Aviation ENGLISH For ICAO compliance John Kennedy FA TEACHER'S BOOK MACMILLANUNIT 10 "1 12 TITLE Introduction Runway incursion Lost Technology Animals Gravity Health Fire Meteorol Landings Fuel Pressure Security PAGE 6 78 28. 98 108 118INTRODUCTION 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