MARITIME ENGLISH- MANAGEMENT LEVEL

CORE SYLLABUS

CONTENTS HOURS

1. Parts of speech 6
2. Maritime Correspondence 6
3. Vocabulary 6
4. Oral communication 6
5. Presentations 6
30 hours

MARITIME ENGLISH – OPERATIONAL LEVEL

CORE SYLLABUS

CONTENTS HOURS

1. Demonstrate understanding of the relevance 6

of STCW 95 English language requirements
to all seafarers;
2. Describe and explain Global trends in 6
shipping.
3. Describe procedures at international airports 6
Demonstrate understanding of the cultural
norms of different nationalities Describe /
write reports on incidents
4. Demonstrate awareness of how cross cultural 6
issues can affect team work at sea Describe
expected stands of work and behaviors at sea
5. Explain stages in process 6
6. Discuss and produce external written and 6
spoken communication to request and give
advice
7. Describe visitors on board 6
8. Analyses problems on board and suggest 6
solutions / orally and in writing
9. Review 1 6
10. Review 2 6
60 hours
 MARITIME ENGLISH – SUPPORT LEVEL
CORE SYLLABUS

CONTENTS HOURS

1. Ask for the give personal data 6

2. Describe crew roles 6
3. Name type of vessels 6
4. Describe the location/ purpose of 6
safety equipment
5. Understand commands 6
6. Name positions on board/Direction 6
7. Express personal likes and dislikes/ 6
leisure time on board
8. Describe crew members on board 6
9. Review 1 6
10. Review 2 6
60 hours

Department of Maritime Studies and Maritime Transport Technology

Winter & Lent Term 2005/2006 Academic Year

COURSE TITLE: Maritime English 1

HEAD OF COURSE: Božana Knežević

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the syllabus are:
- to expand students’ proficiency in Maritime English, and in General English,
- to reinforce English skills by applying them directly to maritime training,
- to develop students’ competence to understand and interpret information presented
in verbal, numerical and graphical form, and also to do the information transfer,
- to make valid inferences from the presented material,
- to provide material for students to revise, consolidate and extend their command
of English grammar,
- to develop students’ reading skills to enable them to skim the text for the main
idea, to scan the text for the specific information, to interpret the text and to
deduce the meaning from the context,
 - to develop students’ listening skills to enable them to understand and apply
specific information,
- to develop students’ writing skills for a range of writing activities such as short
reports, and interpretation of data,
- to develop students’ speaking skills to a level that enables them to use Maritime
English in their professional environment,
- to develop students’ competence in organising and presenting ideas in a clear and
logical way (Power-point presentations).

LEVEL
Independent user.

METHOD OF DELIVERY
The course delivery will take the form of 3 hours per week: 1 hour of lectures plus 2
hours of practical work sessions in each of the three groups. It constitutes of 90 contact
hours of instruction.
Students enrolled at the Faculty of Maritime Studies are expected to observe the code of
conduct required by the academic institution, and regularly attend lectures and practical
work sessions.

APPROACH
The basic approach to syllabus design is a complementary approach of ESP (English for
Specific Purposes), and General English.

SYLLABUS
The content of the syllabus is determined by the STCW Convention.
The skills to be taught are as follows:
Speaking skills
- Ability to understand English spoken in everyday situations and in the world of
work.
- Ability to understand and use common speech conventions of social English.
- Ability to carry on a conversation on a topic appropriate to students’ interests in
the world of work and everyday situations.
 - Ability to speak with an acceptable degree of fluency and accuracy.
Reading skills
- Ability to understand explicitly stated information.
- Ability to understand the meanings of words and phrases in context.
- Ability to understand information that is presented partly in non-verbal forms like
charts and tables.
Writing skills
- Ability to write relevantly.
Listening skills
- Ability to listen for gist – skimming
- Ability to listen for specific information – scanning
Vocabulary
- Words in the world of work context.
- Words in everyday context.
- Use of the dictionary.
Grammar
Develops areas of study introduced in secondary education.
- Tenses and aspect: simple present, present continuous, simple past, past
continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, future.
- Passive,
- Conditionals,
- If-clauses,
- Modals,
- Parts of speech:
a) nouns - countable & uncountable, plural
b) articles
c) adjectives – comparison
d) adverbs – position of adverbs
e) verbs – regular and irregular, auxiliaries and modal auxiliaries
f) clauses – main clauses, relative clauses.
g) sentences – questions, negative forms.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
Students who have successfully completed the first year should possess the following:
- Knowledge and understanding of the structure and discourse functions of English as a
language of international communications in both professional and social context.
Knowledge and command of a broad range of Maritime English vocabulary.
Recognition of the multifaceted nature of the subject and its relationship to other
subjects.
- Intellectual abilities to develop critical and independent thinking and judgement, to be
creative in the solution of problems, to analyse, interpret and evaluate the
information. To plan, conduct and report on an individual presentation or a project.
The ability to work with others through the presentation of ideas and information.
- Communication skills to communicate easily in the world of work and everyday
situations.
- Practical skills to write reports and messages including layout, format and structure.
- Ability to use IT – e.g. www and the Internet. The ability to gather, sift and organise
critically the importance and significance of information collected.
- Ability to develop strategies to enable students to take control of their learning.

ASSESMENT
Assessment design and practice:
• matches the intended learning outcomes which value choice and independence of
mind,
• promotes reflective learning (including the quality of feedback to students),
• is appropriate to the student profile and level of study.
For assessment purposes, equal weighting will be given to content and language. Content
will be assessed in terms of relevance and appropriateness to the topic. Language will be
assessed in terms of the extent to which the student’s style and use of sentence structures;
vocabulary, spelling and punctuation support or interfere with successful task completion
and communication.

Forms of assessment:
• formal examination (written and oral),
• course work,
• project work (which may be collaborative) including ppt. presentations.
Detailed exam requirements and updated exam dates are presented on the Internet:
www.pfri.hr/~bknez.

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING

Library and computing centre.
MAIN READING
1. Pritchard B. 1995. Maritime English 1. Units 1-10, 12-17, 24, 25, and 32. Zagreb:
Školska knjiga.
2. Van Kluijven, P. C. 2003. The International Maritime Language Programme.
Unit Two, Unit Four (Navigation), Unit Five (Tides), Unit Eight. Alkmaar: Alk
& Heijnen Publishers.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
1. Murphy, J. 2004. 3rd edition. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. (Intermediate to upper-intermediate).
2. Nettle, M. and Hopkins, D. 2003. Developing Grammar in Context. Grammar
reference and practice. Cambridge University Press. (Intermediate)
3. Carter, Hughes & McCarthy: 2000. Exploring Grammar in Context with
Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Upper-intermediate to
advance)
4. Eastwood J. 2001. 9th impression. Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. (Intermediate to upper-intermediate).
5. Swan M. 1997. Second edition. Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. (Intermediate to advance).
6. Swan, M. and Walter, C. 1997. How English Works. A grammar practice book.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Elementary)
7. Vince, M. & Sunderland, P. 2003. Advanced Language Practice With Key.
Oxford: MacMillan.
8. Walker, E. & Elsworth, S. 2000. Grammar Practice for Upper Intermediate
Students (with key). Harlow, Essex: Longman.
9. West, C. 2002. Recycling Advanced English New Edition With Key. Georgian
Press.
10. Van Kluijven, P. C. 2003. The International Maritime Language Programme.
CD- ROM. Alkmaar: Alk & Heijnen Publishers.
11. Maritime English CD-ROM
12. Standard Marine Communication Phrases. 2001.London: IMO
13. Maritime Communications. CD-ROM. (MARINESOFT)

STUDENT DESIGN PROJECTS/ ppt. Presentations