Full Description
Advocating for best practices within aviation English language research, this volume offers deeper insights into the practical, policy-based, and societal contexts in which International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) language standards are embedded.
English is the official language for international pilot-air traffic controller (ATC) communications, mandated by the ICAO. It is also the de facto universal common language for all other forms of communication, including the language of maintenance technicians (and maintenance manuals), aeronautical engineers, cabin crew, ground staff, and aviation business professionals. In this book, renowned academic experts and aviation professionals come together to explore a variety of research trends, providing an effective and efficient analysis of the language needs of the aviation industry, its future directions, and an extended look at linguistic principles in action. Chapters engage in detail with research data, case studies, and concrete examples of interactional tasks, transactional exchanges and radiotelephony. They also examine the common vocabulary and phrasal patterns in aviation discourse required to communicate successfully in various roles and contexts within the aviation industry. The result is a meaningful contribution to the global development and improvement of standards of aviation research; investigations of the role of language in aviation accidents; and research into language as a human factor in aviation communications, customer service, and intercultural (mis)communication.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Researching Global Aviation English, Eric Friginal (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Malila Prado (BNU-HKBU United International College, China) Jennifer Roberts (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA) and Mary Ye (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
2. Aviation English in the Context of Aviation Human Factors, Elizabeth Mathews (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA)
3. An Avialinguistic Perspective on Communicative Practices in Military Aviation Discourse on Coding Verbal Messages, Anna Borowska (University of Warsaw, Poland)
4. Code-Switching in Aviation English Revisited, Markus Bieswanger (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
5. Pragmatic Strategies in the Aeronautical Community of Practice, Malila Prado (BNU-HKBU United International College, China) and Noriko Ishihara (Hosei University, Japan)
6. A Corpus-based Sociolinguistic Analysis of (P)Layers of Language Policies in Aviation Education, Ramsey Ferrer (Philippine State College of Aeronautics, Philippines)
7. Are We Assessing the Right Abilities for Aviation Communication? Hyejeong Kim (University of Melbourne, Australia)
8. Construction of Target Tasks and Indigenous Criteria for Aviation English Assessment, MoonYoung Park (Jeju National University, South Korea)
9. Terminological Patterns and Choice in Institutional Documents on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Rafaela Rigaud Peixoto (Department of Airspace Control, Brazil)
10. The FAA English Language Requirement and Aviation Maintenance Training, Rachelle Udell (Georgia State University, USA) and Eric Friginal (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
11. Taking a Technical Vocabulary Approach to Teaching English in Aviation, Jenny Drayton and Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
12. The Efficiency of Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning from the Perspective of Aviation English Instructors and Students, Inga Tephnadze (Georgian Aviation University, USA)
13. Designing 'Authentic' Speaking Test Tasks for Interactional Competence for Ab Initio Pilots, Maria Treadaway (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
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