Overcoming Challenges in English for Aviation Maintenance: Technical Publications Selection for the Construction of a Corpus and Its Use to Teach Language Aspects Considering Learners Needs ()
ABSTRACT
Aviation English and Corpus Linguistics have been put together and
focused by some investigations especially those regarding Aeronautical English
(the language used between pilots and air traffic controllers in international
radiotelephony communications). However,
English used in aviation maintenance, specifically in written documents,
has not been as much researched. This paper
briefly explains the main concepts considering Aviation English and pre- sents—based
on previous researches—aircraft maintenance professionals’ needs and regulatory agencies’ requirements related to language
proficiency. Afterwards, it summarizes information about the most important
technical publications for aircraft maintenance and describes the compilation
of the Corpus of documents related to aviation maintenance (CoDoRAM). At the
end, some ways the corpus can be used to teach vocabulary and grammar in
English are pointed out. Although corpus compilation and analysis have been
proved to be valuable for research and instructional purposes, most of
publications encompass English for academic
purposes teaching context. For that reason, this is a way to inspire new
projects related to English used in aviation maintenance and the use of corpora
in English for specific purposes classes.
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Terenzi, D. (2021) Overcoming Challenges in English for Aviation Maintenance: Technical Publications Selection for the Construction of a Corpus and Its Use to Teach Language Aspects Considering Learners Needs.
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
11, 1122-1134. doi:
10.4236/ojapps.2021.1110084.