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A review of maritime English education and training on China in comparison with other top suppliers of seafarers

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posted on 2023-05-18, 19:09 authored by Fan, L, Jiangang FeiJiangang Fei, Schriever, U, Si FanSi Fan
As a compulsory subject for seafarers’ certification of competency in China, Maritime English is designed to ensure Chinese seafarers’ maritime English proficiency. However, the outcomes of maritime English education and training are not perceived to be satisfactory by the shipping industry. Research on maritime English education and training in China is relatively sparse and unsystematic. This paper will first review publications on maritime English education and training in China to present a clear picture of existing studies and their findings. A comparative review will then be made between China and other world top suppliers of seafarers to investigate their similarities and differences in maritime English education and training. Due to limited number of journal papers available on the topic, the review mainly focuses on the International Maritime English Conferences Proceedings published from 2004 to 2014. A review of related articles identified five themes: maritime English assessments, maritime English teaching materials, maritime English learning and teaching methods, maritime English teachers and maritime students. Issues corresponding to the five themes are compared and analysed before some suggestions for improvements are made in line with the Manila Amendments 2010.

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Publication title

Asia-Pacific Journal of Marine Science & Education

Volume

5

Pagination

22-38

ISSN

2221-9935

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University

Place of publication

Vladivostok, Russia

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Copyright 2015 Asia-Pacific Journal of Marine Science & Education

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