English for Aviation Safety Training Programme

AES' English for Aviation Safety™ programme : a total solution

AES has developed a full suite of training and learning materials to raise performance in Aviation English to the required ICAO standards. This suite is AES' English for Aviation Safety™ program.

How does this program meet aviation professionals needs?

It is content-based:

Topics and information are relevant to pilots' and controllers' jobs and concerns.
Pilots and air traffic controllers increase or reinforce their safety awareness while learning English.
Topics are safety-related.
Skills addressed are important and relevant.
Courses are customized for pilots' and controllers' needs.

Example AES module topics:

Runway incursions
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR)
Crew Resource Management (CRM)
Human Factors in Incidents and Accidents
Aeronautical Decision Making

It uses a "blended learning" approach:

This approach to learning combines web-based (self-paced) instruction, classroom seminars, learning aids and progress testing. Blended learning is especially appropriate for pilot and controller training, since it:

maximizes the learning that takes place out of the classroom, thereby minimizing the impact of training on their schedules, and
makes classroom training more efficient and effective.

English for Aviation Safety™ program components:

Web-based training (WBT) modules introduce content and safety topics; the language focus is on Vocabulary, Structure, Pronunciation and Comprehension, which comprise four of the six proficiency areas described in ICAO Document 9835.
Classroom-based Intensive Speaking Seminars give professionals opportunities to practice their speaking skills in the context of scenarios, emergency simulations, and other "hands-on learning" activities. The language focus is on the speech production skills described in ICAO Document 9835: Pronunciation, Fluency and Interactions.
Progress testing throughout the program checks learner progress, identifies problem areas and enables training staff (and management) to intervene as necessary to achieve the best results.

AES' modular design enables flexibility for both airlines and pilots, ANSPs and controllers:

Because of the AES design, airlines and ANSPs can schedule classroom sessions in 1-day, 2-day, or multiple-day blocks.
AES' Level 2 and Level 3 training materials, together, total upwards of 480 hours of learner time.
AES provides specific training packages for both flight crew and ATC populations.

AES' modular design:

Each module contains at least 24 hours of web-based instruction and 16 hours of classroom instruction focused on one topic.
Within each module, exercises and activities can be completed in small "chunks" as pilots' and controllers' schedules permit.
Web-based modules prepare learners for classroom interaction.