Aviation English
ILSF is now proud to announce that it can offer courses in Aviation English. Our courses are designed and suitable for both pilots, air traffic controllers and aviation industry employees. ILSF works closely together with partner schools in England and Germany and can offer these courses in a both countries. You can choose a course from one of the following options:
- Attaining Operational ICAO Level
- Maintaining Operational ICAO Level 4
- Trainee ATC/Pilots/Ground technicians: Attaining, Maintaining and Exceeding operational ICAO Levels 4
For details of the courses we have on offer in England please contact us directly. Courses run in Germany last for 4 weeks and contain 100 hours of tuition and are designed for people who have ICAO level 3 and need to get to ICAO level 4.
The focus of the course is on speaking and listening skills, especially in “plain” English in an aviation context. Each course concludes with the Aviation English Test (A.E.T.) The content of the course reflects the requirements of the 6 areas covered by ICAO descriptors.
| Pronunciation | Structure | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|
| Stress | Basic Grammar | Paraphrasing |
| Rhythm | Sentence patterns | Succinct and assertive language |
| Intonation | Tense forms | Abbreviations and acronyms |
| Enunciation |
| Fluency | Comprehension | Interactions |
|---|---|---|
| Linking words and phrases |
Understanding through masking (for example, background noise) | Ability to pass information |
| Speed of communication | Distinguishing similar sounding | Ability to respond to unfamiliar situations |
| Checking, clarifying, confirming, information |
Course Strucutre
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | ||||
| AM | Induction - Management of dialogue-Greeting- Reassuring | Technology - Giving reasons present and past | Dangerous Situations - Predicting, warning and expressing inevitability | Schedules and Arrangements - Talking about the future |
| PM | ICAO Descriptors - Analysing Information | Machines & Devices - Paraphrasing, word stress, clauses | Checking & understanding - Question forms and intonation | A. E. II - Giving full responses |
| Tuesday | ||||
| AM | Health - Giving and receiving advice | The Future of Aviation - Stating Intent | Destinations and Geography - Describing position location and visual impression | Machines and Vehicles - Needs, preferences and feasibility |
| PM | A. E. I - Background question forms | A. E. II - Problem solving and confirmation | A. E. I - Organisations - Summarising and evaluating | A. E. III - Managing conversation |
| Wednesday | ||||
| AM | Rules & Regulations - Asking and giving approval | Weather - Describingbr recent events, change progression | Investigations - Speculating, deducing and reporting | Mock A.E. TEST - Feedback |
| PM | Directions - Giving and asking for clarification | Nationalities and Cultural Differences - Clauses and sentence stress | Error correction - Sentence stress | Orders - Emphasis and imperatives |
| Thursday | ||||
| AM | Procedure - Giving and receiving instructions - Describing a process | Perception/Senses - Offering and suggesting | Environmental trends - Expressing probability likelihood and consequence | Emergencies - Describing necessity |
| PM | A. E. II - Readback - connected speech | A. E. III - Tempo, discourses makers and fillers |
A. E. II - Declaring and managing non- understanding | The Airport - Interacting and responding |
| Friday | ||||
| AM | Aviation History - Sequencing-Linking | Disasters & Emergencies - Past Events/avoided problems | Problems - Describing actions in progress | Final A. E. TEST |
| PM | TEST | TEST | TEST | Exit Session - Feedback |
