| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-11页 |
| LIST OF DIAGRAMS | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12-13页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第14-24页 |
| ·Underlying rationale for this research | 第14-17页 |
| ·The needs for competent METs because of the rising status of ME | 第14-15页 |
| ·The need for competent METs because of the increasing demands for mariners with higher English proficiency | 第15-16页 |
| ·The need for competent METs because of amendment of International Maritime regulations | 第16-17页 |
| ·Operational Definitions | 第17-21页 |
| ·Maritime English (ME) | 第17-18页 |
| ·Maritime English Learners (MELs) | 第18-19页 |
| ·Maritime English Teachers (METs) | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research questions | 第21页 |
| ·Research approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LTTERATURE REWEW | 第24-38页 |
| ·ME as one branch of ESP | 第24-26页 |
| ·Definition of ESP | 第24-25页 |
| ·The relations between ME and ESP | 第25-26页 |
| ·The study on ESP practitioners and METs | 第26-37页 |
| ·The study on ESP Practitioners | 第27-32页 |
| ·Categories of ESP practitioners | 第27-28页 |
| ·Qualifications of ESP practitioners | 第28-30页 |
| ·Role as teacher and collaborator | 第29页 |
| ·Role as course designer, material provider and researche | 第29-30页 |
| ·Role as evaluator | 第30页 |
| ·ESP practitioners training | 第30-32页 |
| ·The study on METs | 第32-37页 |
| ·Categories of METs | 第32-33页 |
| ·Qualifications of METs | 第33-35页 |
| ·Yakushechkina's notion on qualifications of METs | 第33-34页 |
| ·Roles of METs | 第34-35页 |
| ·METs' training | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第38-49页 |
| ·PAS Model | 第38-40页 |
| ·Introduction to the components in PAS Model | 第40-48页 |
| ·Components in Part A—problems analyzing | 第40-41页 |
| ·Components in Part B—problems solving | 第41-48页 |
| ·Procedure 10—Needs analysis | 第41-43页 |
| ·Target needs | 第42页 |
| ·Learning needs | 第42-43页 |
| ·Procedure 12—Motivation | 第43-48页 |
| ·Relations of these components | 第48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| CHAFFER Ⅳ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第49-52页 |
| ·Interviews | 第49页 |
| ·Observations | 第49-50页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第50-52页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH REGARDS TO ROLES OF METs | 第52-70页 |
| ·Lacking profound professional knowledge | 第52-56页 |
| ·Lacking maritime knowledge | 第52-54页 |
| ·Having bad command of English proficiency | 第54-56页 |
| ·Failing to provide appropriate materials and design reasonable course | 第56-60页 |
| ·Failing to provide appropriate materials | 第56-59页 |
| ·Failing to design reasonable course | 第59-60页 |
| ·Lacking close cooperation | 第60-64页 |
| ·Lacking close cooperation among METs within university | 第60-61页 |
| ·Lacking close cooperation among METs within national universities | 第61-63页 |
| ·Lacking close cooperation between METs and MELs | 第63-64页 |
| ·Having low research ability | 第64-66页 |
| ·Failing to design effective evaluating forms | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-70页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅵ MEASURES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS | 第70-80页 |
| ·Diversifying training programs | 第70-76页 |
| ·Training on EMETs | 第71-73页 |
| ·Training on MMETs | 第73-74页 |
| ·Training on both types of METs with ESP theory | 第74-76页 |
| ·Perfecting motivation mechanism | 第76-80页 |
| ·Upgrading status of METs | 第76-77页 |
| ·Altering evaluation system of professional titles | 第77-80页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅶ CONCLUSION | 第80-83页 |
| ·Main findings on problems | 第80-81页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第81-82页 |
| ·Further research questions | 第82-83页 |
| REFERENCES | 第83-87页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ RECORDS OF INTERVIEWS | 第87-92页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ SAMPLES OF OBSERVATION | 第92-97页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ SAMPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRES | 第97-101页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ DATA OF QUESTIONNAIRES | 第101-103页 |
