Aviation
ENGLISH
For ICAO compliance
John Kennedy
FA
TEACHER'S BOOK MACMILLANUNIT
10
"1
12
TITLE
Introduction
Runway incursion
Lost
Technology
Animals
Gravity
Health
Fire
Meteorol
Landings
Fuel
Pressure
Security
PAGE
6
78
28.
98
108
118INTRODUCTION
This book has been writlen to support the teaching of he course book, Aviation
the
sh. Air aie controllers and pilots who attend English courses hav
38 who wish to improve their
same language needs as any other st
professional purposes. They are net attending English courses to learn the technic
vocabulary they need for theirjobs, but rather to improve their general ability to
communicate on workralated matters in English
You may have limited or no experience in the tea
I 30, this Teacher's Book has been writtan to hep you. Thr
»planations or non-specialists ofthe issues and the particular stuations which
air trafic contrallers and pilots have to deal with. Detaled teaching notes are also
provided! for each unt, The Teacher's Book therefore has a dual function. To provide
vide some
nglis for cl aviation
‘are comprehensive
background information and explanations on avi
suggestions as to how to teach the material most effec
Language skills for pilots and controllers
English language training of plats and controllers focuses almost exc
improving tht listening and speaking cls, Effective verbal communication is
ential to ensuring safety in civil aviation, Communications are voice only, that
is controllers and pilots talk o each other ata distance, trough radiotelephony
communications. The verbal message isthe only communication tool at ther cisposal
(though basic routine messages are
ometimes exchanged electronical)
Acertan degree of fluency is required because controllers have to communicate
nnot wait for an urveasonably long
with several araft a the same time and they c
time fora pilot to pass a message, Plots need to receive information and instructions
in good time to react accordingly. The Interaction between pilots and contol
‘must be effective, as both parties need to be able to check, confirm and clay when
misunderstandings occur Controllers and pilots require sulicient vocabulary to be
able to communicate in bath the routine and non-routine situations which may occur
in their jobs. In addtion, controlar and pilots need to have a good carnmand of
basic grammatical structures so that they can communicate information in a format
willbe understood by ther interlocutor And finaly, pronunciation needs to
sufficiently clear and intoigible to the international aviation communty
‘The five features highlighted above (fluency, imeraction,v.
pronunciation) are the criteria which appear on the ICAO (International Civil Aviation
Organization) language proficiency scale. The sixth and final feature to be assess
on the scale, which is also of fundamental importance, is comprehension, Controle
and pilots must be able to clearly understand their interlocutor in routine everyday
abulary, structure and
situations, and ware an unusual or an unexpected situation might cause confusion,
thay must have clanfication strategies avaiable
The communication skills of both contolers and piles are evaluated according 6
this ICAO scale, with six ciferent descriptors for each of the sik features mentioned
above. The levels are defined as follows:
Level6 Expert
Lovel5 Extended
Level 4 Operational
Levels 1-3 Non