English

A course in spoken English language may be presented in either "what to say" or "how to say" form. As a rule, the first of the forms usually focuses on English conversation and teaches how to ask questions, get things done, make requests, express greetings, apologies, farewells, thanks, etc. And the "how to say" form of course deals mostly with English pronunciation and aims to teach the reader the proper pronunciation of English words, phrases and sentences.

Most of the books on spoken English belong to one or the other of these two kinds. This publication, however, deals with spoken English language in both aspects at the same time. This book consists of twenty units, with each of them beginning with a conversation or dialogue - they are to be read carefully by the students before proceeding to the main material of the unit. In fact, this publication is mainly addressed to the students of English who are familiar with the general structure of this language but experience difficulties with communication, and speaking in particular.

No other pre-qualification is required. The aim of this volume is to improve the pronunciation of the learners as well as their colloquial usage making it a bit easier for them to communicate effectively.

A good reference developed by the specialists of the Dalian University. The document has been specifically prepared to provide some assistance to the people dealing with the shipbuilding and repair activities and experiencing serious difficulties with the English grammar and ship terminology. The content of the book is bi-lingual and presented in English and Chinese languages.

The information has been arranged in seven major chapters, and each chapter consists of two parts - "sentences" and "reading materials". The book opens with the chapter dedicated to the repairs done to the ship's hull including repair lists, dry-docking of the vessels, derusting, painting, repair works, general conditions, typical specifications and associated costs. The second chapter covers the docking engineering, talking about the repair lists, chains, propellers, shafting arrangements, rudders, valves, hull coatings, CPP, shaft bearings, thrust blocks, steering gear, cavitation and many other aspects.

The third chapter addresses the ship machinery repair, covering the machinery failures, relevant technical requirements, shipyards, inspection and repair of the diesel engines, operation of the ship's main engine, checks and acceptance, installation, operation and maintenance of the diesel engines, pumping arrangements, refrigeration machinery, propulsors, deck machinery etc. The last three chapters are covering the electrical equipment installed on board, safety of the ship repair works, and various real application examples.

This training file was produced by the recognized professionals of the Marine Engineering Department of the world recognized entity. It is intended to assist the members of the ship crew and marine students in improving their maritime English skills. The publication consists of the five main parts.

The first part, General Information on Ships, is mainly introductory and provides descriptions of vessels and their parts and ship nomenclature. In the second part of the book the descriptions of the main ship types are provided - bulk carriers, container vessels, oil tankers, chemical tankers, reefer ships, Ro-Ro ships, coasters (coastal trading vessels), heavy-lift vessels, general cargo ships, cruise ships, ferries, yachts, tugboats, offshore supply ships, crane ships, cable vessels, aircraft carriers, destroyers, corvettes, frigates, cruisers and even submarines.

The next section is dedicated to the movements of ships at sea and degree of freedom - heave/pitch/surge/sway/yaw/roll. This part is, in turn, followed by the one addressing crew rules and routine activities. Finally, the closing section of the publication is mainly dedicated to the engine room watchkeeping. Have a look into this book and we do promise that it will help you to make your marine English better.

One of the most popular ESL books specially designed and released for busy people willing to improve their English skills. Use this book and you will be familiar with the most important and useful expressions to be used in your everyday life. The book contains a huge number of informative cartoons to show readers how each of the expressions is used in various everyday life situations.

In addition to that, two examples are supplementing each expression included in the book. There are also more than fifty interesting crossword puzzles. The book can be used for self-study or serve as a supplemental source for EFL/ESL classroom training. The format of the publication makes the process of learning English phrases and expressions funny. All of the explanation provided by the authors are very concise and clear. The guide contains more or less all expressions required for the everyday life.

The language used is very simple and easily understandable even for the beginner students. The readers will definitely be excited with the way material has been presented in this book and will f course find this guide practical and useful. The training process will be very smooth and pleasant if you use this guide.

The present book belongs to the popular "English for Academic Study" series and is the excellent collection of English texts intended to be used by learners of language as a good reference source when preparing for the demands of both under- and postgraduate study. This latest and completely revised edition of the publication could be used for self study or for the classroom training.

The booklet would for sure be quite useful to all students who wish to develop their reading and writing since it contains so many authentic and up-t-o-date texts; and each of the texts covers one topical and interesting issue. The texts that have been selected and included in this publication are all of reasonable length and difficulty level. Apart from the opening introductory chapter, the topics covered in the book include the academic achievement, early human development, telemedicine, the environment today, the new linguistic order, and others.

This perfect compilation of texts may be recommended to everyone who are working on their reading/writing skills; we would definitely suggest they take some time going through the training material provided herein. Of course, it will also be very useful for those willing to build their vocabulary including specific terminology.

Well, it definitely goes without saying that proper placement of prepositions is one of the most complex but interesting areas in English grammar. The present title prepared by Thomas Hoffman was released specifically for those learners of English who are willing to thoroughly investigate placement of the prepositions across various types of clauses.

The author of the book is drawing on more than a one hundred informative examples. Although the book has been written within the frames of the "usage-based" construction grammar, the outcome is presented using the theory-neutral grammatical terminology; such approach used by the author makes the material included in the book easily understandable to all learners representing nearly all syntactic schools.

We shall note that the present title will be of great interest to all syntacticians; however, the info that is contained in the publication will also be very useful and interesting to the researchers of the second language as well as to the people who are working on variation in English language.

Moreover, it could be used by and is recommended to people studying English grammar and willing to concentrate on this particular subject to gain some confidence when making decisions on placement of the prepositions. It may be used as the textbook but also as the reference book.

The present third release of the world popular Photo Dictionary. This Dictionary shall serve as a perfect resource for all students from the very beginner's level as it contains more than three thousand chosen words that cover almost hundred of different interesting and important topics. The content of the publication has been very clearly introduced through numerous color images.

The entries have been grouped and presented contextually. The Dictionary can be used by all learners of English who are trying to improve their vocabulary; it will be equally useful to students of the advanced levels as the quick reference. Each of the sections of the dictionary has been made self-contained, so that it could be used at any time; the volume is adapted to any situation - the readers may consolidate their known vocabulary, practice the oral conversation, learn some new English words or use the book as a very practical reference guide.

The material presented in the book has been supplemented with numerous controlled exercises offering further practice to recycle the newly learned words. Such the approach would help learners memorize their vocabulary in much more enjoyable way. All entries have been listed in alphabetical order and provided with phonetic pronunciations.  

The present handbook is an excellent collection of twenty-eight chapters showing different approaches to the pronunciation. The authors of this volume have aimed it mainly for teachers of English language as well as for the linguists; however, this book can also be used for the self-study, i.e. by all people willing to improve their pronunciation and to understand the meanings and forms of it.

Note that the book also includes some chapters considered important in understanding the whole role of correct pronunciation in the analysis and description of the language. The handbook is very timely and useful, taking into account that the pronunciation is something that will never go away and something that influences the spoken language directly. A proper knowledge of English pronunciation is critically important.

Of course, getting to the native-like accent is next to impossible for most adult learners, but still the pronunciation is some sort of gateway to spoken intelligibility, as it is so closely tied to social meanings and helps distinguish the language dialects, informal and formal speech registers etc. Well, we cannot say that this book is an easy-reading, but would still recommend it to the learners of English who really need to significantly improve the pronunciation skills.