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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ANGLAIS OACI – AVERTISSEMENT: Vérifiez SVP sur les sites de l’OACI, l’AESA, la DGAC, le SIA, la CAA, la FAA ou autres réglementations si nécessaire.

ICAO ENGLISH – WARNING: Please check updates on ICAO, EASA, DGAC, SIA, CAA, FAA websites or other regulations if need be.

An important update has been released this month – May 2016 – making 06/27/2000 decree more accurate, and complete about voice-communication practices.

Une importante mise à jour a été éditée ce mois-ci (mai 2016), rendant le décret du 27/06/2000 plus précis et plus complet sur les pratiques des communications vocales.

https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/dossier/texteregle/RADIOTEL_V3.pdf

As I have told you, for properly transmitting voice communications, you need to 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):

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:

• ICAO Convention – Chapter 5 of Annex 10, Vol.II
• DOC 9432 – Manual of Radiotelephony

Remember:

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

And check updates as often as possible.

ICAO English is a flight safety issue, and you know, flight safety is paramount…

L’anglais OACI est une question de sécurité des vols, et vous savez, la sécurité des vols est primordiale…

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):

Thank you for your attention, and have a nice week

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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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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):

As 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):

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:

• ICAO Convention – Chapter 5 of Annex 10, Vol.II
• DOC 9432 – Manual of Radiotelephony

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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First of all, thank you so much for attending this aviation English class at « Festival des Langues » in Tours today, Saturday, November 24, 2012. Important information: FCL 1.028 and FCL 1.200 will be replaced by FCL .055 and FCL .055 D from 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):

FAA AIRCRAFT PARTSAs I have told you, for properly transmitting voice communications, you need read ICAO – DOC 4444 ATM (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):

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:

• ICAO Convention – Chapter 5 of Annex 10, Vol.II
• DOC 9432 – Manual of Radiotelephony

Thank you for your attention, and have a nice weekend 

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Référentiel fixant les niveaux OACI par compétences.

Cliquer sur le document « Echelle d’évaluation des compétences linguistiques » de la DGAC ci-dessous:

http://www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/grilleNotation_AESA.pdf

Attention, l’existence de mises à jour concernant ces documents est possible. Il convient dès lors de rechercher des compléments d’information auprès de votre administration ou auprès des autorités compétentes (la DGAC pour la France et surtout l’OACI).

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Cliquer sur le document « Echelle d’évaluation des compétences linguistiques » de la DGAC ci-dessous:

https://www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/grilleNotation_AESA.pdf

Attention, l’existence de mises à jour concernant ces documents est possible. Il convient dès lors de rechercher des compléments d’information auprès de votre administration ou auprès des autorités compétentes (la DGAC pour la France et surtout l’OACI).

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Le texte de la mise en place du contrôle des compétences linguistiques défini par l’OACI:

http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/info_LP%283%29.pdf

(remis à jour le 1/02/2019)

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