English for Seafarers

Need Analysis and Course Design for Cadets

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210427.096How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Course design, English proficiency, lack and need, maritime English

Abstract

Any different professions use English for communication media. For the last decade many different levels of schools and institution have taught English to fulfil the learners need. For example, English for academic writing, public speaking, hospitality, English for seaman and other professional fields. The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for maritime English in the professional area. The objectives of the study were to figure out the difficulties and the necessities of using Maritime English, to figure out the English skill proficiency and to conduct ESP course design based on the users’ need. The data was collected through a questionnaire. The result of the findings said that cadets have difficulties in Equipment checking report, Radiotelephone communication, Traffic operation exchange and Presentation in English. They had a high need in daily English, Presentation in English, IMO standard Marine Communication phrases, English daily report, Vessels particulars and specifications. ESP course design should be divided into general Maritime English and specific Maritime English.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Windiahsari
AU  - Tsou Wen-li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/28
TI  - English for Seafarers
BT  - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 633
EP  - 637
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.096
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.096
ID  - 2021
ER  -