Aviation English courses for Air Traffic Controllers

• To reach level 4 of the ICAO scale

Air traffic controllers who fulfill the following requirements:

• IELTS 3.5 or equivalent qualification achieved in the last 6 months 
• ENAC entry test passed in the last 6 months

• 40 hours

• Listen and read material appropriate to aviation and aeronautical air and ground operations
• Actively participate in both face-to- face and non face-to-face conversations and routine exchanges in both general and aeronautical contexts
• Express opinions, approval and disapproval, likes and dislikes, attitudes and ideas on familiar topics and convey needs, information, instructions and descriptions using pronunciation intelligible to the international aeronautical community
• Negotiate
• Recognize and resolve miscommunications
• Interpret meaning from written and aural cues
• Recognize stylistic variation and register, and make predictions about content
• Read and discuss a range of text types including description of objects, locations, situations and features
• Cause-effect; problem-consequence; reason-example
• Recognize and use a range of appropriate grammar
• Recognize and use general vocabulary and vocabulary related to aviation themes such as time, duration, schedules and fuel, health, people , weather, technology, aerodromes, cargo, materials and fire, communication, navigation, movement and geography
• Used and understand appropriate language used during flying training
• Use the language necessary to describe normal and abnormal situations
• Describe accurately weather phenomena
• Describe airport features, markings and hazards
• Use and understand ATIS and clearance informatio