Course description

In line with the recommendations of ICAO document 9835 and circular 323, Command focusses on language in a range of non-routine situations in flight and ATC operations from depressurisation to fuel shortage, navaid failure to volcanic ash. The course is delivered in two parts:

  • Stand-alone web-based e-learning which trains listening comprehension, structure and vocabulary; and

  • Optional Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) sessions which develop the productive and interactive skills demanded by the operational environment. You choose a schedule which integrates with your operations.

Together, e-learning and VILT develop proficiency across all six ICAO criteria – Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension and Interactions.

E-LEARNING

24 units of interactive language activities which focus on:

Receptive skills: Listening comprehension

Language competence: Structure, Vocabulary

Accessible 24/7 on all devices

  • Listening to plain English in a variety of aviation contexts, from safety briefs and training events to radio interviews, podcasts and discussions

  • Listening to non-standard air-ground communications

  • Analysis of plain language in radio communications

  • Language development and consolidation.

 

OPTIONAL Virtual Instructor-Led Training

One-to-one or group sessions which focus on:

Receptive skills: Listening comprehension

Productive skills: Fluency, Interactions

Language performance: Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary

Individuals book sessions to fit in around roster/shift pattern

  • Listening to plain English and air-ground communications

  • Pair and group language activities with information exchange

  • Guided role play of pilot-controller radiotelephony communications including the switch from standard phraseology to plain English and strategies to check, confirm and clarify information and resolve misunderstandings

  • Picture description and extended discussion of operational safety-related issues.