Do We Understand Each Other Better?

Do We Understand Each Other Better? English language proficiency requirements: ATCO’s point of view Standard Phraseologies Non-standard situations Personal experience Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Level 4. – Is it enough? Yes for most non-standard situations Some situations require higher level Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Speaking and listening practice Aviation-specific content “Use any opportunity to have speaking and listening practice and look fro aviation specific content” Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Podcasts Audio Example. listen-to-english.com Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Seminars with pilots Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Audio Example 2. A pilot requests QBB METAR OCA ACARS Do you know the letters? What do they stand for? QBB Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Familiarization flights Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Seminars with ATC colleagues Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 International projects Refresher courses Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Maintaining Level 4 Most effective way of education and self-education: everyday listening to podcasts, a refresher course once a year, two-tree seminars a year with pilots of different airlines, a meeting with foreign ATC colleagues once a year , flights in the cockpit (perhaps once every two years). Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Next generation of ATCOs A person applying to be an ATCO has to be at level 4, preferably at level 5 No need to study phraseologies in the class as a special subject Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Summary Today foreign pilots and Russian ATCOs understand each other better than a few years ago. Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Summary Level 4 is quite enough for standard and most of non-standard situations, but sometimes level 5 is desirable. Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Summary Language proficiency should be maintained with the help of various activities: listening to podcasts, refresher courses, seminars with foreign pilots and ATCOs, familiarization flights. Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

Do We Understand Each Other Better? Summary Higher level of English language proficiency may be gradually achieved by proper selection of cadets for education and proper selection of employees for operational units followed by proper training. Elmar Alexandrov, St.Petersburg ATS Center

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