DIFFERENT LECTURERS’ PERCEPTION ON AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEACHING MARITIME ENGLISH (MarEng)

Abstract

Effective communication should be created well while teaching English. Therefore, in fulfilling the teaching–learning process, an English Lecturer must also know how to communicate well and convey the meaning of the lessons by considering their condition in the classroom. This study aims to find out and identify the lecturers' perception of effective communication, especially in teaching Maritime English. Qualitative research is chosen because it allows researchers to identify issues from the participant's perspective. Purposive sampling was used in this research, and the participants were twenty lecturers in Indonesian maritime education institutions. The technique of collecting data was by distributing questionnaires and doing interviews. After gathering the data, it was analyzed and categorized based on five different questions. From the result, it can be seen that the opinion on effective communication, tips and tricks to being a communicative lecturer, the way the lecturers communicate with the students, the method of enhancing students' maritime ability, and the practice of facing complaints from students in the classroom has various of perception which to the lecturers and students to work together in achieving the purpose of education in the maritime field.