WORKSHOP

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTATIONLANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTATION

3 - 5 March 2010Rome - Italy

DEFINING PRECISE TRAINING DEFINING PRECISE TRAINING OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

Eleonora ItaliaEnac Personnel Licensing Director

Pilots and ATCOs Shall demonstrate

the ability to speak and understand the language

used for radiotelephony communications

to the level specified in the language proficiency requirements in Appendix 1

ICAO ANNEX 1

1.2.9.4

- ICAO ANNEX 1 APPENDIX 1

-ICAO doc. 9835

-ICAO Circular 323-AN/185

ENSURE THAT FLIGHT CREW AND ATCOs HAVE SUFFICIENTSUFFICIENT LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYLANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TO MANAGE ALL THE POTENTIAL COMMUNICATIVE NEEDS RELATED TO PILOTS AND ATCO COMMUNICATIONS,

FROM ROUTINE PHRASEOLOGIES

TO ROUTINE COMMUNICATIONS NOT ENCOMPASSED BY PHRASEOLOGIESTO NON ROUTINE SITUATIONSTO OUTRIGHT EMERGENCIES

OBJECTIVES OF ICAO LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

LANGUAGE PLAYING A PROBLEM-ALLEVIATING AND LANGUAGE PLAYING A PROBLEM-ALLEVIATING AND PROBLEM-AVOIDING ROLEPROBLEM-AVOIDING ROLE

NOT ONE ATTENTION-DEMANDING OBSTACLENOT ONE ATTENTION-DEMANDING OBSTACLE

IMPROVE RADIOTELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS

EFFECTIVE AND SAFEEFFECTIVE AND SAFE

THROUGH GOOD QUALITY AVIATION-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

HOLISTIC DESCRIPTORS

ICAO RATING SCALE

ICAO ANNEX 1 APPENDIX 1

As a whole, the scale serves as benchmarks for training and testing, and in assisting candidates to attain the ICAO operational level

PROFICIENT SPEAKER

SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND

RADIOTELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS

1

2

3

1 PROFICIENT SPEAKER

COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

COMMUNICATE WITH ACCURACY AND CLARITY

USE APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES TO EXCHANGE MESSAGES AND TO RECOGNIZE AND RESOLVE MISUNDERSTANDINGS

HANDLE SUCCESSFULLY AND WITH RELATIVE EASE A COMPLICATION OR AN UNESPECTED TURN OF EVENTS

USE A DIALECT OR ACCENT INTELLIGIBLE TO THE AERONAUTICAL COMMUNITY

2 SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND

FOCUSED ON SPEAKING, LISTENING AND INTERACTIVE SKILLS

COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

INVOLVES MORE THAN MEMORIZING WORDS AND PHRASES

FOCUSING ON GRAMMAR IS ALSO NOT VERY EFFECTIVE

3RADIOTELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE:

TRAINING FOCUSED ON THOSE FEATURES OF THE LANGUAGE WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE TASK AT HAND

AVIATION ENGLISH: COMPREHENSIVE BUT SPECIALIZED SUBSET OF ENGLISH RELATED TO AVIATION INCLUDING PLAIN LANGUAGE

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, DISPATCHERS, RAMP AGENTS, …

ICAO PHRASEOLOGY

STANDARDIZED AND TECHNICAL WORDS AND PHRASES

LEARNED AND ASSESSED WITHIN FLIGHT TRAINING COURSES

RADIOTELEPHONY ENGLISH

SUBCATEGORY OF AVIATION ENGLISH. INCLUDES BUT MUST NOT BE LIMITED TO PHRASEOLOGY. ALSO INCLUDES PLAIN LANGUAGE IN AN OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

DEFINING THE TRAINING OBJECTIVES

FOR DEFINING THE CONTENT OF THE

COURSE:PROGRAMME

CURRICULUM

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE TRAINING

IDENTIFYING TRAINEES

⇨ FOR BEGINNERS

(GENERAL ENGLISH, PRELIMINARY TO AVIATION ENGLISH)

⇨ TO REACH THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL

⇨ TO MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONAL OR EXTENDED LEVEL

IDENTIFYING

TRAINEES

PILOTSAB INITIO STUDENTS

ATCOs

PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL

NATIVE SPEAKERSNON NATIVE SPEAKERS

PLACEMENT TEST

NON NATIVE SPEAKERS

AB INITIO CADETS

ATC TRAINEESACTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFESSIONALS

APP. 1 TO JAR FCL 1.160 AND 1.165

ATPL INTEGRATED COURSE – THE FTO SHALL ENSURE THAT BEFORE BEING ADMITTED TO THE COURSE THE APPLICANT HAS SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND ENGLISH

AS BENCHMARKS TO ESTABLISH THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

HOWEVER

PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE AVIATION COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY ICAO LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CAREERS AND FACE RIGID TIME PRESSURES;

THEY NEED TO ATTAIN ICAO OPERATIONAL LEVEL 4 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AS SUCH, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY MERITS THE MOST AS SUCH, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY MERITS THE MOST EFFICIENT LANGUAGE TRAINING AVAILABLE!EFFICIENT LANGUAGE TRAINING AVAILABLE!

CRITICALITIES

NO NEED TO GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE CAA

18 TRAINING CENTRES SUBMITTED THE TRAINING PROGRAMME (AND TRAINERS QUALIFICATIONS) TO ENAC

APPROVAL REQUEST OF INTEGRATIONS, MODIFICATIONS

APPROVAL

WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DON’T SUBMIT THE PROGRAMME TO THE AUTHORITY?

Any Any questions?questions?