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 |
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 |
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.