Teaching the right things and teaching the things right: Professional development for mariners
Abstract:
Teaching the right things and teaching the things right is essential in English for specific purposes (ESP) language learning programs. ESP language teaching programs for non-English speaking mariners should provide quality in navigational communication. Insufficient communication and coordination are the most dangerous failings in marine safety. This study adopted communicative language teaching (CLT), which is a recent trend in applied linguistics literature that views language learning as a fundamentally social, cultural, and temporal activity. Furthermore, this study sought to explain the importance of ESP language development programs for international maritime safety. Two aspects are essential in training mariners: repetition and clear expression. Two distinct methods are suggested for use in language teaching for international mariners, namely CLT and audio-lingualism.
Keywords:
English for specific purposes (ESP), Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary (SMNV). Professional Development, Communicative language teaching (CLT)
pages:
535-538
Year:
2019
Published in:
2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019
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