The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020V41I5A10
Gisele Benck de Moraes, Mariane Rocha Silveira
{"title":"Um estudo qualitativo sobre o papel da Instrução com Foco na Forma na aprendizagem dos clíticos do espanhol por brasileiros","authors":"Gisele Benck de Moraes, Mariane Rocha Silveira","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020V41I5A10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020V41I5A10","url":null,"abstract":"O objetivo neste estudo foi analisar a importância da Instrução com Foco na Forma (doravante IFF) na aprendizagem dos pronomes clíticos acusativos de uma nova língua, especificamente de língua espanhola. Como base teórica, partimos dos conceitos teóricos de Spada (1997), Ellis (2001) e Dekeyser (2003) relacionados à IFF, tais como instrução explícita e implícita, foco na forma planejado e incidental, entre outras definições. Os dados foram coletados, a partir de uma entrevista narrativa escrita, em uma turma de alunos de Letras de uma universidade privada no Sul do Brasil. As respostas dos participantes evidenciaram a relevância da intervenção pedagógica e da IFF, principalmente da instrução explícita, para a aprendizagem da língua-alvo.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124806384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a4
Angela Carolina de Moraes Garcia, Janna Fox
{"title":"Contexts and constructs: Implications for the testing of listening in pilots’ communication with air traffic controllers","authors":"Angela Carolina de Moraes Garcia, Janna Fox","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a4","url":null,"abstract":"The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) published the Language Proficiency Requirements for pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCOs) in 2003. Research has shown that there is still a lack of clarity regarding what needs to be assessed in terms of the English used by pilots and ATCOs in radiotelephony (DOUGLAS, 2014; EMERY, 2014; KIM; BILLINGTON, 2016; KIM; ELDER, 2015; MONTEIRO, 2019; READ; KNOCH, 2009). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the nature of the listening tasks performed by pilots as an essential step in test development and validation. This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study (CRESWELL, 2015), elicited questionnaire responses from 156 pilots (Phase 1) and subsequently interviewed six aeronautical English experts (Phase 2) to better understand the characteristics of the listening tasks that pilots undertake during radiotelephony communications. Quantitative and qualitative data were analysed, and findings were merged. They provide information that may usefully inform the development of the listening test construct and the test specifications.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"39 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114007897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a6
Aline Pacheco, Angela Carolina De Moraes Garcia
{"title":"Language issues of Brazilian pilots regarding structure: A comparative study between student pilots and SDEA test takers","authors":"Aline Pacheco, Angela Carolina De Moraes Garcia","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a6","url":null,"abstract":"This article addresses the most common language problems of Brazilian pilots regarding structure, a fundamental skill in aeronautical communications (DOC 9835). We aim to present an overview of the most specific errors made by student-pilots and Santos Dumont English Assessment (SDEA) test takers and compare them in order to better understand their language competence. The qualitative analysis will be based on lists which feature data collected from classroom work (student pilots) and SDEA report forms (RFs). The study is intended to provide researchers with more tools to deal with Aviation English focusing on pilot performance, as well as to contribute to better curriculum design and improvements in assessment practices.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133172518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a10
Rafaela Araújo Jordão Rigaud Peixoto
{"title":"Aeronautical Meteorology Glossary: a discussion on term definition in the ANACpedia termbase","authors":"Rafaela Araújo Jordão Rigaud Peixoto","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a10","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the study of terminological definitions in specialized fields, particularly the aviation field, is proposed. During the development of a glossary for the Aeronautical Meteorology subfield, in English and in Portuguese, for the ANACpedia database, there was a need to delineate specificities with the purpose to meet the expectations of a varied audience. Based on Finatto (2001) regarding types of definition and standardization guidelines prescribed by ISO 704/1987, this paper (1) analyzes procedures for the extraction of definitions and the organization of ANACpedia structural classes, and (2) discusses the termbase macro-organization and definitional categories used. In this way, nuances of terminological definition choices for the Aeronautical Meteorology subfield were discussed, with the purpose of contributing to improve the elaboration of entries for specialized glossaries.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127166999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a6
Moonyoung Park, S. Huffman
{"title":"Developing an aeronautical English training unit based on the ADDIE model in an EFL context","authors":"Moonyoung Park, S. Huffman","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a6","url":null,"abstract":"The precision and effectiveness of the communication between air traffic controllers and pilots is quite literally a matter of life or death. Speakers of aeronautical English, the language of communication in the realm of aviation, are required by the ICAO to meet a minimum standard of language performance across the communication skills of listening and speaking, yet miscommunication and misunderstandings across channels persist, potentially resulting in catastrophic collisions and incidents. This English for Specific Purposes (ESP) paper reports on the creation of an aeronautical English training unit guided by principles of the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model of instructional design developed to assist Korean army enlisted soldiers and noncommissioned officers who are serving as air traffic controllers in the improvement of integral aeronautical English skills. Designed materials were assessed with the assistance of four subject-matter experts (SMEs) as a pilot test, and results of the evaluation demonstrate the potential for application of the ADDIE model of instructional design for future ESP instructional units.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125934578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a3
Carlos Alberto Babboni, Karin Quast
{"title":"Pronunciation and Aeronautical English: Brazilians’ difficulties and possible routes to intelligibility","authors":"Carlos Alberto Babboni, Karin Quast","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a3","url":null,"abstract":"Communications between pilot and air traffic controller (ATCO) are carried out via radiotelephony, without visual contact between the interlocutors. ICAO, a specialized agency of the United Nations, is responsible for the security of international civil aviation. ICAO’s official documents (ICAO, 2004, 2009, 2010) mention the importance of English pronunciation in the intelligibility of pilot-ATCO communication. In 2017, Brazilian researchers analyzed the extent to which two international Aeronautical English (AE) textbooks, used in an ATCO training course in Brazil, address the pronunciation difficulties considered typical among Brazilians (CRISTÓFARO-SILVA, 2012). The analysis, based on the concepts of intelligibility, English as a Lingua Franca and the ‘Lingua Franca Core’ (JENKINS, 2000, 2002, 2005), showed that the analyzed books do not portray several of these difficulties. In this article, we first point out international air accidents and incidents in which pronunciation was one of the contributing factors, then, based on the Lingua Franca Core, we discuss the causes of some Brazilian pronunciation difficulties, aiming to increase teachers’ and students’ awareness and to contribute to pronunciation teaching in the field of AE. In addition, we problematize the non-critical use of textbooks by teachers and the inadequate training in English Language Phonology.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128099781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a5
Beatriz Faria Aragão, M. V. R. Scaramucci
{"title":"A brief analysis of language tasks used by air traffic controllers in radiotelephony communications in Brazil","authors":"Beatriz Faria Aragão, M. V. R. Scaramucci","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a5","url":null,"abstract":"This article reports the results of a study, conducted by the EPLIS (the SISCEAB Aeronautical English Language Proficiency Exam) development team, which consisted, among other things, of an analysis followed by discussion of the language tasks listed in Appendix B of the Manual on the Implementation of Language Proficiency Requirements (Doc 9835, ICAO, 2010). Although those language tasks supposedly represented language used by air traffic controllers, they were considered too vague to be used to improve the exam or to develop teaching and assessment materials. The study was carried out by a team of five experienced and proficient air traffic controllers from different facilities and a language expert with experience in teaching and assessing English for specific purposes using a focus group methodology. The results have shown that the most frequently used language tasks are related to traffic management, mostly covered by phraseology. On the other hand, language tasks involving explanation and clarifications, which are highly recurrent in radiotelephony communications, require the use of plain language. Additionally, the analysis has revealed that although some language tasks might not be so complex in terms of language, nor so frequently used, they play an important role in the safety of operation.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133123424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a4
A. Monteiro, Neil Bullock
{"title":"A broader view of communicative competence for aeronautical communications: Implications for teaching and high-stakes testing","authors":"A. Monteiro, Neil Bullock","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a4","url":null,"abstract":"Implications for teaching and high-stakes testing Uma visão mais ampla de competência comunicativa para comunicações aeronáuticas: Implicações para o ensino e exames de alta relevância Ana Lúcia Tavares MONTEIRO (ANAC)1 Neil BULLOCK (Lancaster University)2 ABSTRACT This paper examines language used in radio communication between pilots and Air Traffic Controller Officers (ATCOs). It demonstrates that such communication is extremely complex, requiring a certain level of technical knowledge and is influenced by many other observable factors. Using research data from two studies involving nearly 200 aviation English professionals, this paper first presents a matrix that maps the construct of aeronautical radiotelephony (RT) communication (MONTEIRO, 2019a). Then, it explores the perceptions of a group of pilots and ATCOs on the multiple factors that may impact communication in this professional context. There then follows an application of this emerging list of factors in the analysis of a non-routine scenario of pilot/ATCO interaction. Integration of findings confirms the many complex features that form the communicative exchanges in this highly technical domain and the range of competencies required for effective and safe outcomes. Implications for teaching and high-stakes testing of these aviation professionals are discussed with the aim of improving communicative competence above a purely linguistic level and to increase the validity of inferences drawn from test results.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129272996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a2
Patrícia Tosqui-Lucks, Ana Lígia Barbosa de Carvalho e Silva
{"title":"Aeronautical English: Investigating the nature of this specific language in search of new heights","authors":"Patrícia Tosqui-Lucks, Ana Lígia Barbosa de Carvalho e Silva","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a2","url":null,"abstract":"Patrícia TOSQUI-LUCKS (USP/ICEA)1 Ana Lígia Barbosa de Carvalho e SILVA (UNICAMP)2 ABSTRACT Global communication for professional purposes has opened up new research avenues on English language use in aviation contexts, a growing area of interest in Applied Linguistics. The purpose of this paper is to better understand the nature of the language referred to by the terms aviation English and aeronautical English – and demonstrate how their definitions – and perceptions – can influence the language teaching and assessment for aeronautical communications between pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCOs). To this end, initially, we review the literature to identify what has been researched about the topic. Then, we discuss some problems regarding aeronautical English teaching and assessment that are still unsolved, or have been taken for granted. The expected contribution is to shed some light on what, in fact, should be taught and assessed in this scenario, for better and safer international aeronautical communications.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114545873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The EspecialistPub Date : 2020-10-26DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a9
L. Clark, G. Williams
{"title":"English Language Proficiency in Radiotelephony: A survey about its effect on the safety and efficiency of aviation","authors":"L. Clark, G. Williams","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a9","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to reveal and discuss evidence that the safety and efficiency of international aviation continues to be adversely impacted by poor English language proficiency over the radio. In 2011, all members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) were declared to be compliant with regards to the English language testing of all pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCOs). However, language experts have continued to raise concerns about the regulatory framework of Language Proficiency Requirements (LPRs) and about whether an international standard of English language proficiency has truly been established. This paper describes the analysis of responses given by pilots and ATCOs to a survey which addressed the nature and frequency of poor language proficiency that they experience during flights. The data show evidence that there continues to be a problem of language proficiency among pilots and ATCOs, that this problem is encountered relatively frequently and that some regions of the world are experiencing it more acutely than others.","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124299133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}