Adopting A Learner-Centered Approach To Improve Seafarers’ Vocabulary Skills

Abstract

This study focuses on adopting a learner-centered approach to improve seafarers’ vocabulary skills. The participants of the study were 94 marine students from Southern Academy of Maritime Studies, Panapakkam. The objective of the study is to teach the vocabulary skills of the marine students. The research questions of the study are i) I How do students feel about learning new words ii) What are the sources that students utilize to acquire new words? iii) In L2 acquisition, what strategies do students employ to learn, keep track of, and store new words? On-line survey was administered in this study using a questionnaire to collect data from samples. Five-point Likert scale: (1- Never, 2 - Rarely, 3 - Sometimes, 4 - Often, and 5- Always) was incorporated in this study to collect data from the samples.