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ICAO Language ICAO Language Proficiency RequirementsProficiency Requirements
Presented by Elizabeth MathewsLinguistic Consultant, ICAO
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IATS 03
1946 - 20031946 - 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…
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IATS 03
Recommended PracticeStandard for controllersDe facto English requirements for pilots
Yet….
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IATS 03
AccidentsAccidents
1976 Mid-air collision Yugoslavia
1977 Pan Am / KLM in Tenerife
1990 Avianca in New York
1995 American in Cali
1996 Kazak / Saudia over India
2000 Runway collision at CDG
2001 Runway collision in Milan
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“…“…recent major accident investigations have indicated lack of proficiency and comprehension of the English language … alike as a contributing factor…”
…High Priority
Assembly Resolution A32-16Assembly Resolution A32-161998
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• Strengthen Annex 1 and 10 Strengthen Annex 1 and 10 provisionsprovisions
• Obligate States to ensure that Obligate States to ensure that personnel are proficiency in personnel are proficiency in EnglishEnglish
• High level of priorityHigh level of priority
Assembly Resolution A32-16Assembly Resolution A32-161998
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PRICESGPRICESG
ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements
Use ICAO phraseologyKnow plain language tooUse English or L. O. S. G.To Level 4 minimum
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IATS 03
Language RequirementsLanguage Requirements
ICAO Level 4 2008Holistic descriptorsControllers and Pilots NS and NNS: All languagesRecurrent testing: 6/3
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IATS 03
ICAO Rating ScaleICAO Rating Scale
Holistic Descriptors Six Levels:
Expert-6 Pre-operational-3Extended-5 Elementary-2Operational-4 Pre-elementary-1
Five Areas of linguistic performancePronunciation Fluency
Structure Comprehension Interactions
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What’s next?What’s next?
Infrastructure for Training and Testing• Materials• Qualified aviation English instructors• Programs• Teacher training programs• Tests
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Tests
Materials
Programs
Teacher Training Programs
Personnel
STANDARD
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