Maritime English

31.03.2022
IMO SMCP — STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES

The SMCP was has been compiled with these major - the first and maybe the most important one was to provide required input in the navigational safety and provide assistance when standardizing the language commonly used during the communication in the course of the navigation at sea and also at the approaches to the ports, in harbors and waterways when the vessels are manned with multilingual crews; another purpose was to provide assistance to the maritime training entities in meeting all objectives stated above.

These communication phrases should not actually be intended to contradict or supplant the COLREG or any other special local recommendations or IMO Rules, neither are they expected to supersede the ICS; it should apply in full compliance with all relevant procedures that have been set out in the ITU Radio Regulations.

Moreover, it shall not be treated as a technical manual providing any operational instructions. We would recommend to use the publication as often as practically possible in preference to any other words or phrases of similar meaning. The accompanying CD (to be installed from included pack of files) is designed to familiarize people with the pronunciation.

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16.08.2021
FIRST EXPERT — CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH COURSE

One of the best available audio-course of English developed and released by Pearson Educational Ltd. The course is particularly recommended to the learners of English experiencing problems with pronunciation. The authors of the course Roger Gower and Jan Bell have managed to cover all important aspects.

The archive presented to your attention also includes a course book with the exercises giving students a broad range of modern and stimulating topics to discuss, numerous effective and self-contained lessons - note that they can be taught in desired order and there is no need to strictly follow the order shown in the book; the book features truly extensive grammar activities and vocabulary, combined with the exam practice.

Though not devoted specifically to the maritime activities, the course will be interesting and useful to the people willing to improve their general English to communicate easier. The full content of the associated CD is also presented in exe format easy to install and free of any malware.

In total, there are two course books, two student resource books with keys and audio, teacher's resource book, CD for installation and full set of audit files - in fact there are three disks containing class audios - speaking/listening/exam practice.

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29.10.2017
ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE EXTRA

We recommend you to try this second of the three parts of the world's most popular and best selling English grammar title. This is a fourth edition of the textbook presented in an electronic format making it much easier to use. The content has been subjected to thorough revision and update.

However, note that the authors of the course made it retain all key features of easy accessibility and remarkable clarity that gained worldwide popularity to this course which is considered one of the best training resources available for all learners of English grammar. The CD release of the course contains so many additional exercises and is therefore ideal for use both in the classroom and for self-study. The effectiveness of the course is proven and widely known.

Take your time and do the course including all exercises and you will see your English grammar skills significantly improving. In fact, the content can also be used as a reference book with no necessary to follow the sequence proposed by the course maker.

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29.10.2017
ABBYY LINGVO V2.0 BUILD 2.0.1.5 FOR ANDROID

This is the ver. 2.0.1.5 of the ABBYY Lingvo electronic dictionary developed for installation on any Android based device. The software features the multi-lingual and very user-friendly interface and does need any cracks or codes to activate. ABBYY Lingvo is one of the most popular translators.

The only thing the users need to do will be typing a word required to be translated and pressing Search icon - and they will then get it's full explanation and all possible variants of meaning supplemented with the examples of usage. The Sound file is also included in the pack making the program able to pronounce the words.

For proper installation and correct work, all files should be placed into corresponding folders in the archive. An excellent software to be used by the people studying English and requiring a good and handy learning tool.

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28.09.2017
OIL AND GAS ACRONYM BUSTER

This small android app is an excellent and remarkably easy-to-use tool to be used when learning the the oil-and-gas terminology. It should also be treated as a perfect reference source for those working with the technical documentation and experiencing difficulties in understanding the terms used therein.

Among the main features of the program we would mention the possibility of performing the search through more than 2000 terms and acronyms commonly used in the industry; note that the users will now be enabled to modify the dictionary adding new acronyms - in addition, the new function of receiving and synchronization of the newest information has also been implemented; they will also be able to view the latest LR Energy news. The app has already proven useful and effective for the offshore workers and trainees trying to improve their knowledge of the offshore terminology. A must-have one on your android devices.

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18.09.2017
MARLINS STUDY PACKS 1&2 — ENGLISH FOR SEAFARERS

This archive consists of the two training packs of coming under the "Marlins English for Seafarers" title with the content developed by Allister Nisbet and Anna Whitcher Kutz in collaboration with the other recognized experts whose joint efforts have eventually resulted in the creation of this world popular training tool.

The training materials included in this set have been arranged in several parts covering the speaking and reading, writing and listening, pair work and information. The training units are supplemented with the answer key and tape scripts as well as verb tables. The book is mainly focusing on the general English, however presented within a specific maritime context.

This is an easily accessible training instrument that would allow all seafarers to manage their learning process by means of the independent study and to provide maritime companies with the practically useful tools to ensure compliance with the legislative requirements through offering their crew members an efficient and proven training system.

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17.09.2017
LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH

The electronic/software version of the world popular dictionary of English. This one offers the dictionary search function - fully searchable contents; words, including names of places and people, are pronounced in both American and British English. In addition, there are almost 90 thousand of the pronounced sentences to help the users improve their intonation.

There are three files included in the archive - they should to be used to burn the CD; alternatively, you may use any of the programs acting as virtual disk driver which is very easy. No need to activate or register this software, no payment required.

As usual, no malware inside, just installed the dictionary (either burn the CD or use the virtual CD) and feel free to use. Needless to say that this is a perfect dictionary presented by the world respected specialists.

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17.09.2017
MARENG LEARNING TOOL

This is the updated release, namely version 2.0 version marine learning tool which was specifically created and released some years back by MarEng; the content of this software has retained its huge popularity among the people willing to improve their marine English skills due to the perfect collection and arrangements of the training materials.

The whole training program is made up of major parts - the first part is intermediate while the second one is primarily intended for use by the advanced level trainees; in both parts various maritime topics are covered. The system now includes The Maritime Environment and Maritime Security topics and this definitely adds to the program's effectiveness.

The pack also includes a very practical mobile app and a teacher's manual. It is fully compatible with all Windows systems. No need for any activation codes/cracks. No viruses or anything like that inside the archive.

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