Guidelines for Aviation English Training Programmes – Lignes Directrices sur les Programmes de Formation en Anglais Aéronautique

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En français – concernant l’anglais aéronautique:

On peut trouver à peu près tout sur l’anglais aéronautique et la radiotéléphonie dans le DOC 9835 de l’OACI. Sauf la phraséologie. En fait, mieux vaut lire les DOC 9432 and 4444 à la place. Un autre document vaut la peine d’être lu: les recommandations du Cir 323 – AN/185 de l’OACI. C’est l’ICAEA qui a développé ces directives. Elles nous permettent de comprendre à quel point la formation en anglais aéronautique OACI est différente des formations TEFL ou TESOL (enseignement de l’anglais comme seconde langue). Voici le document: ICAO Cir 323 – AN/185 et davantage sur cette page: DOC 9835 en plusieurs langues.

In English – about aviation English:

You can find basically everything about aviation English and radiotelephony throughout the ICAO DOC 9835. But phraseology. Indeed, you’d better read DOC 9432 and 4444 instead. Another document is worth reading: the guidelines of ICAO Cir 323 – AN/185. ICAEA developed these guidelines. They help us understand how different ICAO English training can be from TEFL or TESOL – Teaching English as a Foreign Language or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Here is the document: ICAO Cir 323 – AN/185 and further on this page: DOC 9835 in various languages.

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AVIATION ENGLISH on VOA

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The famous radio channel Voice Of America has just released an interesting interview. This is about voice communications and aviation English. This conversation is rather easy to listen to. The experienced pilot – Clyde Romero – gives his advice. He helps us understand the challenge between pilots and air traffic controllers when it comes to voice communications. However, would it be possible to implement a large-scale standard aviation english teaching program?
La célèbre chaîne radio Voice Of America vient de publier un entretien intéressant sur les communications vocales et l’anglais de l’aviation. Cette conversation est plutôt facile à écouter. Le pilote expérimenté, Clyde Romero, donne son avis. Il nous aide à comprendre le challenge entre pilotes et contrôleurs de la circulation aérienne lorsqu’il s’agit des communications vocales. Cependant, serait-il possible de mettre en place un program d’enseignement d’anglais aéronautique standard à grande échelle?

Special thanks to VOA as the whole transcript of this soundtrack is available on their website:
Merci à VOA étant donné que tout le script de cette bande son est disponible sur leur site internet: The Language of Air Travel on VOA.

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LANGUAGE CRITICAL TO AVIATION SAFETY

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The 5th ICAO Journal dates back to August 2013, and there is a chapter on Language Proficiency Requirements (LPR) in it. The Journal reviews ICAO’s LPRs and other recent initiatives developed, and reported during a technical seminar to support language proficiency in March 2013, and particularly English language testing among Member States.

All the stakeholders were gathered at the seminar. Those who implement the safety-critical language provisions as mandated by Assembly Resolution A32-16 in 1998, and embodied in Annexes 1, 6, 10 and 11, as well as Doc 4444 — PANS-ATM have their work cut out for them!

According to ICAO Convention, Annex 10, Vol.2, « If a pilot, and an air traffic controller don’t speak a common language, the default language is English. Additionally, the flight crew establishes the language to be used. »

The seminar presented an ICAO speech sample training aid. This tool provides examples of ICAO levels 3, 4 & 5. There was a discrepancy among the various ratings given to samples in a workshop. I know that the juries throughout the world have done some good work. However, candidates have already reported differences between juries within a fortnight. The ratings can vary up to almost two ICAO levels. Rating is difficult, and setting a test is difficult as well.

We know now from the journal that EUROCONTROL is developing a Level 6 examination and that EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) might establish a validity period of 9 years for Level 6.

Another initiative is the launch of a new AELTS (Aviation English Language Test Service) website at https://www.icao.int/safety/OPS/OPS-Tools/Pages/AELTS.aspx .

The LPR seminar report is available here:

ICAO JOURNAL 2013 LPR

Further information:

FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF ICAO’S AVIATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST SERVICE (AELTS)

Manual on the Implementation of ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements

Latest news: The MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) on the aeronautical documents test might be given up in 2014. Therefore, the FCL .055 D might be deleted. The FCL .055 tests VFR and IFR only would be left unchanged ie without the 15-minute MCQ test.

Thanks to Thierry Hermas – English teacher at the French Air Force Academy (FAFA) – who passed the documents on.

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For Those Who Attended The AERONAUTICAL ENGLISH Class

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Thank you so much for attending this aviation English class at « Festival des Langues » in Tours today, Sunday, November 24, 2013. Important information: FCL 1.028 and FCL 1.200 have been replaced by FCL .055 and FCL .055 D since April 9, 2013.

Here is the soundtrack we listened to this afternoon. You can download it, then listen directly to 10′ so as to get to the ATIS. Here are the keys (les solutions), see page 4 for the ATIS test, and at the bottom of page 21 for the keys.

Here is a document from the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) website that could help you about aircraft vocabulary (click on the picture below):

Man riding a plandAs I have told you, for properly transmitting voice communications, you need read ICAO – DOC 4444 ATM/PANS (Air Traffic Management, updated March, 2010) which costs up to $295.00 here (click on the link below):

DOC 4444 (2016)

However, you can read a previous edition of DOC 4444 (14th Edition, updated on November 24, 2005 for instance) if you type « doc 4444 – air traffic management fourteenth edition » like here below (click on the picture):

ICAO DOC 4444 ATM - Air Traffic Management, 14th edition 2001 updated 2005

It isn’t worth reading everything as just for radiotelephony purpose, just skip to chapter 12 – page 161 until page 196.

Two other documents are important for aviation voice communications, and air traffic control:

Remember:

SARPs = Standard And Recommended Practices
PANS = Procedures for Air Navigation Services

Thank you for your attention, and have a nice week 🙂

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Infos Examen d’Anglais du Pilote – Flight Crew Licensing FCL .055:

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Vatry, Coupe Breitling - ©Xavier Cotton
Vatry, Coupe Breitling – ©Xavier Cotton

June 30th, 2013 – FCL .055 – L’examen concernant les communications vocales en anglais de la radiotéléphonie pourrait changer en France.

Le FCL .055 D (équivalent de l’ancien FCL 1.200 ou précédemment QRI) pourrait disparaître à la fin de l’année 2013 pour laisser place à un format d’examen FCL .055 VFR ou IFR au choix (ex FCL 1.028 VFR/IFR). Le QCM de 10 questions pourrait donc être abandonné.

Actuellement, le niveau 4 OACI est nécessaire. Il est valable 4 ans. Le niveau 5 est valable 6 ans et le niveau 6 qui n’est plus délivré qu’au centre de la DGAC de Paris-Orly est valable à vie. Toutefois, la délivrance du niveau 6 en France est devenue très rare. L’inscription à l’examen coûte actuellement 100 euros.

Cet qualification pilote examine différentes compétences langagières en anglais. Il ne suffit pas d’avoir une moyenne (niveau 4 OACI) satisfaisante. C’est là où l’instructeur intervient car l’objectif est différent. Il s’agit de s’assurer que les six compétences (ou 7

FCL = Flight Crew Licensing;
QRI = Qualification de Radiotéléphonie Internationale;
VFR = Visual Flight Rules;
IFR = Instrument Flight Rules;
OACI = Organisation de l’Aviation Civile Internationale;
DGAC = Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile;
QCM = Questionnaire à Choix Multiple.

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