A needs analysis of maritime English language skills for Bangladeshi seafarers to work on-board ships

Ahmmed, Raju; Sinha, Begum Shahnaz; Khan, Rubina; Islam, Dewan Mazharul

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104041

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“…From the analysis conducted, the studies were done in various contexts, including maritime (Ahmmed et al, 2020;Alibakhshi & Labbafi, 2021), engineering (Adnan, 2019;Baklazhenko, 2018;Gözüyeşil, 2014;Masduki & Zakaria, 2020;Panyawong-Ngam et al, 2015;Spence & Liu, 2013), medicine (Arumugam & Kaur, 2011), mechatronics (Ranasuriya & Herath, 2020), pest control (Hee & Zainal, 2018), human resource (Moslehifar & Ibrahim, 2012), information technology (Fareen, 2018), military and/or aviation (Alshabeb et al, 2017;Sari & Sari, 2020), architecture (Palea et al, 2012) and a combination of multiple industries (Al-Buainain, 2011).…”

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“…In the context of Bahrain and the Middle East, Thomas et al (2016) also cited poor English language capability as one of the constraints of new graduates, while on the flipside, having good English communication skills is considered a unique selling point to employers. This has also been cited in other countries, such as China (Fan et al, 2017;Yao & Du-Babcock, 2020), Iran (Akbari, 2016;Karimi & Sanavi, 2014), Taiwan (Lu, 2018;Spence & Liu, 2013) Tanzania (Wilson Mwakapina, 2020, Norway (Hellekjaer & Fairway, 2015), Bangladesh (Ahmmed et al, 2020), and more.…”

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Professional communication competence in English for occupational purposes (EOP) courses: A systematic literature review and proposal of a framework

Kamil

Muhammad

2021

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This paper reports a systematic literature review that was conducted to explore the areas of research pertaining to English language workplace communication needs in order to design courses in English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) that can better meet the demands of the industry. Articles from Scopus, ScienceDirect and Emerald Insight were extracted following the five-step method of conducting a systematic literature review. In total, 133 articles were analysed. From the analysis, it was found that most studies focused on examining the needs of the learners, or the needs of the industry; very few studies triangulated the findings between different stakeholders to obtain a better picture of the needs, wants, and gaps between the target situation and the present situation. Additionally, most studies focused on language tasks required and did not pay due emphasis on the competencies required to perform the tasks well. Thus, the outcome of this review is a proposed theoretical model to develop professional communication competence among new graduates that is intended to be used in a future study to address the gaps found in this review. Practically, the review also sheds light on gaps that exist in current research that can be addressed in future research, especially for higher education institutions (HEIs) that are working to design and develop courses in EOP to improve English language communication skills for employability.

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Professional communication competence in English for occupational purposes (EOP) courses: A systematic literature review and proposal of a framework

Kamil

Muhammad

2021

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“…In contrast, competence 2-being able to use English in written and oral form-is perceived to be satisfactorily addressed by the current MET practices, receiving the highest score from the early-stage professional marine engineers. Therefore, it is apparent that the need to prioritize maritime English in MET curriculum in Bangladesh as expressed in previous studies [40,41] has been receiving appropriate attention. The notion why English competence is perceived as slightly less relevant for future autonomous operations is probably linked with the fact that the automated systems will take over much of the human-human communication needs in an automated workplace by infusing non-verbal communication in daily interactions [42].…”

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Exploring the Current Practices and Future Needs of Marine Engineering Education in Bangladesh

Tusher

Sharma

Nazir

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Developing countries, despite being the major suppliers of maritime manpower, lag in their future-proof competence development. This study explores whether the current maritime education and training (MET) practices for marine engineering education in a developing nation are perceived as sufficient by the early-stage marine engineers. The current competence requirements set by the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW’74 as amended) are compared and contrasted against the current MET practices as well as the future needs for remotely controlled autonomous ship operations. Bangladesh, a maritime nation in the Southeast Asia region was selected as a developing nation for this study. An online survey was conducted among early-stage professional marine engineers. The analysis of 62 valid responses revealed that current MET practices are significantly perceived to be satisfactory for acquiring non-technical competencies, such as being proficient in the English language, but are less satisfactory for instilling technical competencies such as of electrical and electronics, knowledge regarding seaworthiness of ships, as well as medical first aid. In addition, the findings highlight the perceived gaps in existing marine engineering education as well as the need for future studies focused on re-training the future maritime workforce that could potentially improve MET strategies and practices in the developing nations.

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“…In maritime education, there are some studies related to analysing the learners and target needs. The studies conducted by Dirgeyasa (2018), Aeni et al (2018), and Ahmmed et al (2020) found that speaking skill is the most important skill over the three skills in maritime higher education.…”

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Designing appropriate English learning materials for Nautical Department at Politeknik Ilmu Pelayaran Semarang

Fatimah¹,

Dewi

Purwantini³

2020

LKS

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This research is aimed to find out the target and learning needs of Nautical students at PIP Semarang and designing the appropriate material for Nautical students at PIP Semarang. This is a Research and Development project. The steps of doing this research are (1) need analysis (2) make syllabus (3) designing materials (4) expert consultation (5) try out material (6) evaluation. The subject of this research is the third-semester students of Nautical department at PIP Semarang. The instruments used are questionnaires for need analysis, interview guide and observation sheets. The data were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative and qualitative. The results of the research recommend three units namely (1) Initial Call (2) Message Marker and (3) On Board Communication Phrases which are developed with communicative approach. The research gives contribution to the teaching and learning English at Nautical Department of Politeknik Ilmu Pelayaran Semarang.

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A needs analysis of maritime English language skills for Bangladeshi seafarers to work on-board ships

Cited by 31 publications

References 18 publications

Professional communication competence in English for occupational purposes (EOP) courses: A systematic literature review and proposal of a framework

Professional communication competence in English for occupational purposes (EOP) courses: A systematic literature review and proposal of a framework

Exploring the Current Practices and Future Needs of Marine Engineering Education in Bangladesh

Designing appropriate English learning materials for Nautical Department at Politeknik Ilmu Pelayaran Semarang

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