CADETS UNDERGO INTENSIVE ENGLISH TRAINING

CADETS UNDERGO INTENSIVE ENGLISH TRAINING

The DOHLE-PHILMAN Manning Agency Inc. puts a high premium on the excellent performance of its people from all ranks. Its cadets, most especially, must show qualities which stand as a testimony of the work ethics the company lives by. These qualities are professionalism, effectiveness, and initiative.

Advanced Speech and Academic Professionals, or ASAP, supports the company in its efforts to ensure that only qualified and ready maritime cadets receive specialized training for future maritime professionals. In January 2006, ASAP conducted a three-day training entitled English Proficiency for Cadets. English being the language of the sea, ASAP believes that it is never too early to require cadets to strictly adhere to language conventions and developments to ensure their effectiveness as international professionals and workers. The training was comprised of interactive lectures, tests, and classroom presentations on Listening, Grammar, Technical Writing, and Public Speaking proficiency. Diagnostic, Pre, Post, and Final exams were given to accurately measure the English level of the cadets.

The cadets showed a positive response to ASAP’s efforts. They eagerly participated in discussions, asked useful questions, opened up about their insecurities during speaking situations, and took comments with open-mindedness.

This class is a sign of a good beginning between ASAP and DOHLE-Philman. Mr. Castro looks forward to more cadets taking advantage of the highly customized programs of ASAP. He fully supports the highly innovative approach of the center, and is happy to report that out of the _____ participants who underwent the training, ____ passed the critical (country)_ embassy interview, and are now on their way to training and eventually the start of their careers as full-fledged seamen.

“There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.”

- Dale Carnegie