THE SOLUTION

Checkpoint is an accurate, easy-to-use web-based assessment of English language proficiency designed specifically for student pilot selection and admissions. Checkpoint is used by flight schools, colleges and universities to determine language proficiency for entry to ab-initio flight training programmes and to identify language training needs. As a web-based assessment, students can take Checkpoint at an organisation’s premises or remotely before they arrive for training.

Checkpoint takes 1 hour 45 minutes and measures the specific reading, listening and oral proficiency skills required to successfully undergo flight training conducted in the medium of English. In Checkpoint, students:

• Listen to and answer questions on recordings of instructors, students and training centre representatives in a variety of situations (40 minutes)

• Read and answer questions on texts from a wide range of authentic sources including training courseware, aeronautical information publications, regulatory documentation, incident and accident reports and articles from industry media (40 minutes)

• Complete oral proficiency tasks that reflect the things students have to do in English during initial flight training (25 minutes). The student’s voice is recorded for rating by Latitude’s expert assessors.

Scores from Checkpoint are designed to align with the Common European Framework of Reference and are reported using an easy-to-interpret traffic light system as follows: