Enhancing the Announcement Text Writing Skills of Nautical Science Students’ by Employing Scaffolding Approach

Abstract

The aim of the study is to improve the announcement text writing skills of Nautical Science students by employing scaffolding technique. Participants of the study were Diploma Nautical Science (DNS), B.Sc. Nautical science students, and General Purpose rating students from Southern Academy of Maritime Studies (SAMS), Panapakkam. Essay writing was given to collect data for a sample size of fifty (50) Nautical Science students. The problem statement of the study is that the nautical students are weak in marine vocabularies and unable to understand the announcement text. Announcement text is very important in ship. They are unable to frame an announcement text with complete meaning. The hypothesis of the study is to enhance the announcement text writing skills of nautical science students by employing scaffolding approach. The objectives of the study are i) To improve the announcement text writing skills of maritime students ii) To learn the importance of standard marine navigational vocabulary iii) To bring awareness on marine English. The research questions are i) Can marine students develop their announcement text writing skills through scaffolding technique? ii) Can students learn standard marine navigational vocabulary? iii) Will students improve their language proficiency through learning announcement text? The co-operative theory is utilized in this study. The findings of the study are that students improved the announcement text writing skills of maritime students by employing scaffolding approach.