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On the Principles for Compiling Maritime English Textbooks



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Gao Song and Liu Xiao-pei

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5879/2016.01.003

English Department, Navigation Department, Qingdao Ocean Shipping Mariners College, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China

With the development of maritime English teaching, there is a greater demand of high quality maritime English textbooks. This is a reflection of the diversification of new generation maritime English textbooks. But it also brings forth the principles for the textbook compilation. Maritime English textbook construction should adhere to the principle of the cultivation in students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation and incorporate the linguistic theories, teaching concepts and the understanding of classroom teaching and students’ learning, so that the students will continue to improve their English levels in the process of learning the special knowledge. Therefore, the problem we faced with is to make the scientific and rational principles and compile textbooks that suit the practice of maritime English teaching and learning.

Textbook compilation, syllabus requirement, compiling principles.