Master mariner English 1Laajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can describe the crew members’ responsibilities and duties.
You can use accurate terminology when describing common navigation practices.
You can use accurate terminology when describing the ship’s berthing and mooring.
You can use accurate terminology when describing the loading and discharging of ships.
You understand and can explain the key factors that affect safety onboard a ship, in general and more specifically from the deck crew’s perspective.
You can accurately describe the weather and prevailing conditions at sea.
You can find and use online aids for language learning.
You can appropriately compose a CV/résumé in English.

Content

What responsibilities do the crew members have?
What English terminology is essential to describe common navigation practices?
What English terminology is essential to describe the ship’s berthing and mooring?
What English terminology is essential to describe the loading and discharging of ships?
What factors affect safety onboard the ship?
What English terminology is used to describe the weather and prevailing conditions at sea?
How do you appropriately compose a CV/résumé in English?

Qualifications

The student can communicate independently in communication situations (level B1).

Accomplishment methods

The student can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers/clients, users and target groups.

In addition, competence evaluation according to STCW code table A-II/1 column 4 are used:
- English language nautical publications and messages relevant to the safety of the ship are correctly interpreted or drafted
- communications are clear and understood