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- Implementing a blended learning approach to Maritime EnglishPublication . Wet, Mercia Christine deIn this paper I present the new blended learning approach we’ve implemented for Maritime English I at Escola Nautica Infante D. Henrique, with great success. Over the last few years we’ve identified a need to overhaul our Maritime English I course materials to achieve a number of objectives, namely to: • establish a fully integrated foundational ME course within which students acquire the relevant technical vocabulary whilst building upon their spoken and written fluency so that they are prepared to advance into the subsequent more specialized ME courses • find a way to combine the benefits of the practices and methodologies found in other types of ESP teaching with our special requirements • try to reach every student in a class where the proficiency levels range from level A1 to B2 • engage the millennial learner by modernizing course content and incorporating multimedia • let students access lectured course materials anytime, anywhere, and establish a channel of communication between lecturer and student, and between students themselves The answer lay in the development of an e-book, together with an online video lecture series, amongst others. The e-book attempts to bring ME to life for the millennial student, to contextualize maritime language through traditional text, and also through embedded quizzes, animations, and video and audio files. The e-book was developed with level A2-B1 in mind, and therefore contains the relevant grammar exercises, and conversation, reading comprehension, and listening activities that you’ll find in any ESP textbook, but they are always integrated with maritime language. The video lecture series is based on the book, with comprehensive explanations of the content. All the students can therefore access detailed lectures for self-study, and can do additional quizzes and exercises using this platform, which is available on any computer or mobile device in the form of a downloadable app. The result of this blended approach is an ME course which is comprehensive, engaging, and highly accessible.