The original web-based maritime English learning tool MarEng was finished in the spring 2007 as a result of a transnational Leonardo da Vinci project MarEng. During the first year of its existence, the learning tool was widely taken into use by different user groups (e.g. maritime students and workers) all over the world. However, based on the feedback received, the tool was missing some relevant content. During the recent years, all over the world there has been growing interest in issues related to security and the environment, and the same goes with maritime industry. Therefore, the MarEng Plus project was carried out to create new material under the themes of marine environment and maritime security. The feedback had also revealed that the lower level English learners were in need of an elementary level, as the original MarEng learning tool consists of only intermediate and advanced levels. Teachers who were using the MarEng tool considered that their teaching process could be made more efficient by creating a teacher’s manual. Therefore, creating of an elementary level and a teacher’s manual were part of the MarEng Plus project. As the maritime workers in particular are very mobile, it was also appropriate to find solutions to transfer the MarEng learning tool into the mobile learning environment. Therefore, the project also included transfer of the MarEng maritime glossary into a form that can be utilised in a mobile phone, even if the phone is out of satellite connection. All the project activities were performed by a partner group representing several European Union countries, most of the partners being the same as in the previous MarEng project. The partners’ wide background in shipping industry and maritime English teaching gave a strong basis for the project success. The MarEng Plus project team foresees a strong and wide impact by continuing dissemination of the MarEng learning tool all over the world to all different kinds of users.As a result of the MarEng Plus project the MarEng learning tool has been transferred to new user groups and geographical areas. The dissemination work still continues by the parner team.
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