Teaching Methodology for Teachers of Aviation English

Course Planning
There will be an initial group needs analysis at the beginning of each course. Sessions will be planned accordingly, also taking into account
participants’ methodological awareness and aviation background.

Course Content
10 lessons per week: General English language teaching methodology.
The following areas will normally be covered:
- implementing a lexical approach to lesson planning
- task design
- phonology - issues of international comprehensibility. Discrimination and
production
- listening skills - for gist, specific information and inference
- teaching strategies for checking understanding
- teaching conversation strategies
- checking meaning - time, tense and lexis

10 lessons per week: Aviation English teaching methodology.
The following areas will normally be covered:
- teaching to the ICAO descriptors
- assessing a trainee’s level regarding the ICAO descriptors
- plain English for pilots and ATCOs
- sourcing, creating and exploiting appropriate teaching materials
- using aviation video/DVD materials for comprehension and language skills development
- making lessons relevant to our trainees’ needs
- testing progress and achievement
- teaching functional language, appropriate to ICAO doc 9835

10 lessons per week: Aviation English, adapted to meet trainees’ specific
requirements, covering areas such as:
- aircraft structures and systems
- aviation and airport organisation
- flight operations and flight safety
- ATC organisation and control of airspace
- en-route, aerodrome and approach control
- ICAO R/T phraseology and procedures
- standard and non-standard phraseology
- incidents and accidents

Course Fees Include...
administrative services
- enrolment fee
- student card
- information, advice and help in personal matters
educational facilities
- all tuition
- use of the multi-media learning centre with free internet access
- all textbooks and teaching materials
- ring binder
- Anglo-Continental Certificate of Training (subject to satisfactory
course completion)
wireless internet access
- computers available in the self-service restaurant
sports and leisure activities
- film shows, table tennis, table football and board games
- advisory service for a wide range of excursions, sports and leisure activities (at extra cost)
additional study
Trainees have the option of guided private study sessions. Tasks set may include presession preparation, follow-up work and research assignments. We also recommend that some time should be devoted to additional study in the Multi-Media Learning Centre. An extensive selection of computer programs, audio, video/ DVD and reference material is available for
private use.