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The washback of EPLIS on teachers’ perceptions and actions: Implications for reviewing ICAO language policy in Brazil EPLIS对教师认知和行动的反作用:对审查巴西国际民航组织语言政策的启示

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a7

Paula Ribeiro e Souza

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引用次数: 1

New routes in the study of Aviation and Aeronautical English 航空与航空英语学习的新路线

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a1

Patrícia Tosqui-Lucks, Malila Carvalho de Almeida Prado

{"title":"New routes in the study of Aviation and Aeronautical English","authors":"Patrícia Tosqui-Lucks, Malila Carvalho de Almeida Prado","doi":"10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a1","url":null,"abstract":"We begin this editorial inspired by the words of Santos Dumont, the Brazilian most illustrious aviator, “a flying poet, a dreaming and persevering designer, who through his creations made a difference to history, and who is therefore able to teach us lessons even today (BORGES, 2016, p. 01). Indeed, this project of an Aviation English[1] special edition began as a dream and took us a dose of perseverance to be accomplished. The idea was sparked two years ago, when we were launching the book of our research group GEIA[2], entitled Pesquisas sobre Inglês Aeronáutico no Brasil (SCARAMUCCI, TOSQUI-LUCKS, DAMIÃO, 2018), during the 5th GEIA Seminar, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. At that moment, we wanted to gather research results from the dissertations and theses of GEIA[3]members, most of them written in Portuguese, since it is a policy of most Brazilian Federal and State Universities, at least in the area of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, that they are written in our national language. We felt fulfilled to share our findings with the aviation English community in Brazil, but it was about time to dream bigger and share our research results with the international community.[1] Some authors use Aviation English and Aeronautical English with capital letters, while others prefer aviation English and aeronautical English. We consider it just a stylistic choice.[2] GEIA stands for Grupo de Estudos em Inglês Aeronáutico (Aeronautical English Research Group), located at the Airspace Control Institute (ICEA), in Brazil, and validated by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico -CNPq) since 2013.[3] The publications of group members are constantly updated on our website: https://geia.icea.gov.br/geia/papers.php","PeriodicalId":415858,"journal":{"name":"The Especialist","volume":"10 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":"128998769","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}

引用次数: 1

The Case for an Aviation English Screening Tool for US Flight Schools 美国飞行学校航空英语筛选工具的案例

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a8

Jena Lynch, Adriana Mendes Porcellato

引用次数: 1

Aeronautical Meteorology in Aeronautical Language and in Aviation Language: a hybrid field? 航空语言和航空语言的航空气象学:一个混合领域?

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a2

Rafaela Araújo Jordão Rigaud Peixoto, Janine Pimentel

引用次数: 4

Culture Indicators in Global Aeronautical Communication 全球航空通信中的文化指标

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a3

A. Borowska

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引用次数: 2

Challenges in teaching and learning, and in teacher education in Vale do Paraíba, Brazil. 在巴西淡水河谷Paraíba，教学和教师教育面临的挑战。

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a8

Márcia Chini Costa, S. Damião

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引用次数: 0

Pilot training and English as a lingua franca: some implications for the design of Aviation English for ab initio flight training courses 飞行员训练与英语作为通用语言:航空英语从头开始飞行训练课程设计的启示

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i4a7

Markus Bieswanger, Malila Carvalho de Almeida Prado, Jennifer Roberts

引用次数: 1

Errors in air-ground pilot communication: an experimental study 空地飞行员通信中的错误:一项实验研究

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a5

Dominique Estival, B. Molesworth

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引用次数: 5

The relevance of linguistic and professional knowledge as contributing factors for technical translation in the area of aircraft (maintenance). 将语言和专业知识作为飞机(维修)领域技术翻译的促进因素。

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i3a9

Daniela Terenzi, M. Pizzi

引用次数: 2

Identidades, investimento e comunidades imaginadas de aprendizes de Braille 盲文学习者的身份、投资和想象社区

The Especialist Pub Date : 2020-07-30 DOI: 10.23925/2318-7115.2020v41i2a6

G. Florindo, Mariney Pereira Conceição

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