Maritime English For Turkish Seafarers – I

In the case of working in the oceans, we are likely to meet many people from different countries and cultures. English is not a language we should know but already a must in our social life; in other words English is the right tool to get our freedom let alone our professional life and status. Unless you have the competency in English you are regarded to be illiterate, as English is the lingua franca of seafaring. Therefore this book aims to prepare cadets for marine life making guidance in reading, writing and speaking, and making use of google on a specific theme.

While compiling the materials, sequencing objectives in this book, my personal experience of teaching cadets for over 20 years backed me up besides the feedback from my cadets of ITUMF who have been at sea and at faculty.

This book aims to prepare prospective Turkish deck and engine officers for professional life to be able to communicate in English.

The content of the reading passages is based on the curriculum d by the Ministry, and the linguistic content is in accordance with the STCW ments besides all units are designed within the framework of communicative approach..