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Specification

‘TOME - Test Of Maritime English’

(according to IMO Model Course 3.17 ‘Maritime English’, Core Section 1)

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Specification ‘TOME - Test Of Maritime English’

MarineSoft GmbH January 2013 of 10

Overview

1. TOME - Introduction .................................................................................................. 3

1.1 Topics .................................................................................................................. 4

1.2 Objectives ............................................................................................................ 5

1.3 Entry standards ................................................................................................... 5

2. TOME - Sections ....................................................................................................... 6

2.1 Section 1 – Listening Comprehension ................................................................. 6

2.2 Section 2 – Reading comprehension ................................................................... 7

2.3 Section 3 – Mastering of SMCP ........................................................................... 8

3. TOME Approval Certificate ........................................................................................ 9

4. System requirements ............................................................................................... 10



1. TOME - Introduction „TOME – Test of Maritime English‟ is a test for officers and crew on vessels of any type. It has been developed in order to assess the language skills of Mariners around the world. TOME in its complete form consists of three main sections: Section 1: Listening Comprehension Section 2: Reading Comprehension Section 3: Mastering of SMCP (Standard Marine Communication Phrases)

As TOME is a very complex test it can be used in three different formats:

- for crew members 1 (low format = 33 tasks in each section), - for crew members 2 (medium format = 66 tasks in each section), - for officers (full format = 99 tasks in each section).

the skills to be tested can be selected:

- you can choose either Listening, Reading and Mastering the SMCP at the „Basic‟ level, the „Intermediate‟ level, the „Advanced‟ level.

The time for the completion of the three full sections is: Basic level 1. Listening Comprehension 45 minutes 2. Reading Comprehension 15 minutes 3. Mastering of SCMP 13 minutes Intermediate level 1. Listening Comprehension 70 minutes 2. Reading Comprehension 40 minutes 3. Mastering of SCMP 25 minutes Advanced level 1. Listening Comprehension 95 minutes 2. Reading Comprehension 60 minutes 3. Mastering of SCMP 50 minutes Every officer and crew member who has passed through TOME will get a certificate. This certifi-cate will show the achieved score/evaluation of each section.



1.1 Topics

According to IMO Model Course 3.17 „Maritime English‟, Core Section 1 the following skills and topics will be tested: Topics Listening and Reading Personal information Vessel and crew Giving locations Routine operation on board Safety equipment Emergency situations Cargo handling Passenger care Vessel specifications Reporting events and accidents VHF messages Written forms of communication

SMCP Generals Message Markers Responses Distress/Urgency/Safety Communication VTS Communication Cargo and cargo handling Passenger Care

Skills Grammar Pronouns Short answers Prepositions and conjunctions Tenses: Present, Past, Present Perfect Question and Negation Adjective and adverb Imperatives Passenger care Engine parts

Vocabulary Adjectives of nationality Spelling Verbs of work routine, maintenance of the engine Safety equipment and its conditions Route and directions Emergency situations Verbs describing accidents Cargo handling



1.2 Objectives The objectives of TOME are:

to improve listening and reading comprehension of officers and crew,

to assist in mastering the SMCP,

to develop officers‟ and crews‟ ability to use English to lower intermediate language level,

to teach basic maritime English, as recommended in the English language guidelines of Part B-VI/1 of the STCW 1995 Code,

to prepare officers and crew for developing the full knowledge, understanding and profi-ciency in English required by the STCW 1995 Code,

to practise communicating in English for both maritime and general purposes at elemen-tary to lower intermediate language level.

1.3 Entry standards Officers and crew member working with TOME must fulfil the following entry levels:

Elementary: able to use English for very basic, everyday needs but without sustained flu-ency and with many errors. Has a limited understanding of spoken English, requires a lot of rephrasing, repetition and simplification of language.

Lower intermediate: can communicate satisfactorily about everyday topics with a restrict-ed range of language. Able to understand native speakers of English talking at a meas-ured pace with some rephrasing and repetition. Comprehension is likely to fail under pres-sure.

Intermediate: at ease communicating about everyday topics and more abstract concepts. Makes some mistakes but is usually able to correct any major errors which prevent her/him being understood. Able to understand the essence of native speaker English but may misunderstand detail.

They must be able to:

read and write using the Roman script,

demonstrate familiarity with the English sound/spelling system,

hold short, simple conversations concerning familiar topics in „the here and now‟,

provide basic, personal information with minimum prompting,

understand and respond simple instructions/questions on familiar topics and should also understand and be able to use the following English structures with reasonable accuracy:

subject pronouns and object pronouns,

possessives,

the Present Simple in the positive, negative and question form (of basic, regular verbs),

“wh” question words,

basic irregular verbs (be, have, do, etc),

modal verb “can”,

word order (subject-verb-object),

articles “a”/”an” and “the”,

common nouns,

regular, plural noun forms,

common adjectives,

basic conjunctions,

cardinal numbers.



2. TOME - Sections

2.1 Section 1 – Listening Comprehension In section 1 the trainee/user can demonstrate how well s/he understands spoken Maritime Eng-lish. There are five parts in this section, each with a special instruction. Listening Comprehension consists of 5 Parts with rising degree of difficulty. Each part starts with an introductory page explaining the trainee/user how to deal with tasks of each part.



2.2 Section 2 – Reading comprehension Section 2 “Reading Comprehension” consists of 3 Parts with rising degree of difficulty. Each part starts with an introductory page explaining the trainee/user how to deal with tasks of each part.



2.3 Section 3 – Mastering of SMCP Section 3 “Mastering of SMCP” consists of 3 Parts with rising degree of difficulty. Part 1 and 2 consist of „Multiple Choice‟ questions, in part 3 the trainee/user has to deal with „Fill in‟ tasks.



3. TOME Approval Certificate



4. System requirements TOME is available as Computer Based Training (CBT). The following system requirements have to be fulfilled (minimum): IMPORTANT:

If TOME is used as network version a network bandwidth of 100 Mbit or higher is required.

1. English Operating System Windows 7

2. Internet Explorer Version 7.0 3. Processor: minimum Pentium 4, 1,0 GHz 4. Free HD memory: minimum 200 MB 5. RAM: minimum 512 MB 6. Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 Pixel and 16/32 Bit colours 7. Other requirements: CD-ROM Drive, latest Acrobat Reader, Printer

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