We are pleased to welcome G-Air Training Centre (Portugal) as a user of Foundation, our e-learning course to prepare students for successful English-medium aviation training.
Click here to find out more about Foundation.
Rater training 2017
We had a full house of participants for our annual open-enrolment rater training course in Plymouth in May. The course was attended by pilots, air traffic controllers and recruitment and language specialists from military and civil aviation, from airlines, navigation service providers and aviation and language training organisations. The next courses are scheduled for July 2018:
> Aviation English instructor training: 9th-13th July 2018
> Aviation familiarisation: 13th-15th July 2018
> Aviation English rater training: 16th-20th July 2018
Early-bird discounts apply. Click here or contact courses@latitude-aes.aero for more information.
Commercial aviation language testing: Barriers to success? A case study
ICAEA forum, Dubrovnik, April 2017
Latitude's Henry Emery gave a presentation on the challenges associated with quality commercial aviation language testing at the ICAEA Forum in Dubrovnik in April. You can watch the presentation here:
You can download the full paper from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University scholarly commons here.
Aviation English test quality?
What's your view on the quality of today's aviation language testing? Take part in our survey on aviation language test quality here.
Checkpoint Test Quality
We recently published documentation on Checkpoint Test Development, Test Structure, Platform and Scores, and Test Reliability and Validity on our website here.
Foundation accepted by Hong Kong government
Foundation has been approved by the Hong Kong government under the Maritime and Aviation Training Fund's Professional Training and Examination Refund Scheme. Students in Hong Kong can now receive an 80% refund on the price of Foundation when purchased with our Hong Kong partner, IAE English Asia.
You can find out more about the scheme here and visit IAE's website here.
Middle East Airlines chooses Latitude
Middle East Airlines has chosen Latitude to provide a 3-day refresher training course for language proficiency raters. Training is organised in cooperation with Aerosolutions and will be delivered in Antwerp, Belgium, in February.
Contact info@latitude-aes.aero to find out more about tailored aviation English rater training courses.
Fujairah Aviation Academy and Aviasi28 choose Foundation
We are pleased to welcome Fujairah Aviation Academy (United Arab Emirates) and Aviasi28 (Indonesia) to our growing list of customers for Foundation, Latitude's e-learning designed to prepare students for successful English-medium aviation training.
Henry Emery to speak on aviation language testing
The ICAO LPRs – 10 years on: Progress or Pain? Dubrovnik, Croatia – 24th & 25th April, 2017
Commercial aviation language testing: barriers to success? A case study.
Aviation is a safety-driven industry which requires quality language tests and good regulation. However, no test service provider publishes evidence for the quality of its instrument (often in spite of regulatory requirements), and there is just one ICAO-recognised language test available in the market. Has language testing failed to deliver?
Launched in 2009, the English Test for Aviation (ETA) was a commercial language test for flight crew developed by aviation and language experts and was the first language test in the world to achieve recognition* from ICAO. However, the owner ceased test operations in February 2013, and the ICAO recognition of the ETA expired shortly afterwards. Taking the ETA as a case study, this workshop will:
- Analyse the practical, commercial and regulatory challenges associated with the provision quality aviation language testing services
- Investigate reasons for the absence of evidence for test quality in today's aviation language testing arena
- Explore potential solutions to the issues associated with aviation language test quality
* The ETA held a conditional endorsement from ICAO between 2012 and 2013
Egnatia Aviation chooses Foundation
Egnatia Aviation has chosen Foundation to prepare students for English medium aviation training at Egnatia's facility at Kevala International Airport, Greece.
Foundation is Latitude's e-learning course designed especially to train the language required for successful aviation training.