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    Course Maritime English

    Exercise No. 03 Revision 1 Edition 03.09.2012


    Title VHF communication
    Reference Radio communication procedures Duration 1 hour
    Responsibility Form is used by trainee

    OBJECTIVE OF EXERCISE:
     The objective of this exercise is to introduce the topic and vocabulary related to it.

    EXERCISE DESCRIPTION:
    Task 1. Fill in the gaps with a correct word from the table below.

    What is seaspeak?
    Seaspeak is the official language of navigators the world over.

    Whether on the high seas or at port, misunderstood communication can lead to serious
    and even dangerous situations. "Seaspeak", the official language of the seas, helps to
    prevent 1 miscommunication
    Have you ever wondered how crews on ships at sea 2 communicate? Nowadays, crews
    consist of men and women from all over the world, and often, a single ship's crew
    comes from a number of different countries. But that was not always the case. Back in
    the 1960s, the United States and the United Kingdom dominated ocean traffic, and 80
    percent of ships' crews were 3 native English speakers. By the end of 1970s, however,
    the situation had 4 reversed and today, 80 percent of ship's crews do not speak English
    as a 5____________language.
    So what happens when a ship captain needs to communicate to their crew, to another
    ship, or to shore? Whether on the high seas or at port, misunderstood communication
    can 6 lead to serious and even dangerous situations.
    To avoid such 7 confusion, in 1983 a group of linguists and shipping experts created a
    new system of communication called Seaspeak. English was chosen as the principle 8
    lexicon for Seaspeak because it was the most common language spoken on ships at
    that time, and, importantly, it was also the language of civil aviation. In 1988,
    the International Maritime Organization made Seaspeak the 9 official language of the
    seas.
    Seaspeak defines the rules of how to talk on a ship's 10 official The number of words
    is 11 limited to ensure that messages and conversations are short and clear. Eight
    words, called message markers, precede each sentence. These words are Advice,
    Answer, Information, Instruction, Intention, Question, Request, and 12 Warning
    An important rule of Seaspeak is that numbers made up of two or more digits are
    spoken in 13 single digits. For example, the number 33 is spoken as "three three" and
    the time 9:33 a.m. is spoken as "zero nine three three." Coordinated Universal Time—
    the primary time standard or international time scale by which the world regulates 14
    clocks and time—is always used at sea.
    communicate native
    confusion miscommunication
    official radio
    reversed first
    single limited
    lead Warning
    clocks lexicon

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
    Total points 14

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