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I am grateful to my colleagues from the Ivano-Frankivsk
National Technical University of Oil and Gas (the Department of
Foreign Languages and the Department of Document and Information
Studies), Precarpathian University (the English Department), the
International Open University of Human Development "Ukraine" (the
Department of Translation) for piloting the early drafts and providing
feedback. I would also like to acknowledge the reviewers whose
insightful comments helped immensely in developing the book. I would
like to thank my students (DR-98 and DR-00) who helped shape the
development of this book.
Among the persons I wish to express my special appreciation are
the following:
V. Shehter (Ph.D., the University of Texas, a 2000-2002 Fulbright
Professor at Precarpathian University) for encouragement and valuable
comments;
I.M.Romanyshyn, T.O.Litovka, O.Yu.Mykhailiuk, S.O.Ivanova
M.V.Kisil for piloting the early drafts in their classrooms and providing
useful suggestions;
V.O.Kravchenko, Precarpathian University for his useful critique
of the manuscript, professional advice and thorough editing;
Stephanie Plageman, a US Peace Corps volunteer, who gave
freely of her time and energy to read the earlier versions of the
manuscript and proof-read the final draft.
I also want to thank Fakel Publishers for making this text a
reality.

H. Malyk

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