LPRI01 Pres08

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The Language Training of Air Traffic
Controllers at HungaroControl Hungarian Air
Navigation Services
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• Independent air traffic service provider
• Founded 2002
• Most important field of activity
• Provision of air traffic control and related
  air traffic services in Hungary
• Workforce 700 people, including
• 200 Air Traffic Controllers
• 150 Flight Information Officers and Flight
• Operation Officers

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• Aerodrome Control (TWR)
• Approach Control (APP)
• Area Control (ACC)
• Flight Information Center (FIC)
• Aerodrome Flight Information Services (AFIS)
• Aeronautical Information Service (AIS)
• Airport Coordination Department
• Aviation Science and Documentation Library
• Civil Aviation Training Centre

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AIR TRAFFIC PERSONNEL TRAININGCivil Aviation
Training Centre

• Ab-Initio training for air traffic controllers
• Continuation training for air traffic controllers
  and other staff

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Civil Aviation Training Centre

• 11 Teaching staff
• 3 Simulator staff
• 6 Administrative staff
• Part time staff hired for courses

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• LANGUAGE TRAINING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
• 2000
• Language testing of ATCOs and FDAs
• Continuous training started
• Language teaching staff 10
• General English teachers
• Attended aviation English courses and basic ATC
  courses in Hungary and UK.

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• 2003
• English language examination prerequisite of
  Licence Renewal of Air Traffic Controllers
• Regulation by Ministry of Transport
• Air Traffic Controllers have to take an English
  Language Test before licence renewal process.

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• 2003
• ICAO Language Requirements (Annex 1)
• only 5 years before an exam to be taken in 2008

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• Language teaching and testing of ATCOs also has
  to serve the purpose of preparation for the 2008
  exams!

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• Tests used by HungaroControl
• Eurocontrol English Language Placement Test
  (EPT)
• 4 versions by Eurocontrol
• 6 versions by HungaroControl (2003)
• Oral test by HungaroControl (2003)
• Computerised version by HungaroControl (2005)

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• Computerised EPT
• Previous versions have been used several times
• Objective / easier / faster marking
• Works from a huge databank of newly developed
  material
• Tests generated by computer no identical tests
• Difficulty levels can be set
• Complex and up-to-date statistics
• Prints exam certificate after exam
• Practice and exam function
• Can be easily updated / modified / corrected

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• EPT pass mark
• 2003 40
• 2005 55
• 2007 65
• ? Closing the gap to Level 4

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• Language courses for ATCOs
• - 6 week (3x4 lessons) general language courses
  
• - once a term, 2-3 parallel courses
• - participants attend courses in their free
  time, compensated with days off
• - 1 week intensive (5x6 lessons) test
  familiarisation courses
• - before EPT
• - participants taken off duty for course

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• Language material provided for ATCOs
• - Material of previous courses on CD-ROM
• - Handouts
• - EPT practice material for computer-based exam
  on interactive CD-ROM (same format as exam)
• Motivation
• 65 or above 2-week language course in UK and
  Ireland

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• Future plans (Maintaining proficiency)
• - Continuous training (6-week courses)
• - Weekly language tasks on HungaroControl
  Intranet free access for ATCOs
• - Further work on computerised testing system

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• HungaroControl to use ELPAC for language testing
  of ATCOs for ICAO Level 4 Exam.
• ? ELPAC to take over role of EPT
• When ELPAC format becomes known
• - Production of preparation material
• - Exam preparation courses

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gabor.sipos_at_hungarocontrol.hu
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