We recently published documentation on Checkpoint Test Development, Test Structure, Platform and Scores, and Test Reliability and Validity on our website here.
Foundation accepted by Hong Kong government
Foundation has been approved by the Hong Kong government under the Maritime and Aviation Training Fund's Professional Training and Examination Refund Scheme. Students in Hong Kong can now receive an 80% refund on the price of Foundation when purchased with our Hong Kong partner, IAE English Asia.
You can find out more about the scheme here and visit IAE's website here.
Middle East Airlines chooses Latitude
Middle East Airlines has chosen Latitude to provide a 3-day refresher training course for language proficiency raters. Training is organised in cooperation with Aerosolutions and will be delivered in Antwerp, Belgium, in February.
Contact info@latitude-aes.aero to find out more about tailored aviation English rater training courses.
Fujairah Aviation Academy and Aviasi28 choose Foundation
We are pleased to welcome Fujairah Aviation Academy (United Arab Emirates) and Aviasi28 (Indonesia) to our growing list of customers for Foundation, Latitude's e-learning designed to prepare students for successful English-medium aviation training.
Henry Emery to speak on aviation language testing
The ICAO LPRs – 10 years on: Progress or Pain? Dubrovnik, Croatia – 24th & 25th April, 2017
Commercial aviation language testing: barriers to success? A case study.
Aviation is a safety-driven industry which requires quality language tests and good regulation. However, no test service provider publishes evidence for the quality of its instrument (often in spite of regulatory requirements), and there is just one ICAO-recognised language test available in the market. Has language testing failed to deliver?
Launched in 2009, the English Test for Aviation (ETA) was a commercial language test for flight crew developed by aviation and language experts and was the first language test in the world to achieve recognition* from ICAO. However, the owner ceased test operations in February 2013, and the ICAO recognition of the ETA expired shortly afterwards. Taking the ETA as a case study, this workshop will:
- Analyse the practical, commercial and regulatory challenges associated with the provision quality aviation language testing services
- Investigate reasons for the absence of evidence for test quality in today's aviation language testing arena
- Explore potential solutions to the issues associated with aviation language test quality
* The ETA held a conditional endorsement from ICAO between 2012 and 2013
Egnatia Aviation chooses Foundation
Egnatia Aviation has chosen Foundation to prepare students for English medium aviation training at Egnatia's facility at Kevala International Airport, Greece.
Foundation is Latitude's e-learning course designed especially to train the language required for successful aviation training.
RCAA chooses Latitude for ICAO language testing services
We are pleased to have been chosen by Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority to provide the Latitude Testing Toolkit, a complete package including test materials, Standard Operating Procedures and training for staff to conduct tests based on ICAO document 9835, Manual on the implementation of Language Proficiency Requirements. Training will take place in Kigali, Rwanda in January 2017.
Language training for Air Traffic Controllers
We have recently completed a two-week training course in the UK for air traffic control officers from the Principality of Monaco. Training included 50 hours of classroom instruction and professional visits to a variety of organisations including a guided flight on the E170/190 simulator at Flybe Training Academy with Latitude's Captain Dennis Gliddon.
Training for student ATSEPs in Estonia
We have recently completed a training programme for student Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel for Estonian Aviation Academy in Tartu, Estonia. Training focused on developing and consolidating oral language proficiency skills and vocabulary through a focus on the concepts central to ATSEP and presents the key lexis encountered in ATSEP documentation.
Foundation now available
Foundation is a brand new aviation English e-learning course for student pilots and air traffic controllers. Accessible on a range of devices including smartphones and iPads, Foundation provides extensive training in the skills and language required for successful English-medium aviation training and covers a range of topics from meteorology and powerplant to air law and ATC systems. This groundbreaking course - the first of its kind - is now available to individual and corporate customers.