For whom
The Aviation English business course is specially designed for all aviation professionals - pilots and flight attendants, air traffic controllers and ground staff, aircraft manufacturers and airline representatives.
Purpose of the course
The purpose of the English for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers course is to help aviation professionals develop practical English language skills, including specialized vocabulary, aviation slang and correct pronunciation.
Duration
The actual length of the course is ** hours. However, when it comes to the duration of training, we at Studio LEXICON prefer not to give specific dates, since this time depends on you. In agreement with the teacher, you can independently choose the frequency and length of classes. Our recommendations boil down to the fact that for effective learning you need to study individually with a teacher at least twice a week for two to three academic hours.
Course structure
The English for Aviation course consists of the following sections:
- Language and communication. At the very beginning of the course, we will become familiar with standard phrases in civil aviation, consider possible problems in communication, and pay special attention to professional terminology.
- Actions on the ground. You will learn the basic symbols and designations at airports and the names of ground equipment. In addition, we will master vocabulary related to describing emergency situations, permission to take off and land, etc.
- Communication with ground services. Together with your teacher, you will discuss situations such as aircraft turnaround time, fire safety, errors in communication with pilots, malfunction messages, and preparation for departure. We will look at the features of communication with various ground services during incidents.
- runway. You will learn phrases used during runway and taxiway emergencies. We will discuss low visibility and other airport traffic situations.
- Weather. Our conversation will concern weather radars, weather reports, weather anomalies. We will discuss how to transmit information about unusual weather conditions (volcanic clouds), how to report on the flight route. We will cover topics such as METAR, TAF and ATIS.
- Deviations from the given height. We'll talk about requesting a change in flight level, what causes communication problems, and how to report problems in the air.
- Making decisions. This section of the course will touch on key points regarding decision-making: the influence of stress on the logic of actions, the danger of the language barrier. You will also see how to write emergency reports in English.
- Approach. You will learn the necessary terminology to communicate with the crew and air traffic controllers during approach.
- Troubleshooting. We will talk about various failures in aircraft systems, as well as the principles of communication with the crew in such cases.
- Risks during descent and landing.
Result of the course
Having completed the business course “Aviation English”:
- You will gain the language confidence that you lacked before;
- You will be able to significantly improve your pronunciation and learn to more accurately understand native speakers;
- You will master specialized vocabulary, terminology and slang that will help you in your work on the ground and in the air;
- You will be able to reach the international level and increase your value as a specialist.
About teachers and training
Training in the Aviation English course takes place individually - one on one with a native teacher in isolated comfortable classrooms. This format will allow you to concentrate as much as possible on the educational process, without wasting time or being distracted by external circumstances.
Tests and exams
An entrance exam for knowledge of the English language is a mandatory element of the program. This is how we evaluate your vocabulary and grammar knowledge. The threshold level for enrolling in this course is A2 Pre-Intermediate.
Who is this course not suitable for?
The English for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers course is not suitable for students with a basic level of language proficiency. The fact is that in classes we practice specialized vocabulary, terminology, aviation slang, and without proper knowledge of the English language, mastering this material will not be so easy. However, at LEXICON Studio we offer a wide range of business and conversational English courses to help you achieve the required level.
It's time to act!
English in aviation is a necessity, without which it is impossible to build a successful career. If you need in-depth practical knowledge to conquer new heights, we suggest you take the “Aviation English” business course. With our help, you will gain even greater confidence in your work, be able to clarify unclear points and significantly increase the level of your professionalism.
All that is required to start training is to sign up for an introductory test and choose a day for a free trial lesson. The rest is our job to turn you into an aviation English expert.
Call us now and make an appointment at any time convenient for you!
Excellent impression of the tutor. 10 of 10! I moved up from the basic school level of English to the Intermediate level. We studied for two full months and a third, not a full month; unfortunately, I was unable to study any more due to health reasons. I think this is a great indicator! We had complicated individual courses, a lot of homework was assigned, a lot of tongue twisters, oral language. We studied with a teacher.
Grade 5+Margarita, metro station Rechnoy Vokzal, Khimki
Order services: English. Aviation English.
1500 ₽
I have been studying with Yulia Vladimirovna for several months. The best English teacher. Very thorough approach to learning. Several textbooks, listening exercises, games, cards with words - we use all this in our work. The tutor is flexible with the lesson schedule. She has a prepared program for each lesson, and the lesson itself is so well organized that time flies by. I really like the way she teaches, she presents everything competently, explains topics clearly and understandably, and communicates...
It's very easy and simple with her. We have already increased the level of my knowledge of English grammar, expanded my vocabulary, but we won’t stop there, I’m interested in continuing to study.
Grade 5Ksenia, m. Kuntsevskaya
Order services: English. Spoken English.
1300 ₽
Vladimir, 50, a private jet pilot, applied to prepare for a scheduled retake of the ICAO level 4 exam. The basis was a course of everyday English with an emphasis on the development of speaking skills. The tutor recommended 3 aviation English courses used in aviation English training centers, one of which (from the Cambridge publishing house) was liked the most. During the lessons we talked a lot - testing and practicing practical grammar according to Murphy,...
performing grammar and audio exercises in everyday English courses at elementary, intermediate and high levels, discussing topics, training in aviation English (as part of retelling audio and video stories with control of the literacy of my speech and partly terminology). In a short period of time, we managed to level out the errors at the initial level and raise it to a high level. I studied the tutorial on my own, did extensive homework, and in combination with classes that took place in person and on Skype, constructively and in a friendly atmosphere, this approach suited me, because promised success. The classes gave me a lot in terms of “polishing” my grammar - everything was “sorted out”, reinforced with rules and using vocabulary in free communication on interview questions and other topics. The exam is passed, the certificate is received! I am considering the opportunity to continue training in the advanced level program and prepare for ICAO level 5.
Grade 5+For pilots, professional pilots, flight attendants
according to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO - ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization.
Phraseology of radio exchange of standard situations for dispatchers,
for international lines and negotiations with foreign crews.
English tutorial online via Skype.
My Skype ID (Skype login) is Alex110365
Level good English- above 4th - the bar according to the ICAO system -
to ensure flight safety - within the scope of the Institute of Foreign Languages - at the level of graduates of language universities. I'm teaching think in English language.
ICAO in connection with terrorist attacks
On September 11, she developed an action plan to ensure flight safety.
Since March 2011 Russian language is prohibited on international routes even over Russia.
A single heavenly language is being created - ENGLISH - Air-English.
I am a tutor in mathematics, English, at home, I give private English lessons. language, English tutor.
SEAD of Moscow, Lyublino, Maryino, Bratislavskaya, English tutor, prices for tutor at home, tutor on Skype,
Aviation English course in Moscow, conversational aviation English.
Training includes all aspects of language proficiency:
from learning the basics - from scratch - to fluent spontaneous speech in English.
Therefore, our course focuses on speaking English.
English language courses for aviation industry specialists are conducted in the form of individual lessons.
- English for aviation specialists.
- General conversational English course.
- Intensive professional and special English
- Course "Untie your tongue - overcome the conversation barrier." Discounts - more than 10%. Step-by-step payment for training.
ROGER! - used in radio conversations to say that the message was understood.
Airport by Arthur Hailey - Part one (see attached audio recording).
Read and listen. Read and listen to the audiobook.
6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. (CST)
At half-past six on a Friday evening in January, Lincoln International Airport, Illinois (read "Ilina"), was functioning,
though with difficulty.
The airport was reeling---as was the entire Midwestern United States---from the meanest, roughest winter storm in half a dozen years.
The storm had lasted three days. Now, like pustules on a battered, weakened body, trouble spots were erupting steadily.
A search for the truck---in driving snow and darkness---had so far failed to locate either the missing vehicle or its driver.
United's Flight 111---a non-stop DC-8 for Los Angeles, which the food truck was to service---was already several hours behind schedule.
Similar delays, for varying reasons, were affecting at least a hundred flights of twenty other airlines using Lincoln International.
Out on the airfield, runway three zero was out of use, blocked by an Aéreo-Mexican jet---a Boeing 707---its wheels deeply mired in waterlogged ground beneath the snow,
near the runway's edge.
Two hours of intensive effort had failed to get the big jet moved. Now, Aéreo-Mexican, having exhausted its own local resources, had appealed to TWA for help.
Air Traffic Control, hampered by the loss of runway three zero, had instituted flow control procedures, limiting the volume of incoming traffic from adjoining air route centers
at Minneapolis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Denver.
Despite this, twenty incoming flights were stacked up overhead, and orbiting, some nearing low fuel limits.
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In English there is "petrified" phrases". to cut and run run away at beck and call (to be at one"s beck and call"to be in someone's power" down and out ruined for good and all forever hammer and tongs with all my might heart and soul with all my heart hue and cry hold it! guard! out and away much over head and ears head over heels to pick and choose pick and choose rough and tumble fight stuff and nonsense nonsense tooth and nail with all my might waifs and strays street children, things, isolated objects waif waifs - pl stolen items abandoned by a thief |
Comparisons and proverbs belong to the same type of phrases: All"s well that ends well. All is well that ends well. Better late than never. Better late than never. Extremes meet. Extremes meet. Family breeds contempt. The more you know, the more you appreciate. No fool like an old fool. Gray hair in the beard, demon in the rib. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Friend is known in trouble. Don't laugh best who laugh last. The one who laughs last laughs. Least said, soonest mended. The fewer words the better. More haste, less speed. The quieter you go, the further you'll get. The more the merrier. The more people, the merrier. Necessity knows no law. Need is stronger than the law. Nothing venture, nothing win. If you don't risk it, you won't get it. Out of sight, out of mind. Out of sight, out of mind. In for a penny, in for a pound. The claw gets stuck - the whole bird is lost. Seeing is believing. Seeing is believing. Two heads are better than one. A mind is good, but two are better. Where there"s a will there"s a way. There would be a desire. While there is life there is hope. While you live, hope. |
In the Application Track 02.mp3 - audio recording from the English for Aviation textbook
by Sue Ellis and Terence Gerighty from Oxford
Er … 363, start up and push at 05. - Tower, er 363, just started pushing back now.
tower(control tower) - control room, pushback- “pushing”, towing with the tail forward
- You do know there’s another plane pushing back from the next stand? - Say again 363.
- There’s another pushing back on the next stand. We've had to stop.
- Er, 363, stand number give me. - Er, say again.
- Number give me. Your number, please?
- Er – we’re 363.
- No, I ask you stand number. - Oh, you want our stand number. Yeah – we’re on Charlie 61. 363.
- 363, you're not C63?
- Negative. We’re definitely on Charlie 61. 363.
- Ah! Sorry, sir. Stand Charlie 61.
City: Bournemouth
School: MLS International College
Duration of training: 2 or 4 weeks
Lesson mode:
- 32 lessons per week: 30 general English lessons in a group + 2 aviation English lessons individually or in a mini-group
- 34 lessons per week: 30 general English lessons in a group + 4 aviation English lessons individually or in a mini-group
Start of classes: every Monday except holidays
Band size: 14 people maximum
Level of knowledge of English: from ICAO level 2
Qualification: from level 4 ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale and above
Prices for 2019
Tuition fees set by MLS International College in pounds sterling
** The cost of living in the residence depends on the month.
About the course
The Aviation English Program for Flight Crews/English for Aviation is designed to meet the requirements for English language training in the international civil aviation and air traffic sectors. MLS School offers a series of short-term programs leading to certificates up to ICAO level 4 and above.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has established certain English language proficiency requirements for flight crew and air traffic controllers, as well as a rating scale that characterizes the required level of professionalism.
As a result of long-term collaboration with the international civil aviation industry in the field of English language programs, MLS International College became one of the first language schools in the UK to fully incorporate the new English language requirements. The course program tests and evaluates civil aviation personnel in accordance with the new English language rating scale approved by ICAO.
The MLS training course has been designed to meet the training requirements of aircrew and controllers. At all levels, trainees are given the opportunity to expand their practical and organizational skills. A fundamental aspect of the educational process is learning English through active participation in practical activities.
Exciting and comprehensive in terms of teaching and content, this specialized aviation vocabulary, terminology and phraseology training aims to develop the practical conversational skills required by aviation personnel to safely and effectively manage international flights.
Before enrolling in a course, as well as upon completion of training, an assessment of the level of English language proficiency is carried out. Informal progress monitoring is also carried out regularly throughout the course of study. Upon completion of training, students submit a written paper, the results of which highlight each individual's personal achievements, and their English language proficiency is assessed in accordance with the knowledge scale established by the ICAO (ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale).
Some people find foreign languages easy, others not so much. But the global trend towards popularizing the English language has been observed for quite some time. The British should be proud that their language is chosen as the main foreign language studied by default.
Despite the fact that the official languages of ICAO include German, French and even Russian and others..., radio phraseology according to ICAO standards when performing international flights must be carried out in English.
Phraseology of radio exchange is usually carried out between the dispatcher and the pilot, sometimes between pilots of different aircraft. Radio communication phraseology is a set of standard words, expressions and commands that should be used when conducting radio communication; colloquial speech should not be used during radio communication, because In conditions of increased noise levels in the cabin and frequent radio interference on the air, the intelligibility of phrases can be very poor.
Using only standard expressions in radio phraseology significantly eliminates misunderstanding of the meaning of commands. In radio communication phraseology, grammar is often omitted to further simplify communication between the controller and the pilot. Standardization in phraseology begins with the aviation alphabet. Having learned it once, you begin to use it always and everywhere when you need to spell something.
ICAO Annex 1 states that all pilots operating international flights must have a knowledge of English at least a Working (fourth) level - this requirement has been in effect since the summer of 2011.
A similar requirement applies to air traffic controllers.
Thus, it turns out that English must be taught in any way. There are many face-to-face courses available for this, as well as textbooks with audio bundles, such as Robertson's Air Speak.
But there are also unique comrades! They not only learn English themselves, but also help their friends master radio phraseology, creating truly masterpieces of didactic materials. In this case, easily accessible means such as pencils, fountain pens and felt-tip pens and one’s own knowledge and skills are used.
After all, you must admit that it is much easier to learn a foreign language using associative illustrations. For example, almost the entire vocabulary regarding aircraft design can be contained in one picture:
If a certain pilot comes home “on eyebrows” every day and this happens constantly (permanently), here is one of the plots that can be depicted in the form of a funny picture with elements of learning a foreign language.
