Simviation Forum - Language Barrier

Jun 20^th, 2004 at 5:12pm

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IS the international language of flying English..if so good...but what about countries with pilots who don't speak good English...

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Reply #1 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 5:18pm

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they arnt able to get the licenses that allow them to fly for the airlines. I believe one of the requirements is a good verbal communication of english. Some pilots use native tongue in their home airports air france and paris CDG are notorius for this and it has caused accidents in the past where other pilots couldnt understand information to another plane which has also affected them.

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Reply #2 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 5:27pm

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In many flight schools, foreign students are required to take TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)test, which is like an english proficiency test.

I've taken those tests since I studied in the states, not harder than the average high school tests Wink

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Reply #3 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 6:28pm

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Nexus for you that must not have been to hard since you are from the U.S...but if I had to learn French or German it would have been really hard...so I am glad it is English

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Reply #4 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 6:47pm

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I am not from the USA, I'm born and raised in Sweden, Europe.
But I did some years in High school in the US, and that will benefit me alot when I'll go to aviation school.

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Reply #5 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 6:55pm

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Don't get me wrong but isn't English practically the first language in Sweden anyway?

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Reply #6 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 7:12pm

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Why on Earth would English be the 1st language in Sweden? We have our own language, just as the french and germans etc.

we still need to take english in school (mandatory), but we never use it in everyday life when we speak to our countrymen....

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Reply #7 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 5:33am

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Woodie I hate to tell you this, but in mainland Europe language teaching is taken v.seriously, and done well. I'm often amazed at how skilled many of my students are in English yet they've never been to an English speaking country. Look at Exploder, speaks German (mother-tongue), English and French superbly, and he is still at secondary school Shocked

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Reply #8 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 10:40am

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besides English, Russian and French are also international flying languages (and i'm not sure about Spanish but...) a pilot once told this on tv Wink

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Reply #9 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 5:22pm

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Why on Earth would English be the 1st language in Sweden? We have our own language, just as the french and germans etc.

we still need to take english in school (mandatory), but we never use it in everyday life when we speak to our countrymen....

My mistake. It must be like Germany, where everyone speaks good english without ever having been there.

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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