Supporting the Training of Aviation English Trainers and Assessors

Book excerpt: This volume addresses the importance of training Aviation English trainers and assessors in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s new language requirements. It explains how such a training system works in the aviation context so that the human factors of language could be viewed in synchrony with numerous other factors that impact flight safety. This is a compact and comprehensive text for those who are thinking of becoming Aviation English experts as well as for those who train them. The guidelines presented are ready to be applied at specially tailored courses all over the world, as well as being useful for self-study. Readers can use this concise publication without having to continually devise supplementary materials. This book supports Aviation English experts' professionalism that is directed at minimising potential misunderstandings of aeronautical communication.