NEW PROVISIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AVIATION SAFETY

SUBTITLE: INTRODUCTION OF A LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY RATING SCALE TO ASSESS THE ABILITY OF CONTROLLERS AND PILOTS TO USE ENGLISH ADEQUATELY IN INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS RECURRENT LANGUAGE TRAINING AND TESTING OF LANGUAGE SKILLS, WILL HELP INSURE THAT PERSONNEL EVERYWHERE ACQUIRE AND MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • ICAO JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 1 (JAN./FEB. 2004), P. 4-6: ILL.
• Authors:
  • MATHEWS, ELIZABETH
• Publication Date: 2004-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • ICAO Journal
  • Publisher: International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ISSN: 1014-8876
  • Serial URL: http://www.icao.int

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Communications
• Identifier Terms: English language
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00955975
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Northwestern University, Evanston
• Files: TLIB
• Created Date: Apr 29 2004 12:00AM