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ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements

ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements. Presented by Elizabeth Mathews Linguistic Consultant, ICAO. 1946 - 2003. Recommended Practice: (Annex 10) …English SHOULD be made available … Standard: (Annex 1)

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ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements

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  1. ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements Presented by Elizabeth Mathews Linguistic Consultant, ICAO

  2. 1946 - 2003 Recommended Practice: (Annex 10) …English SHOULD be made available… Standard: (Annex 1) …Controllers SHALL speak and understand the language designated for use without accent or impediment… Mathews IATS 03

  3. Recommended Practice • Standard for controllers • De facto English requirements for pilots Yet…. Mathews IATS 03

  4. Accidents • Mid-air collision Yugoslavia • Pan Am / KLM in Tenerife • Avianca in New York • American in Cali • Kazak / Saudia over India • Runway collision at CDG • Runway collision in Milan Mathews IATS 03

  5. Assembly Resolution A32-16 1998 “…recent major accident investigations have indicated lack of proficiency and comprehension of the English language … alike as a contributing factor…” …High Priority

  6. Assembly Resolution A32-16 1998 • Strengthen Annex 1 and 10 provisions • Obligate States to ensure that personnel are proficiency in English • High level of priority

  7. PRICESG • ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements • Use ICAO phraseology • Know plain language too • Use English or L. O. S. G. • To Level 4 minimum Mathews IATS 03

  8. Language Requirements • ICAO Level 4 2008 • Holistic descriptors • Controllers and Pilots • NS and NNS: All languages • Recurrent testing: 6/3 Mathews IATS 03

  9. ICAO Rating Scale • Holistic Descriptors • Six Levels: Expert-6 Pre-operational-3 Extended-5 Elementary-2 Operational-4 Pre-elementary-1 • Five Areas of linguistic performance Pronunciation FluencyStructure Comprehension Interactions Mathews IATS 03

  10. What’s next? • Infrastructure for Training and Testing • Materials • Qualified aviation English instructors • Programs • Teacher training programs • Tests Mathews IATS 03

  11. STANDARD Tests Personnel Teacher Training Programs Programs Materials

  12. Standard Aviation Tests Personnel Programs Materials

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