’s speakers.
• Mute: To turn off the sound on a phone, so the other person cannot hear you.
• Missed call: A call that was not answered.
• Phonebook: A list of phone numbers and contacts saved in a phone.
• Headset: A device with a microphone and headphones that can be used for hands-free talking on a phone.
• Data plan: A service that allows you to access the internet and send data over a mobile network.
• SIM card: A small card in a phone that contains your phone number and other information.
• Touchscreen: A screen that allows you to interact with the phone by touching it.
• Lower-case letters: Letters such as “a”,”b”, “c”.
• Upper-case letter: Letters such as “A”, “B”, “C”.