O ensino de Língua inglesa para fins específicos no curso de graduação em Ciências Náuticas da Escola de Formação de Oficiais da Marinha Mercante Brasileira – CIAGA/EFOMM – CFOMM: uma proposta de análise de necessidades.

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the teaching of English in the Nautical Sciences Undergraduate Course of the Merchant Marine Training School located at the Centro de Instrução Almirante Graça Aranha, in Rio de Janeiro (EFOMM - CIAGA), departing from an action-research of qualitative nature. Based on the teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), according to Hutchinson; Waters (1987), Dudley-Evans; Saint John (1998), Robinson (1991), Anthony (1997), Paltridge; Starfield (2013), Strevens (1988), Basturkmen (2010), Vian Jr. (2009), Silva (2018), Celani (2009) and Valente (2021), the aim of the present research is to carry out a detailed needs analysis with focus on the students of the fifth and sixth terms of the Marine Engineering Training Course from the Brazilian Merchant Marine (CFOMM - MMB), who take the subjects English for Marine Engineers I (ING5M) and English for Marine Engineers II (ING6M), in order to, at first, answer the following research question: How to develop specific needs analysis tools to better understand the work context in question so that it is possible to account for the language needs, wants, and lacks of the students of the Nautical Sciences Undergraduate Course of the Merchant Marine Training School located at the Centro de Instrução Almirante Graça Aranha, in Rio de Janeiro (EFOMM - CIAGA) with Emphasis on Marine Engineering at EFOMM in Rio de Janeiro regarding the teaching of English? From the first one, consequently, another one unfolds: How can we increase the discussion about the formation of Language for Specific Purposes (LinFE) teachers by presenting a significant contribution to their practices in specific professional environments that are essentially technological and strongly regulated? Thus, we hope that this research may also generate. This research may serve as basis for directions in terms of classroom practice, teaching materials, and the content to be worked on by English teachers in this very specific context. Therefore, it was necessary to consider the curricular perspective of EFOMM; to know experiences, reports, academic background and institutional position of English professors and professors of technical areas who also deal with English in their classes. This research also tried to identify the lacks, needs, and wants (HUTCHINSON; WATERS, 1987) of the students in that specific professional context. The present research uses as instruments of data generation: document analysis, application of a questionnaire of needs analysis, and interviews to be applied to students, English teachers and specialist teachers of the engineering area who work in the institution, among others. We intend to contribute to the training of ESP teachers who work in this very specific context, as well as to the modernization of the course in order to better meet the needs of the future Brazilian Merchant Marine Engineer Officers for the job market, through a more focused, conscious and efficient training regarding the teaching of the English language.