• Laura D. Cizer

  Author

• Mariana Boeru

  Author

This paper reports on an innovative Maritime English (ME) learning tool intended to respond to
the ever pressing need for better linguistic competences aboard merchant ships. The undeniable
multilingual diversity of merchant crews can only be mitigated by a firm grasp of the
professional lingua franca onboard, namely Maritime English. In this context, maritime higher
education institutions have a responsibility to equip their students with the necessary language
skills to which it is essential to add the digital skills and the “learn how to learn” skills that will
help them continue to study and further specialize in their field while being aboard ships. In this
respect, the authors of this paper have envisaged the production of a free, online, audio-visual,
multilingual Maritime English dictionary. More precisely, this dictionary is intended to offer
definitions, visuals and audio renditions of ME terms in 11 other European languages. It is
anticipated to function as a tool to be used both in the pedagogical community and also in the
specific professional context of seafaring. By providing free and easy access to digital learning
content for teachers, students and professional beneficiaries, this dictionary sees the integration
of digital technologies at all levels in the teaching and learning process while developing the
users’ multilingual awareness.

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