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Teaching Aviation English?

 Primary Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

1. Aviation English is a type of English for specific purposes and even though native English-speaking aviation professionals are automatically awarded level 6 ICAO status, they made be sub-standard communicators in Aviation English.

 You are to read the following article, The Conversation 10 October 2016 to give you background about the need for all Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers [ATC] to understand each other.

Read the following article from The Sun 16 October 2016 particularly the section "Pilot speak... and what it means"

Are there any more words from this article in the Oxford Dictionaries?

2. Using the following "International Phonetic Alphabet" and the Aviation English words you have found in the previous articles, you are to create an aviation message about an emergency on your flight to the Air Traffic Controller. With a partner, who will play the Air Traffic Controller [ATC] and use Aviation English as well, you are to set up the situation and have at least 10 interactions between yourself and the ATC.