An Overview of Chinese Seafarers’ Communicative Competence in English—Chinese seafarers’ Perspectives

The rapid development of technologies and the increasingly strict international shipping regulations help to explain a significant decrease in shipping losses over decades. However, the number of accidents attributable to human errors, in which communication failures represent one third, has not bee...

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Main Author: Lidong Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gdynia Maritime University 2017-12-01
Series:TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
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Online Access:http://www.transnav.eu/files/An Overview of Chinese Seafarers’ Communicative Competence in English—Chinese seafarers’ Perspectives,760.pdf