Many argue that grammar provides the essential building blocks in order to learn a language properly and that maybe the case, if your reason

Other industries also prioritise safety, such as Mining, Construction and Oil & Gas to name a few. However, to my knowledge, none of the

This was one of my first glimpses of TCO Shanyrak Village [TCO, Tengiz] as we flew in from Atyrau on a light aircraft for my first 'hitch' as an English teacher back in 2010. I have to admit, I did pinch myself, thinking I was dreaming we were landing on a science fiction movie set for Mars One. On first impressions, it's a strange place - on second impressions, it's even stranger but once I got to my room in Dome 2 [aptly named after their shape], things got better. Well, mo

Nurlan had finished his diploma from the Oil & Gas Institute and he was looking forward to working for one of the major oil companies based in his country. He had completed the course but he wanted to specialise in drilling. Drilling is controlled by Exploration & Production [E&P] and most of the senior drillers were American, so everyone used English as the working language. Nurlan knew English quite well but he didn’t know technical or business English for work. “I didn’t