実践的コミュニケーション能力向上を目指す海事英語教育の取組み : 英語による乗船実習と E-ラーニングによるBlended Learning

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The year 2007 is the turning point for Maritime English training at Oshima College of MaritimeTechnology where new trials were planned and implemented in order to make Maritime Englishcourses more communicative and practical. This change has been hoped by the Japanese shippingindustry and National Institute for Sea Training (NIST). The former operates its fleet withmultinational crew and expects Japanese seafarers to play a management role with effectivecommunication skills while the latter introduced English as a communication language of its practicalonboard training several years ago.This effort is supported and funded by the Education Ministry as a "Good Practice (GP) project" andconsists of two main programs. One is the introduction of English communication to college trainingship that gives basic onboard training to the college students during their shore-based study. Theother is development of English language self-study modules by means of e-learning.The paper will present first year trials for communicative approach in maritime English training at theOshima college, particularly "onboard training through English" and self-learning methods withmultimedia technology. Effectiveness of the combination of different learning methods will bediscussed. Practical learning experience will be proposed for improving English communication skillsof the college students.
大島商船高等専門学校の論文
2007-12-01