Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Sergey

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Sergey MELNICHENKO, Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center ICAO LPR Implementation Workshop, Rome, March 3 -5, 2010 Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Agree or Disagree: “Assuming you have flown before as a passenger, then you will already have some ideas before meeting your students” … Teacher’s Book Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers ICAO: ü Diploma/master’s degree in TEFL/TESL or TESOL ü Experience in ESP ü Familiarity with RTF and FLT/ATC OPS ü Doc 9835 and ICAO LPR ü Communicative teaching ü Safety-critical aspects of language ü Standard phraseology and plain language üWork with SMEs Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Aviation English as ESP: Absolute Characteristics ü ESP is defined to meet specific needs of the learners üESP makes use of underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves üESP is centered on the language appropriate to these activities in terms of grammar, lexis, register, study skills, discourse and genre. Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Aviation English as ESP: Variable Characteristics üESP may be related to or designed for specific disciplines üESP may use a different methodology from that of General English üESP is designed for adult learners, either at a tertiary level institution or in a professional work situation. Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Aviation English as ESP: Variable Characteristics üESP is generally designed for intermediate or advanced students üMost ESP courses assume some basic knowledge of the language systems T. Dudley-Evans, M. J. St John Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Aviation English teacher: A combination of specific language teaching skills and an understanding of the practical operational environment of the aviation community Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Is it a good task? “Complete the sentence with a suitable preposition: You can’t go around because there is a mountain ______ the way“. Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Exposure to aviation environment: üFlight crew environment üATC environment üInstructional environment Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Is listening practice useful? üRadio communication transcripts üThere is no ideal communication Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers “Non-native English speakers might communicate better with restricted phraseology than native speakers because they would be less likely to use extraneous wording. Due to a lack of proficiency, non-native speakers may use fewer words outside of the code of Airspeak”. K. Varantola Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What to start with? üAnnex 10, vol II, Chapter 5 üPANS-ATM ICAO Doc 4444, Chapter 12 üICAO Doc 9432 üAnnex 3 üICAO Doc 9713 “International Civil Aviation Vocabulary” Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Standard Phraseology and Plain Language “ICAO standardized phraseology shall be used in all situations for which it has been specified. Only when standardized phraseology cannot serve an intended transmission, plain language shall be used. ” Annex 10, Volume II, 5. 1. 1. 1 Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Standard Phraseology and Plain Language “The use of plain language should achieve the same goals as phraseology. ” (ICAO Doc 9835, 3. 5. 4) Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 1. What are your intentions? RTF: Advise intentions 2. It is difficult to hear you because of the background noise RTF: I read you 1 (or 2) Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 3. Can we get a report on the weather? RTF: Request present weather 4. Could I ask you for the latest met reports in Tokyo? RTF: Request Tokyo weather Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 5. I’d like to land. Can you give me vectors? RTF: Request vectors 6. Reception is poor. Say again. RTF: I read you 1 or 2 Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 7. You are cleared to land runway 07. RTF: Cleared to land runway 07. 8. Proceed to holding point Lima. RTF: Taxi to holding point Lima. Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 9. Did you say flight level 90? RTF: Confirm flight level 90. 10. Affirmative. RTF: Affirm. Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 11. Continue your climb until you reach flight level 270. RTF: Continue climb to flight level 270. Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers “What on the surface seems simplified, incomplete, or even ungrammatical, may have been rather more complex ‘in the making’ and this we must be able to account for in the description. ” Vatnsdal, A. O. (1987) “A register analysis: The language of air traffic control” Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 12. There is some clear air turbulence ahead. There is a little icing reported at higher level. RTF: light, moderate, severe. Be advised of moderate CAT ahead (light turbulence is not reported) Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers What happens when the teacher does not know standard phraseology? 13. Look out for slow moving traffic 6 miles ahead of you. RTF: Traffic 12 o’clock 6 miles slow moving (sequence of elements in the report shall not be changed) Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers In-depth knowledge of ICAO Doc 9835 üICAO PRICESG product üContains ICAO standards and SARPs üProvides guidelines for those involved Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers ESP trainers training üICAO Documents üLanguage use situation. Specific features of RTF as a register üNeeds analysis (Doc 9835) üFamiliarizing with real radio communications üHow and where to find relevant materials üMatching materials with structures, lexis, etc üDeveloping exercises Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Many ESP teachers have become slaves of the published textbooks available, unable to evaluate their suitability based on personal experience, and unwilling to do the necessary analysis of difficult specialist texts to verify their contents. Laurence Anthony Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center

Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers THANK YOU Comp. Lang Aviation Training Center