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ICAO Language Proficiency Workshop St Petersburg, Russian Federation 24-26 th May 2011

The English for Aviation Language Testing System. ICAO Language Proficiency Workshop St Petersburg, Russian Federation 24-26 th May 2011. Testing System Description. EALTS English for Aviation Language Testing System. Test Partners CAA International Ltd

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ICAO Language Proficiency Workshop St Petersburg, Russian Federation 24-26 th May 2011

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  1. The English for Aviation Language Testing System ICAO Language Proficiency Workshop St Petersburg, Russian Federation 24-26th May 2011 Testing System Description

  2. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System • Test Partners CAA International Ltd Language Testing & Assessment Services Ltd Local Test Centres • Test Products CAAiICAO Expert Level 6 Assessment (CAAi ICAO ELSA) CAAi English for Aviation Language Test (CAAi EALT)

  3. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System ICAO Guidance ICAO Language Proficiency Seminars (Montreal 2004 and 2007) ICAO Language Proficiency Regional Workshops (Regional Locations 2005-2011) ICAO Documents ICAO Doc. 9835 AN/453 Manual on the Implementation of ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements (Sept 2004 & Sept 2010) ICAO Doc. AUD001 ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements – Rated Speech Samples (Version 1.2 ICAO 2007) ICAO Cir 318-AN/180 Language Testing Criteria for Global Harmonisation (July 2008) ICAO Cir 323-AN/185 Guidelines for Aviation English Training (March 2010)

  4. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALTS Development • ICAO compliance • Aviation industry validation • Primary and secondary test users (consultation & feedback) • Models of Best Practice in language testing • ALTE Code of Practice • VRIP Principles • Quality of Service

  5. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System Testing System Components CAAi ICAO Expert Level 6 Assessment For native or near native speakers of English CAAi English for Aviation Language Test For non-native speakers of English EALT Test of Listening EALT Test of Speaking Adaptations for pilot and controller license holders Four pilot adaptations (FH, FL, RH, RL) Three controller adaptations (G/T, APP, ACC)

  6. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System • CAAi ICAO Expert Level 6 Assessment • Adherence to ICAO guidance • Formal validation of Expert Level 6 proficiency • Assessment of features of language beyond work-related context • Language assessment event rather than a language test • Consideration of an individual’s linguistic history • Qualified, trained and certificated assessors • Documentation of the assessment procedure and results • Where the CAAi ICAO ELSA may invalidate the award of an • Expert Level 6 rating, an individual may be referred to the EALT.

  7. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System CAAi ENGLISH FOR AVIATION LANGUAGE TEST (EALT) A test of plain English in the context of aviation Allowing candidates to demonstrate extent of ability to: • communicate effectively in voice-only and face-to-face situations; • communicate with accuracy and clarity on common, concrete and work-related topics; • use appropriate communicative strategies to exchange messages and to recognise and resolve misunderstandings (e.g. to check, confirm, or clarify information) in a general or work-related context; • handle successfully and with relative ease the linguistic challenges presented by an aviation-related complication or unexpected turn of events; • use a dialect or accent which is intelligible to the aeronautical community. (Ref: ICAO Holistic Descriptors of operational language proficiency)

  8. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System ENGLISH FOR AVIATION LANGUAGE TEST(EALT) EALT Test of Listening • Semi-direct objective test of aural comprehension • On-line internet mediated • 25 communications • Single task type (multiple choice task) • SAY AGAIN option • Adaptive • Multiple versions (each a unique test events) • Simultaneous marking and assessment

  9. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Test of Listening Level 2 comprehension check

  10. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Test of Listening Candidate screen

  11. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Test of Listening Candidate screen

  12. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System ENGLISH FOR AVIATION LANGUAGE TEST (EALT) EALT Test of Speaking • Direct face-to-face standardised interview • Paired candidates • Paired examiners • Range of professionally relevant tasks • Elements of face-to-face and voice only communication • Multiple independent assessments (live and post-test) • Assessors with AOE applying the predictive criteria of the ICAO Holistic Descriptors of operational language proficiency • Assessors with LSE applying the descriptive, linguistically analytic criteria of the ICAO Rating Scale

  13. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Test of Speaking

  14. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Test of Speaking

  15. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Test of Speaking

  16. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System EALT Assessment and Ratings • EALT Test of Listening Simultaneous, automated, objective assessment • EALT Test of Speaking Independent‘live’ and post-test subjective assessments Assessment combining evidence from a minimum of five independent sources to achieve scores in each of the discrete features of speech and a final rating. • EALT Test Report • EALT Appeal Process

  17. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System With thanks Further details admin@ealts.com www.ealts.com (CAAi EALT sample and demonstration material available) exams@caainternational.com www.caainternational.com

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  19. EALTSEnglish for Aviation Language Testing System

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