MAR-LANG project reinforces the academic internationalization and mobility,
as well as the links between education, research, and innovation, in line
with the challenges identified in using the foreign languages soft skill in professional
level in maritime and naval business. To reach the project goal, the following objectives will be pursued:
Building of a strong cooperation partnership by arranging transnational
meetings and training sessions for professors, as well as work across sectors by
implementing linguistic diversity in European Maritime Higher Education Institutions.
This objective is related to promoting interconnected Maritime Higher
Education Institutions priority. The outcomes consist of 5 transnational
meetings and of 3 training sessions counting 9 attending teachers
(3 of each project partner).
Building and sharing common curricula for teaching Maritime French and Maritime
English by designing the curricula and the content of the course.
This objective is related to promoting interconnected Maritime Higher Education
Institutions and stimulating innovative learning Erasmus + Program priorities.
The outcomes consist of 3 jointly designed curricula and
3- course content development,
a bilingual glossary of maritime terms in French and English.
Increasing the quality of the practice and learning
of French-English maritime terminology by designing and
developing a learning platform in order
to generate digital transformation.
This objective is addressed to digital transformation and
stimulation of innovative learning Erasmus +
Program priorities. The outcome consists of a Virtual Campus Platform.
Opening to new actors by extending the training programs
offered to third parties in French-speaking maritime universities
and port management training programs. This objective is addressed
to stimulate innovative learning Erasmus + Program priority.
The outcomes consist of 4 public events organized for
sharing the results of the project to industry actors and 3 training sessions addressed to 9 attending students (3 of each project partner)
The target group consists of the undergraduate and
graduate students from the project partners, but also
addressing to their traditional partners. The project
reinforces internationalization and mobility, as well
as links between education, research, and innovation,
in line with the challenges identified by recent studies.
Positive effects are achieved by addressing skills gaps
in the field of French-English Maritime Terminology by
developing a new, innovative and common course module
to meet the learning needs of the students from the
4 maritime higher institutions from the countries participating
in the project, at the same time relevant to the labor market
and the needs of the shipping industry, including better use
of multidisciplinary online learning. Courses are designed to
allow for more flexible learning while developing the digital
skills of teachers and undergraduate students, and last but not least,
allow the acquisition of transferable and digital skills. The course
is addressed to students in maritime higher education and responds
to employers and graduates requests and needs.