AVIATION ENGLISH TEST DEVELOPMENT

Uses of the Diagnostic Rhyme Test (english Version) for Evaluating Multilingual Operability in Aviation Communications: an Exploratory Investigation

Diagnostic Rhyme Test (DRT) materials by native speakers of English (American), German and French were presented under undegraded and degraded conditions to English speaking listening crews of three national origins: American, German and French. The effects of the speaker’s native language, the listener’s native language and all permutations of the two on DRT scores were significant, depending ...

English Language Teaching Material Development

The goal of language programs is to utilize language for effective communication. Due to the needs, interests, and motivations of language learners, they may show individual differences in their lan- guage learning. Materials used in language programs can be instructional, experiential, elucidative, or exploratory in that they can inform learners about the language, provide experience of the la...

Historical development of civil aviation medical standards.

Development and Evaluation of Alternative Aviation Fuels

There continues to be significant interest in the development, certification, and use of alternative (non-petroleum) aviation fuels. The motivation for this is driven by many factors, including the growing demand and reduced supply of petroleum-derived fuels, cost volatility, and desire for a reliable domestic fuel supply. In addition, the production of alternative fuels from renewable/biologic...

Aviation Medicine: global historical perspectives and the development of Aviation Medicine alongside the growth of Singapore's aviation landscape.

Aviation Medicine traces its roots to high altitude physiology more than 400 years ago. Since then, great strides have been made in this medical specialty, initially catalysed by the need to reduce pilot medical attrition during the World Wars, and more recently, fuelled by the explosive growth in globalised commercial air travel. This paper traces the historical milestones in Aviation Medicine...