In the safety-critical field of aviation, miscommunication and/or misunderstanding can lead to a runway incident or accident, or worse, a midair collision. [Credit: Shutterstock] Language and ...

Concordia undergrad Sara Kosmowska, from the Department of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science, has already accomplished something most of us only hope to do one day – she has written and ...

THE aviation industry is a cornerstone of modern globalization, enabling mobility, migration and cultural exchange. But it has a high-stakes environment where miscommunication can lead to catastrophic ...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Worldwide Campus is partnering with Aviorent S.r.l. Flight Academy and Aviation English Services to launch a new Aviation English language training program to ...

Pan Am International Flight Academy now has an agreement with Carnegie Speech to aid in the company's Aviation English training. Carnegie's patented language learning technology will be used at the ...

These are just a few examples of the special language pilots must speak, whatever their nationality. The language of flight, or Aviation English – which consists of around 300 words – is a combination ...

Plane pilots' use of English is so poor lives are being put at risk, the Civil Aviation Authority has warned Credit: Photo: Alamy It said it has anecdotal evidence from a number of pilots that the ...

These were the words of a somewhat frustrated tower controller who was trying to understand the request of the Japanese learner—the young man could speak English, but apparently it was so heavily ...

Dominique Estival works for Western Sydney University. She received an internal research grant from the MARCS Institute to conduct this research. She is also a current flight instructor. The most ...