Stuart Sheppard

Career Paths: Merchant Navy is a new educational resource for merchant seamen who want to improve their English communication in a work environment. Incorporating careerspecific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the four key language components: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Career Paths: Merchant Navy addresses topics including the parts of a ship, types of merchant ships, marlinespike seamanship, nautical directions and navigation methods. The series is organized into three levels of difficulty and offers a minimum of 400 vocabulary terms and phrases. Every unit includes a test of reading comprehension, vocabulary and listening skills and leads students through written and oral production. Included Features A variety of realistic reading passages Career-specific dialogues 45 reading and listening comprehension checks Over 400 vocabulary terms and phrases Guided speaking and writing exercises Complete glossary of terms and phrases The Teacher´s book contains a full answer key and audio scripts. The audio CDs contain all recorded material in American English and British English. Books 1-3 of Career Paths: Merchant Navy are rated for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages at A1, A2 and B1 respectively