The course is organised around a selection of texts, exercises and listening activities aimed at helping students gain a command of the English language that enables them to communicate effectively in maritime contexts. It is a 'basic' course which helps students develop their analytical and communication skills and improve their independent learning strategies

The course is organised around a selection of texts, exercises and listening activities aimed at helping students gain a command of the English language that enables them to communicate effectively in maritime contexts. It is a 'basic' course which helps students develop their analytical and communication skills and improve their independent learning strategies

Autonomous language learning strategies. The phonemic alphabet. Computing vocabulary.

The port

Vessel types. Dimensions

Containerization

Loading and undloading. Types of cargo

Cargo handling and cargo space

The ship: Parts of the ship, positions on a ship

Navigation: Casting off structures, the fairway

The crew. The master. Responsibilities. Time at sea. Watches

The deck department; the engine department

The Marine environment

The course is structured into lectures, class sessions and computer sessions.

In the event of a lockwdown for public health reasons,if the academic authorities indicate so, teaching activities will be delivered online via the course site on eGela.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Final official exam: 70% Students must PASS the final exam in order for the marks from the continuous assessment tasks to be added to the final grade. Continuous assessment tasks: Oral presentation (15%) Written assignment (15%) (%): 100

Assessment will be based on two continuous assessment tasks and a final exam that will take place during the official exam period.



Weightings:



Final exam: 70%

Students must PASS the final exam in order for the marks from the continuous assessment tasks to be added to the final grade.



Continuous assessment tasks:

Oral presentation (15%)

Written assignment (15%)



The University’s Code of Ethics for preventing and dealing with academic fraud applies.



Students who wish to appear as "No Presentado/Ez Aurkeztuta" must indicate so in writing to the lecturers within the deadline established in the UPV/EHU's regulations for asessment.



Students who wish to opt out of the continuous assessment, and hence be assessed solely on the basis of the final exam, must indicate so in writing to the lecturers within the deadline established in the UPV/EHU's regulations for asessment.



This course includes practical sessions used by the Directorate General of the Merchant Marine to attest the attainment of part of the competencies linked to the GMDSS General Operators Certificate (GOC), as indicated on the Bilbao School of Engineering webpage.

In order to pass the course, it is therefore an indispensable requirement for students to have attended, in person, to have completed, and to have successfully passed, at least 90% of the practical sessions linked to the aforementioned certificate (except for force majeure circumstances to be analysed on case-per-case basis), detailed dates throughout term being specified on the course planning.

Should such requirements not be met, the maximum possible grade the student may obtain is 4.5.

The extraordinary exam will consist in an exam that includes all the contents covered during the course.





This course includes practical sessions used by the Directorate General of the Merchant Marine to attest the attainment of part of the competencies linked to the GMDSS General Operators Certificate (GOC), as indicated on the Bilbao School of Engineering webpage.

In order to pass the course, it is therefore an indispensable requirement for students to have attended, in person, to have completed, and to have successfully passed, at least 90% of the practical sessions linked to the aforementioned certificate (except for force majeure circumstances to be analysed on case-per-case basis), detailed dates throughout term being specified on the course planning.

Should such requirements not be met, the maximum possible grade the student may obtain is 4.5.

Materials provided by the lecturers during the course
MarEng and MarEng Plus
IMLP

Basic bibliography

+ Kluijven van, P.C. (2007) The International Language Programme. Alkmaar: Alk & Heijnen Publishers.

+ Herrera Arnaiz, Mercedes (2014) Use of English for Maritime Students. Almería: Editorial Círculo Rojo. ISBN: 8490764395

+ MarEng and MarEng Plus. Web-based Maritime English Learning Tools.

+ Blakey, T. N. (1986). English for Maritime Studies. Ed. Prentice-Hall

+ Simpson, John A. and Edmund S. C. Weiner (eds.) Online edition. Oxford English Dictionary.

http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/?cc=global;

+ Baker, M.A. (1979) English for Nautical Students. Glasgow: Brown, , Son & Ferguson

+ Beigdeber Atienza, F. 1997. (2ª ed). Diccionario Politécnico de las Lenguas Española e Inglesa.

Madrid: Díaz de Santos.

In-depth bibliography

+ Malagón, J.M. (1998) Diccionario Náutico. Madrid: Paraninfo;
+ Swan, M. (2005) Practical English Usage. Oxford: OUP
+ Basterrechea, I. (2010). Manual del buque y el entorno marítimo. Servicio Central de Publicaciuones del Gobierno Vasco.

Journals

+ "Ships Monthly"
+ "Professional Mariner - Journal of the Maritime Industry"
+ " The Sea"
+ "Fairplay"
+ "Seaways"

Web addresses

+ Maritime Dictionary; http://www.m-i-link.com/dictionary/default.asp;
+ BBC News; http://news.bbc.co.uk/
+ www.imo.org
+ www.iala-aism.org
+ The Nautical Institute; http://www.nautinst.org
+ Lloyd’s List http://www.lloydslist.com/