IMPROVING NAUTICAL STUDENTS’ ENGLISH MASTERY THROUGH NEED ANALYSIS-BASED MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT: Effective
communication among seafarer on board between ship to ship/ship to shore are very
important in maritime
industry concerning the
safety at sea.
Then, International Maritime Industry
(IMO) adopted English
as the sea
language which make it
become very important
in this industry.
Since the students
of Akademi Maritim Yogyakarta
are preparing to
work in maritime
industry they must
have adequate English competence
both in oral
and in written
form. This study
aimed at developing English
instructional materials for
Nautical Department of
Akademi Maritim Yogyakarta based on need analysis. The methodology of
this study was the combination between desk and survey study which involved IMO
curriculum and 26 respondents (20 cadets
for questionnaires and
test; 2 ex-seafarers
and 4 English instructors for
their evaluation on the set
of English materials).
The survey showed the lack of cadets’ English competency
that was caused by their dislikeness of learning English. They assumed that
maritime English was boring and too difficult to learn as the materials were
taken from old books and publication that discusses only on reading
and tenses. The
result of this
study shows that
a set of
English instructional
materials which was
designed based on
need analysis could
increase the cadets’ interest and motivation to study maritime English
which then gave significant progress on the improvement
of their English competence.
Author: Restu Arini
Journal Code: jpsosiologigg100001
