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N101

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LSEC N101 Academic Communications Course

for Class 45 KBZAC Cadets Groups S1, S2, and S3 Aug-Sept 2014

 

View the EFAN101 course for Week 39 onwards through November

 

This is an 8 week course going from weeks 31 to 38 at KBZAC. Week 39 is final exam week 

 

Navigation ... 

  1. Textbook materials
    1. Cleared for Takeoff
  2. Weeks 36 and 37
    1. Instruments
    2. Vocabulary for instruments, flight verbs, what the instructor meant
      1. Socrative for Part 3 CFT5 Vocab top of p.99
      2. Hot Potatoes Part 3 vocab pages 97-98
      3. VocabTest Part 3  
      4. Memrise 
      5. Kahoot
    3. Listening: ATIS and ATC / Pilot conversations
      1. Practice final listening exam
      2. Hot Potatoes listening exercises
        1. CFT Unit 5 p.99-100
        2. ATIS practice listening for information
  3. Week 38 Final Speaking Tests
    1. About the final speaking tests
    2. Test preparation exercises
      1. TEA Guide to Aviation Speaking Test Practice
      2. Further speaking practice materials
      3. Guide for describing pictures
      4. Vocabulary review for speaking tests 
      5. Suggested audio recording practice 
  4. Weeks 31 to 35
    1. Departure information
    2. Route Clearance
      1. Part 1
      2. Part 2
    3. ATIS and AWO Practice
      1. ATIS and AWO Hot Potatoes
    4. Unit 5 Vocabulary
      1. Unit 5 Vocabulary list first 24 words tested in Week 34
      2. Hot Potatoes for first 24 words
      3. Memrise 
      4. Socrative for first 24 words
      5. Vocabtest practice 
  5. Supplementary materials
    1. Air Force book
    2. Check your Aviation English
  6. Week by week classes and assessments 
    1. Remaining weeks    
      1. Week 36 Sept 7 - Sept 11, 2014 
      2. Week 37 Sept 14 - Sept 18, 2014 
      3. Week 38 Sept 21 - Sept 25, 2014 
      4. Week 39 Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2014 

Textbook materials

 

Cleared for Takeoff

 

To get these files on your computer so you don't need to be connected to the Internet to view them, follow the procedure here: http://kbzac.pbworks.com/w/page/59131087/FrontPage#HowtoopenPDFfilesinAdobe 

 

Weeks 36 and 37

 

Instruments

Learn the names of these instruments

 

Name of instrument alternative name image in CFT image in Wikipedia
Airspeed indicator  ASI  http://screencast.com/t/0P6szikxDEg  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Airspeed_indicator.svg/360px-Airspeed_indicator.svg.png  
Attitude indicator  Artificial horizon  http://screencast.com/t/5uqHlEp1dLr  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Attitude_indicator_level_flight.svg/420px-Attitude_indicator_level_flight.svg.png  
Turn & bank indicator  Turn coordinator  http://screencast.com/t/3iaw3HJtdO  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Turn_coordinator_-_coordinated.svg/538px-Turn_coordinator_-_coordinated.svg.png 
Altimeter    http://screencast.com/t/cOr2wCXy7OmD  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/3-Pointer_Altimeter.svg/638px-3-Pointer_Altimeter.svg.png  
Vertical speed indicator VSI  http://screencast.com/t/KQtSzKmHsiy  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Vertical_speed_indicator.PNG  
Directional indicator  Directional gyro  http://screencast.com/t/Ib2MEDf34gQl  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Heading_indicator.svg/340px-Heading_indicator.svg.png  

 

 

Vocabulary for instruments, flight verbs, what the instructor meant

 

The vocabulary for the Final Vocab test next week is from N101 Unit 5 Vocabulary List - all 56 words

 

Socrative for Part 3 CFT5 Vocab top of p.99

  • Socrative for Unit 5 Part 3 vocab from the word ‘jerk' to 'make sure the ball is in the centre' SOC-12532036

 

Hot Potatoes Part 3 vocab pages 97-98

   

VocabTest Part 3  

http://www.vocabtest.com/vocabulary_word_test.php?tid=210446 (Viviana)

Words in this Test:

  1.  check
  2.  check the wings are level
  3.  clean the aircraft up
  4.  did you get that
  5.  follow through or follow along
  6.  hand over
  7.  have you got the traffic in sight
  8.  i want you to have a go now
  9.  jerk
  10.  keep your eyes outside the cockpit
  11.  make sure the ball is in the center
  12.  place
  13.  rest
  14.  set the power
  15.  take over
  16.  you must not use use power against brake
  17.  you were behind the aircraft then

 

 

 

Memrise 

Unit 5 Vocabulary on Memrise, http://www.memrise.com/course/360171/n100/   

 

Kahoot

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/f199f153-7ef9-4010-9827-3b1e9a7450af (created by Bob, revised by Vance http://goo.gl/L4rWm9 but revision doesn't work well either, words still run together; Kahoot seems designed to be best used in short bursts with image prompts and single-word answers, so keep that in mind when using these and creating your own Kahoots)

 

Still experimenting: This one by Vivian seems to work well, no random joining of multiple word items

 'Cft Unit 5 Vocab Phrase Review', and thought you'd like to play it! Here's the link: http://goo.gl/si5TWd

It’s 15 items long and covers the vocabulary for What did my instructor mean?

 

 

Listening: ATIS and ATC / Pilot conversations

 

Practice final listening exam

Here is the practice script
You can download the Practice Listening Final mp3 <== here

 

Hot Potatoes listening exercises

CFT Unit 5 p.99-100

Listen to an instructor teaching straight and level flight and fill in the missing words

http://vancestevens.com/kbzac/hotpots/cft99listening/cft5p99listening.htm 

In case of bandwidth issues use CFT Track 16 or play the audio here:

http://vancestevens.com/kbzac/hotpots/cft99listening/cft5p99track16.mp3 

 

ATIS practice listening for information

http://vancestevens.com/kbzac/hotpots/ATIS/atisAlpha.htm 

There are SIX (6) exercises: Alpha, Echo, November, Oscar, Victor, Whiskey

Click the NEXT ==> button to do each in turn

 

In case you get stuck or want to review a particular exercise, the URLs for each (and mp3 links) are as follows:

 

Week 38 Final Speaking Tests

 

About the final speaking tests

  • Speaking tests start on Monday Sept 22, 10% of course mark
  • You will speak about a photograph and be marked on
    • Pronunciation
    • Structure (grammar - you can practice this)
    • Vocabulary (you should review vocabulary from the course and try to use it in talking about photos) 
    • Fluency (this takes practice, in order to develop fluid speaking skills)
    • Comprehension (we can help you anticipate the format of the exam)
    • Interactions (you can practice follow up questions in pairs with colleagues) 

 

Test preparation exercises

 

TEA Guide to Aviation Speaking Test Practice

 

Further speaking practice materials

 

 

Guide for describing pictures

 

Vocabulary review for speaking tests 

 

Suggested audio recording practice 

 

  1. Pilot 1 records himself speaking about a photo for a couple of minutes
  2. Pilot 2 listens and asks follow up questions
  3. Pilot 1 answers questions and posts mp3 to Audioboo
  4. Pilot 2 becomes pilot 1 and carries out steps 1-3,
    so that both pilots post an mp3 to each one's individual Audioboo profile

 

 

Weeks 31 to 35

 

Departure information

 

Check that you understand all the words and phrases in this list.

ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service)
kilometres (km)
millibars (mb)
braking action
surface wind
feet (ft)
QNH
trend
temperature dew point
degrees
CAVOK (ceiling and visibility OK)
 
runway
knots
ILS (Instrument Landing System)
threshold
runway in use
plus
transition level
taxiway
gusting
minus
okta
SID (standard instrument departure)
visibility
centigrade
cumulo nimbus
hectopascal
no sig (no significant change)
mist
wet
flock of birds

 

 

Route Clearance

You will practice listening to these exchanges for the test in week 34

You will do readback of ATC information as part of your speaking test

 

Part 1

This is the full audio for part 1 - Here is full audio with pilot readback slowed by 40%

Later you can record dialog with readback and upload your mp3 file to Audioboo

Here is the dialog form for speaking practice 1

 

Part 2

Route Clearance Audio full audio for Part 2

Review the pilot readback from the audio for part 1

Listen to the Control Tower and fill in the critical information

http://vancestevens.com/kbzac/hotpots/Part2Routeclearance2toParis.htm


Speak out loud the pilot parts
(for example, say "Ready to copy, sunair 926" during the gap in the recording)
When you have the information from the tower clearance to Paris,

  1. record your readback and
  2. upload the mp3 file to Audioboo

 

ATIS and AWO Practice

 

ATIS and AWO Hot Potatoes

 

AWO#8 http://vancestevens.com/kbzac/hotpots/UNIT4-AWO8.htm 

 

Unit 5 Vocabulary

  1. N101 Unit 5 Vocabulary List - 56 words
  2. Unit 5 vocabulary list for first 20 words
    1. N100 Aviation English - A paperless worksheet for the first 20 words
    2. Quizlet for the first 20 words.

                                        In case the links doen't work they are under: joanloguekbz, N100 Unit 5 List 1

 

PDF worksheets

N100 Vocab 1 Matching - Part 1.pdf typewriteable

N100 Vocab 2 SentComp - Part 1.pdf typewriteable

N100 Vocab 3 - MC SentComp. - Part 1.docx

 

Save your completed file - save AS: your name ID p88 inside aircraft

Send it in an email to your teacher. Here are your teacher emails

    • vstevens@hct.ac.ae
    • nalvarado@hct.ac.ae
    • jgrimsditch@hct.ac.ae

 

Vocabulary for first 20 words, Unit 5

Control column
Rudder pedal
Attitude 
Horizon
Cushion
Windshield
High 
Nose-low
Dashboard
Traffic
Nose-high
Low
Clock position
Toe brake
Banked
Level
Starboard
Instrument panel
Abeam
Port

 

Unit 5 Vocabulary list first 24 words tested in Week 34

The first 24 words, tested in week 34, are the first page of this list <== download HERE

       

Hot Potatoes for first 24 words

   

Memrise 

Unit 5 Vocabulary on Memrise, http://www.memrise.com/course/360171/n100/  

 

Socrative for first 24 words

  • P.88-89 in CFT5, Prepositions 
  • MC Unit 5 review for the test next week, SOC-12433706

 

When your teacher STARTs the activity, you can complete the exercise at in your teacher's Socrative ROOM 

How? At http://socrative.com select STUDENT sign in and put in your teacher's room number below

  • For Vance this is room# 843039 
  • For Nery is room# 859688 
  • For John is room# KBZN101  

 

Vocabtest practice 

http://www.vocabtest.com/vocabulary_word_test.php?tid=209853 

tests these words (revised by Viviana to include all 24 words):

    

abeam
cushion
level
rudder pedal
attitude
dashboard
low
scan
balanced
 false horizon
nose-high
starboard
banked high nose-low
toe brake
clock position horizon port
traffic
control column instrument panel reference point windshield

       

http://www.vocabtest.com/vocabulary_word_test.php?tid=209851 

tests these words   

 

adjust
banked
lower
raise
airspeed indicator
directional indicator
move
reference point
altimeter
ease
nose-low
scan
attitude indicator
false horizon
pull
turn and bank indicator
balanced look out
push
vertical speed indicator

 

Supplementary materials

   

Air Force book

Air Force Book 1 PDF (in Dropbox, 84.7 megabytes)

Air Force Book 2 PDF (in Dropbox, 106.7 megabytes)

Air Force Book 3 PDF (in Dropbox, 117.3 megabytes)

  

Check your Aviation English

 

CD1 (in Dropbox, mp3 files can be made available through wiki as needed) 

CD2 (in Dropbox, mp3 files can be made available through wiki as needed) 

CD3 (in Dropbox, mp3 files can be made available through wiki as needed) 

Student book PDF (in Dropbox, 82 megabytes) 

Scripts PDF (in Dropbox, 19 megabytes)

 

When we decide to use any of the materials above in our classes,  they can be broken into appropriate chunks and made available on this wiki)

  

Week by week classes and assessments 

   

Remaining weeks    

 

Week 36 Sept 7 - Sept 11, 2014 

5 Hours for English classes

   

Week 37 Sept 14 - Sept 18, 2014 

8 Hours for English classes 

Assessment:  PDA evaluations, 10% of final mark 

Final Listening and Vocabulary exams, 10% each (final two components to final exam worth 30%)

   

Week 38 Sept 21 - Sept 25, 2014 

8 Hours for English classes 

Assessment:  Final speaking evaluations, 10% of final mark (one of 3 components to Final exam)

   

Week 39 Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2014 

3 Hours for English classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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