A Study on the Standardization Scheme for Aids to Navigation & the Related Marine English

Kim, Kuk; Gim, Jin-Goo

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2011;35(1):31-38.
Published online February 28, 2011.

항로표지와 관련해사영어의 표준화 방안

김국, 김진구

A Study on the Standardization Scheme for Aids to Navigation & the Related Marine English

Kuk Kim, Jin-Goo Gim

Abstract

With today's continuous increase of both seaborne trade and foreign crew boarding ships, it is necessary to study the standardization of Marine English with respect to Aids to Navigation(AtoN) for the safety of ships. After reviewing the organization of the standard council of the equipment and article of AtoN, the standardization of various types of AtoN was not capable of meeting by the only existing council's activities. For on-the-job progress, it was necessary for the subcommittee to be composed by types of AtoN. It is thus desirable to the integrated approach to the combination of the civil, the public, academic circles and research institutes, which harmonized the council's flexibility and professionalism in the composition of the members. Subjects, levels and targets in each course were presented from results of the study on the standardization scheme of Marine English related to AtoN. The ET steps were classified by the difficult degree to which the principles of interpretation and communication were applied. This study contributed to the scheme that was firstly established to solve the problem of the audiovisual English ET due to the lack of the professionalism of the existing marine affairs by presenting the standardization scheme of Marine English prior to the institutional reform related to AtoN.

Key Words: Seaborne trade;Foreign crew boarding ships;Safety operation;Aids to navigation;AtoN; Marine English;Standardization;Integrated approach;Interpretation;Audiovisual English ET