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13. Placing special emphasis on enhancing reading and speaking
skills, the series provides ample material for developing
translation and interpreting skills.
14. The materials have been pilot-tested at several sites that provided
suggestions for revisions.
15. The materials have been reviewed and proofread by native
speakers.

Series Acknowledgements
Developing a textbook series is a team effort. We would like
to acknowledge all the individuals and institutions that have helped us
at various stages with this project. The authors are indebted to many
international and Ukrainian EFL methodologists, TEFL resource
materials specialists and their colleagues whose ideas, activities,
seminars, and workshops contributed to the series.
We are grateful to our colleagues from the Ivano-Frankivsk
National Technical University of Oil and Gas (the Department of
Foreign Languages and Department of Document and Information
Studies), Precarpathian University (the English Department) and
International Open University of Human Development (the Department
of Translation) for piloting the early drafts and providing feedback.
We would also like to acknowledge the reviewers whose
comments helped immensely in developing the series.
We would like to thank our students of the Department of
Document and Information Studies who were the testing ground for
most of the material and who helped type the text.
We are grateful to the sponsors of the series for their
generosity and understanding.
Victor Kravchenko,
Series Editor
Stephanie Plageman,
Series Proofreader
Halyna Malyk,
Series Co-coordinator

Note: We have tried to trace the ownership of all copyrighted material.
However, despite our efforts to contact copyright holders before publication,
this has not always been possible. If notified, the publisher will be pleased to
rectify any errors at the earliest opportunity.

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