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Why do Some People Say the English Language is Hard to Learn, and Maritime English is Hard to Master?




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Carmen Chirea-Ungureanu

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5879/2015.02.004

Department of Fundamental Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Navigation and Naval Transport, Constanta Maritime University, Romania

Lot of people seem to think that English language is difficult to learn. They talk about that; tweet about that; blog about that. Every thought seems to be an accepted fact. But is it true? And if it is, why that? In my paper I try to find the proper answers to these key-questions, and in the same time to tackle the definition of the Teacher in role from Wikipedia: “If the role of a teacher is to teach, the role of a student must be to learn. However, it has been agreed that learning is not only an exercise in reading and reciting facts, but in gaining a deeper insight of events and situations. […], a teacher does not only teach and learn the “what” but also the “why” and “how”.

Learning English, Teacher in role, Understanding Maritime English, pedagogical approach