碩士 / 國立臺灣海洋大學 / 應用英語研究所 / 99 / The goal of this study is to investigate what Taiwanese maritime university students need in learning and using English under maritime contexts. Since Taiwanese learners’ English competency is mainly developed through the English courses in schools and the main agencies of the maritime training in Taiwan are the maritime universities, I chose one school, National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), as the research site.
Derived from the suggested information sources of Long (2005a), the data of this study are collected from four main information sources: the published official documents from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and prospectus of the Taiwanese seafarers’ certification examinations, the occupational domain experts, the academic domain experts, and the maritime students. The research tools include document collections, the semi-structured in-depth interviewing, classroom observation, and working field visits.
The study findings are as follows. First listening and speaking are emphasized in maritime domains. In terms of the specific English competences, they are the competences in giving and understanding the VHF (Very High Frequency Radio Communication) messages during distress and urgency communication, calling upon and responding to the VTS (Vessel Traffic Service) and pilotage, and giving and understanding the operative shiphandling orders such as the engine and helm orders. Moreover, during the life at sea, seafarers also have the social needs in having conversations and personal information exchanges with their multinational crewmembers or workers at the seaports in different countries. Second, understanding and using the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP) (IMO, 2001) appropriately is a basic requirement of seafarers’ English competences. Third, it is found that English language was seldom adopted in maritime students’ maritime content knowledge courses and in school life. The assistances and opportunities to learn and use English were not enough for the maritime students. The Marine English courses, which focused on conveys and explanations of the maritime terminologies could not meet the student’s needs in practical uses. Finally, students’ general English competences were essential to maritime English learning, especially in the oral communicative competences and understanding the reading texts.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/099NTOU5741001 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Pei-Yi Chang, 張珮儀 |
| Contributors | Fengmin Wang, 王鳳敏 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 149 |
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