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santi84 · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea

Hello,

Can anyone point to texts/course materials related to petroleum English (or other branches related to the oil & gas industry)? I'm not in the KSA, but it is a high-demand subject here in the north of Alberta.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

There's "Career Paths" (http://www.careerpaths-esp.com/esp-catalogue).

I suggest you also post this thread on the North Africa forum; most of the ongoing discussions are by those who teach/taught oil workers.

sicklyman · Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 930

Oxford publish Oil and Gas and Pearson/Longman publish English for the Oil Industry.

These may well be utilised by a major employer in this field in the near future.

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

OUP Oil and Gas books 1 and 2 are great for A2/B1 and B1+.

santi84 · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea

Thank you very much for the book suggestions.

Geronimo · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 498

"English for the Energy Industries: Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals"
Course Book - By Peter Levrai With Fiona McGarry
is worth considering santi84

An inspection copy can be viewed at:-
http://www.garneteducation.com/Book/35/71/English_for_the_Energy_Industries:_Oil,_Gas_and_Petrochemicals.html
after registering for free to do so.

Geronimo

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

The OUP books are much much better than that Garnet book Geranimo.

Geronimo · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 498

I haven't used the OUP books, dragonpiwo, so I'm ill-placed to assess which of them is better than the other. You may well be right - for all I know.

The Garnet text is let down somewhat by the poor quality of its illustrations. Nevertheless, it wouldn't hurt a course designer to consider drawing upon more than one relevant course book, would it?
'Course' and 'course book' shouldn't be regarded as synonyms, should they?

Geronimo

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

It should be pointed out that although the Oil Industry is the source of KSA's wealth, most English teaching there is of General English. (TENOR - Teaching English for No Obvious Reason)

Pikgitina · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 420 Location: KSA

TEPSA = Teaching English to Prolong Social Assistance.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Geronimo · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 498

..and they are located in "the north of Alberta", not in the K.S.A...

santi84 · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea

Yes, the real north! It has been -25C for nearly a month now. Here, we have a sizable number of international students who require English in the context of the petroleum industry. They range from Arabic-speaking international students in degree programs to temporary foreign workers from the Philippines who work up in the rigs.

Thanks for the book suggestions.

Geronimo · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 498

Longman is offering free access to a series of petroleum industry-related worksheets at Levels 1 & 2 to complement its "Technical English" coursebooks.

Worth checking out if you're teaching oil industry employees...
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/technIcalenglish/level1/index.html

Geronimo