Native English Speakers and Aviation Communication

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-44377-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in English for Specific Purposes

The increased globalisation of aviation requires a large number of aviation professionals, pilots and air traffic controllers, who must cooperate and communicate to ensure safety as well as efficiency.

Native English Speakers and Aviation Communication argues for the need to train and test native English speakers (NES) as well as non-native English speakers (NNES) in aviation communication. While Aviation English is the lingua franca of the skies, it is not a variety of English: it has no native speakers and NES must learn and practise it. Based on the practical experience of the author as a flight instructor and an Aviation English assessor, combined with academic research in language and communication, this book provides strong arguments for the need to teach standard aviation communication to native English speakers. It describes the challenges of aviation communication and the ongoing problems posed by the lack of relevant training or testing for NES, reviews the current state of affairs regarding regulations across a range of countries, and suggests training solutions to be integrated in the ground school curriculum and during flight training.

This book is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students working in English for Specific Purposes, Aviation English and Aviation Communication, as well as for professionals in aviation and aviation training.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Estival, Dominique

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

Chapter 1. The problem: Aviation English is not English

Chapter 2. Aviation communication: Miscommunication as a safety issue

Chapter 3. ICAO recommendations for native and non-native English speakers

Chapter 4. Challenges for native and non-native English speakers

Chapter 5. English language in aviation training and testing

Chapter 6. Technological solutions

Chapter 7. Conclusion and future research

Appendix A. ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale

Appendix B. Taxonomy of Communication Factors in Aviation

Appendix C. NCR891 Transcript

Appendix D. Implementation of LPRs for English-Speaking Countries

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dominique Estival is a researcher at the MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University, Australia, and a flight instructor. She investigates the impact of pilot training and language background on pilots’ ability to follow International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations for radio communication.