MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
Monday to Friday, 09:15 - 12:30 | 13:30 - 15:30
You will be given access to a website containing dozens of examples of candidates taking
part in a TEA test, to exemplify the concepts we will explore in class
TRAINING SESSIONS
HOMEWORK
4
04
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
* Meet the group
* Review pre-course
reading
* Analyse 3 of the 6
ICAO descriptors with
real-life examples using
TEA.
INTRODUCTION & ICAO
DESCRIPTORS PART 1
PROFILE ANALYSIS:
PRONUNCIATION / FLUENCY
/ INTERACTIONS
* Review P / F / I rating
* Analyse 2 more of the
ICAO descriptors with
real-life examples using
TEA.
ICAO DESCRIPTORS
PART 2
PROFILE ANALYSIS:
STRUCTURE / VOCABULARY
* Review S / V rating
* Analyse final ICAO
descriptor with real-life
examples using TEA
* Standard Setting
(listening to full tests
with scores and the
reasons for those scores)
PROFILE ANALYSIS:
COMPREHENSION
STANDARD SETTING
(LISTENING TO FULL TESTS)
* Listen to full tests and
learn to apply the
methods learned in Days
1 - 3
* Group & tutor support
gradually removed until
you feel confident to
apply ICAO descriptors
yourself
FULL TEST RATING
MAYFLOWER COLLEGE
RATER TRAINING - Week 2
Homework: examples of
S / V performances
Homework: more
examples of candidate
performances as required
Homework: examples of
P / F / I performances
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
* 1 set of 5 tests to rate
(2 attempts)
* Introduction to
Interlocution
* Procedures &
Standardisation
CERTIFICATION
non-native speakers with suitable English language proficiency
qualifications may also take a shortened version of this course -
click here for further information)
The certificate awarded upon successful completion of the course
is recognised by many organisations as evidence of a useful skill
for teachers of aviation English.
The certificate:
•
does not certify a holder to work as a self-employed
Examiner, unless s/he is approved directly by an aviation
authority; this approval would typically require the Examiner
to use a test instrument, such as Test of English for Aviation
(TEA).
•
does not certify a holder to work a a TEA Examiner
automatically (although it may be a precursor to working as a
rating TEA Examiner).
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of the course is to train participants to rate (assess)
Aviation English performances according to the ICAO English
Language Proficiency scale (‘the Descriptors’).
CONTENT: the course will contain two parts:
Week 1:
Training for the IELTS examination (to be taken on the
first Saturday). This includes an overview of the exam
and presentation and practice of the
strategies/techniques needed to achieve the required
band score.
Week 2:
Understanding and applying the ICAO English
Language Proficiency Descriptors
Raising awareness of the key issues in language
testing
Developing skills in assessing oral / aural language
TESTIMONIALS:
“A big thank you for the awesome training. Liz and I both enjoyed it very
much. It was useful, relevant and has given us both a firm foundation
from which we can develop out own testing protocol for our team”.
Cassandra - UAE
"I highly recommend to any Contracting State under their Civil Authority
or User (Airline /Company ) to consider wisely sending their air traffic
controllers, pilots, teacher , trainers and raters to study at Mayflower
College because of their professional educational staff , excellent
program structure and coordination , hospitality and most of all their
expertise on the Aviation Language Issue".
Sergio Alzamora - Panama
"Mayflower College is one of a few colleges providing courses for raters.
Since it is a new field in Aviation English it needs hard job. The courses
we attended were conducted with high professionalism. All the teachers
were enthusiastic, sympathetic, intelligent and we highly appreciate their
desire to share their great knowledge with those who studied."
Galina Nekrasova / Larisa Bragina - Uzbekistan
"To my mind, the courses were really exactly the thing all Aviation
Teachers need. Because, I am sure it's next to impossible to upgrade
somebody's English Proficiency level without the appropriate knowledge
of ICAO rating Scale. Another thing is that anyone may feel more
confident in their students' benchmarking or licensing taking the courses
in Mayflower College. Moreover, the Tutors were incredibly fast-thinking,
really experienced and wise, tactful and inventive. Any experienced
teacher knows for sure how difficult is to train grown-ups. And it's much
more a complicated task to train self-assured, ambitious and sometimes
overconfident teachers and top-managers. Our instructors managed to
cope with this special task brilliantly and really pushed more bright ideas
and knowledge into my exhausted head. As for all the administrative
issues, I mean, schedule, accommodation, transportation, excursions
and so on, everything was arranged with the best comfort. I didn't have
a feeling to have come to an unfamiliar place. Plymouth itself is full of
history and charm. The wind from the sea is really a challenge for
anyone to fall in love with this land of rains and fogs, calmness and
remarkable country-side, friendly and hospitable people. It was my first
trip to Great Britain and it was really great to see the country that a lot of
people could just dream about. Besides, it was absolutely necessary to
share the experience of Aviation English teaching with the colleagues
from Great Britain and other countries. Now I am able to inspire my
younger colleagues in developing teaching materials, programmes and
other tasks to help flight crews and air-traffic controllers reach Level 4 in
line with new ICAO English Proficiency .
Tamara Furenkova - Russia
"We wish to express our deep appreciation and thanks to the teaching
staff and Paul Stevens, the director of Mayflower College, Plymouth, for
all hard work they had done for us. The training programme for aviation
language instructors was perfectly developed to meet all our
requirements and special needs. It was real pleasure to be taught and
trained by the highly qualified language teachers who did an enormous
amount of work in order to encourage enjoyable and productive
learning. It was even greater pleasure to see that all the teachers were
fully committed to continuous professional development and were ready
constantly to search for answers to our unexpected questions."
Elena Lissitsyna, Russia
"There aren't many occasions for exchanging experience in applying
and interpreting ICAO rating scale. In the form as it is, with descriptors
based mainly on adverbs of frequency, it's terribly difficult to be
absolutely sure where 'sometimes' ends and 'rarely' can be applied ( is it
still level 4 or 5 already?), or how to differentiate 'sometimes immediate
responses' from 'usually immediate responses' (level 3 or 4). Thus the
course you offer in Plymouth, in a form of a workshop, provides rare
occasion for constructive discussion on any diversities occurring in
interpretation of the scale, practical exercises in applying the scale for
marking the speech samples as well as, and what I find most important,
calibration of the future raters coming from different backgrounds".
Magda Zalewska – Poland
COURSES FOR AVIATION ENGLISH RATERS
(non-native speakers of English)
NEXT COURSE DATES:
•
27 Jan - 07 Feb 2020
(including IELTS exam on 1 Feb)
•
30 Mar - 10 Apr 2020
(including IELTS exam on 4 Apr)
•
11 May - 22 May 2020
(including IELTS exam on 16 May)
•
03 Aug - 14 Aug 2020
(including IELTS exam on 8 Aug)
•
05 Oct - 16 Oct 2020
(including IELTS exam on 10 Oct)
•
02 Nov - 13 Nov 2020
(including IELTS exam on 7 Nov)
FOR:
Non-native speakers of English who are experienced Aviation
English trainers or aviation professionals (native-speakers or
MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
Monday to Friday, 09:15 - 12:30 | 13:30 - 15:30
You will be given access to a website containing
dozens of examples of candidates taking part in a
TEA test, to exemplify the concepts we will explore in
class
TRAINING SESSIONS
HOMEWORK
THE ASSESSMENT:
PART 1:
IELTS examination (International English
language Testing System).
This is taken on the Saturday at the end of the
first week.
PART 2:
Candidates will be required to rate
successfully 5 speech samples.
Part 2 will be pass / fail and in Part 1 candidates will receive a
mark of between 1 and 9 for Speaking, Listening, Reading and
Writing together with an overall averaged mark between 1 and 9.
CERTIFICATION:
Candidates who pass Part 2 and receive an overall averaged
score of 5.5 and above in Part 1 will receive a certificate with the
following wording:
"Based on *****’s results in the IELTS test and her ability to rate
speech samples accurately we believe that ***** is sufficiently
competent to assess samples of oral / aural English language
proficiency according to the ICAO rating scale for benchmarking /
diagnostic purposes where those speech samples have been
elicited by a trained interlocutor in a valid testing system which
meets ICAO requirements."
Candidates who pass Part 2 and receive an overall averaged
score of 7.0 and above (with a minimum mark of 7.0 in the
Speaking and Listening sections) on Part 1 will receive a
certificate with the following wording:
"Based on *****’s results in the IELTS test and her ability to rate
speech samples accurately we believe that ***** is sufficiently
competent to assess samples of oral / aural English language
proficiency according to the ICAO rating scale for benchmarking /
diagnostic and licensing purposes where those speech samples
have been elicited by a trained interlocutor in a valid testing
system which meets ICAO requirements."
COSTS:
The costs (per person) for the two-week programme will be:
Course
£620
Accommodation in a host family (breakfast and evening meal)
£340
Hotel accommodation (bed and breakfast)
from £40 per night
Medical Insurance
£29
IELTS Certificate
£170
Transfers from Heathrow Airport
(National Express coach)
from £40
The “Course” price will include:
Course (50 hours)
All the tuition materials
Online pre-course materials, and some online homework
materials
Free use of Self-Study room (we have some excellent
computer-based English courses especially for listening and
pronunciation practice)
Free access to the internet
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
* Meet the group
* Review pre-course
reading
* Analyse 3 of the 6
ICAO descriptors with
real-life examples using
TEA.
INTRODUCTION & ICAO
DESCRIPTORS PART 1
PROFILE ANALYSIS:
PRONUNCIATION / FLUENCY
/ INTERACTIONS
* Review P / F / I rating
* Analyse 2 more of the
ICAO descriptors with
real-life examples using
TEA.
ICAO DESCRIPTORS
PART 2
PROFILE ANALYSIS:
STRUCTURE / VOCABULARY
* Review S / V rating
* Analyse final ICAO
descriptor with real-life
examples using TEA
* Standard Setting
(listening to full tests
with scores and the
reasons for those scores)
PROFILE ANALYSIS:
COMPREHENSION
STANDARD SETTING
(LISTENING TO FULL TESTS)
* Listen to full tests and
learn to apply the
methods learned in Days
1 - 3
* Group & tutor support
gradually removed until
you feel confident to
apply ICAO descriptors
yourself
FULL TEST RATING
MAYFLOWER COLLEGE
RATER TRAINING - Week 2
Homework: examples of
S / V performances
Homework: more
examples of candidate
performances as required
Homework: examples of
P / F / I performances
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
* 1 set of 5 tests to
rate (2 attempts)
* Introduction to
Interlocution
* Procedures &
Standardisation
CERTIFICATION
