engleski

Using Authentic Materials in Developing Maritime English Students’ Listening Skills

A survey of approximately 30 Maritime English teaching resources shows that activities promoting listening competencies are almost exclusively based on specially prepared listening texts for teaching English for specific purposes and not ‘real’ instances of spoken language. Although such listening texts serve the essential purpose of providing models for language production, they are often insufficient to equip students with adequate skills to handle authentic or ‘real’ language they have rarely or never encountered. Therefore, this paper explores the benefits of using authentic listening materials in designing classroom activities that promote listening skills in Maritime English students. Examples of activities are provided based on 64 authentic very high frequency (VHF) recordings. The methodical approach to designing activities is developed according to a simplified four-stage approach to second language acquisition — the comprehension stage, the implanting stage, the developing stage, and the usage stage.

maritime VHF exchanges, Maritime English, Seaspeak, SMCP, authentic listening materials, listening skills

nije evidentirano