THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LANGUAGE PROGRAMME – IMLP

AUTHOR
PETER C. VAN KLUIJVEN

De Alk Publishers has published a number of books on Maritime English and Communication for Maritime Institutes in The Netherlands and worldwide. The author Peter C. van Kluijven was senior lecturer at the Rotterdam Mainport University of Applied Sciences – RMU – STC GROUP.
These are the publications:

THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
LANGUAGE PROGRAMME – IMLP

LEXICON
SCHEEPVAART & TRANSPORT

IMO – STANDARD MARINE
COMMUNICATION PHRASES

THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
DICTIONARY – IMD – PART 1

THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
DICTIONARY – IMD – PART 2

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  • The IMLP has been designed for students at Maritime Colleges and for on-board-training / distant learning programmes. Its aim is to familiarize anyone who wishes to enter into the maritime world at any level or rank with the specific English terminologies, idioms and phrases used in the nautical professions.

    The programme consists of a digital coursebook with texts and assignments, accompanying apps with lectures, videos, learning tests and assessment tests. The results of the assessment tests are automatically sent to the assessor.

    The programme is intended to familiarize inland-navigation students with the specific English terminologies, idioms and phrases used in inland shipping through content-based instruction that will enable the student to acquire the knowledge required for safe and effective conduct on inland waterways.

    The programme consists of lectures (apps) with learning tests and assessment tests, with a digital coursebook presented in separate chapters. The results of the assessment tests are automatically sent to the assessor.

    Programme contents:
    RIVERSPEAK & VHF-Communication; General Ship Knowledge; Engineering; Ship & Cargo Handling; Safety & Emergency Response; Documents & Correspondence; Practical Grammar.

    RIVERSPEAK Standard Communication Phrases for Inland Navigation has been developed to:
    enhance safety in inland navigation through standardization of communication in the English language
    support the training institutions and their students in achieving the above objective.
    The focus of the RIVERSPEAK standard communication phrases lies on the communication between inland navigation vessels, with land stations on inland waterways, in coastal areas and on communication on board vessels.

    The RIVERSPEAK programme consists of ten bi-lingual versions, i.e. ten different languages that are now commonly used to communicate on the inland waterways, combined with the English standard of communication.