A Databank Of Maritime English Resources : An Invitation For Contributions

The necessity for the establishment of a databank of Maritime English resources and materials has been articulated at many WOME/IMEC conferences as well as in a number of EU projects on Maritime Education and Training. The work builds on the author’s paper – On some aspects of evaluating Maritime English materials -checklists’ delivered at IMEC 15 in St. Petersburg. Following an attempted classification of Maritime English resources and materials, the paper presents the structure and layout of a pilot databank of Maritime English resources to be made available for use of IMLA-IMEC Maritime English teachers and MET institutions worldwide. The databank therefore contains a digitalised list of textbooks, short course materials, videos, CD ROM and multimedia materials, software and internet resources for the various aspects of Maritime English. The web-based version of the databank also displays pdf-format views of title pages, contents and sample units of individual materials. The databank is easy to handle and open to modification allowing for corrections and insertion of unlisted and new materials. A pilot version of the databank is available on IMEC’ s internet website, primarily for the use of Maritime English teachers and learners, though it might also be useful source of information for the main stakeholders in the process of designing Maritime English and MET courses and curricula. Teachers of Maritime English or visitors of IMEC website are therefore invited to make continuous updates and contributions to the databank via internet and offer electronic samples of their own materials.