SESSION NO. 13

23/05/2014

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

Watch this video

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

Compare the images bellow. Use the table at the bottom.

SESSION NO. 11

09/05/2014

READING ACTIVITIES
Have a quick glance and get familiar with the
VFR Communications Manual 
on the right column of this blog or click
HERE

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

Watch these two videos

http://youtu.be/TKpHrmHrwnU
http://youtu.be/jeQaqVcr3aw

and listen to the following ATIS reports

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35x9LiQ2uys&list=PLFB06F0BCB45A769A&feature=share&index=19

http://youtu.be/zwVsW3Tn8RU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARUMZrA8ynk&list=PLFBD3B4B6E410FEAE&feature=share&index=6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBrKd55NUc&feature=share&list=PLFBD3B4B6E410FEAE&index=8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnl1VO6UZs4&list=PLFBD3B4B6E410FEAE&feature=share&index=12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDiAL5ZvmZg&list=PLFBD3B4B6E410FEAE&feature=share&index=19

http://youtu.be/SM0428QSc4s

http://youtu.be/Z3gqZ8uCLos

http://youtu.be/PkqkeBXZMLY

http://youtu.be/Enqsi2yVA1s

http://youtu.be/wY_ZrdnjNaY

http://youtu.be/Pn1jMqAeq8s

http://youtu.be/Gj3BSLLJxGI

http://youtu.be/itNJ3a7yEiU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_czLxsFvfE&feature=share&list=PLFB06F0BCB45A769A&index=15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1saaigcsJY&list=PLFB06F0BCB45A769A&feature=share&index=17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jxhF0rTZs&list=PLFB06F0BCB45A769A&feature=share&index=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ43rfePQVY&feature=share&list=PLFB06F0BCB45A769A&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0oRrd2aARM&feature=share&list=PLFB06F0BCB45A769A&index=2

SESSION NO. 10

29/04/2014
READING ACTIVITIES
Have a quick glance and get familiar with the
VFR Communications Manual 
on the right column of this blog or click
HERE

LISTENING ACTIVITIES
Watch the videos
BASIC VFR COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE PATTERN

and this.

Why should we fly huge patterns?

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: 

Practice your UNICOM communications around the pattern.

FUNCTIONS 
DESCRIBING PLACES
Practice your descriptions of places and movements.
 Describe the photo above.
Use the wallchart bellow.

SESSION NO. 08

22/04/2014

LISTENING ACTIVITIES
Watch the video and practice
http://youtu.be/Fs66s0QY8-0

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: 

FUNCTIONS 
DESCRIBING PLACES
Practice your descriptions of places.
 Describe the photo above.
Use the wallchart bellow.

SESSION NO. 07

11/04/2014

READING AND SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: 

READ and study the Briefing Chart for LEMG and LEAX.

FUNCTIONS 

DESCRIBING PLACES
Practice your descriptions of places.
 Describe LEAX Aerodrome above.
Use the wallchart bellow.

SESSION NO. 06

04/04/2014

READING AND SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: 

READ and study the Briefing Chart for LEMG.

Read the poem, dedicated to my friend Manolo Carrión.
Can you choose a word or an expression that summarizes the idea of the poem?

Death is a Matter of Mathematics
Death is a matter of mathematics.
It screeches down at you from dirty white nothingness
And your life is a question of velocity and altitude,
With allowances for wind and the quick, relentless pull
Of gravity
Or else it lies concealed
In that fleecy, peaceful puff of cloud ahead.
A streamlined, muttering vulture, waiting
To swoop upon you with a rush of steel.
And then your chances vary as the curves
Of your parabolas, your banks, your dives,
The scientific soundness of your choice
Of what to push or pull, and how, and when.
                             — Barry Conrad Amiel


FUNCTIONS 
1. Prepositions, page 11 of your textbook.

LISTENING
Listen to DIALOGUE 2 in the video
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO

SESSION NO. 05

26/03/2014

READING AND SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: 

Study the Ground Chart data for LEMG and try to express them in everyday English.
Prepare some questions to ask your class mates about the information included in the chart.
Click to enlarge:

If you have problems with some of the info provided in the chart,
please check the instructions in the following pdf file:

JEPPESEN LEGENDS AND INSTRUCTIONS

FUNCTIONS AND LISTENING:

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEOS

SESSION NO. 04

21/03/2014

READING AND SPEAKING ACTIVITIES: 

Read the Ground Chart data for LEMG and try to express them in everyday English.
Click on the Chart to enlarge:

FUNCTIONS:
Asking for information.
You are parked at the General Aviation Apron ready to taxi.
You want to know the following pieces of information.
-Runway-in-use
-Wind direction and intensity
-Altimeter setting
-ATIS frequency

Make sentences in
a) Radio Communication English
b) Direct question
c) Indirect question

LISTENING:

Listen to the song SUGAR MAN by Sixto Rodriguez.

http://youtu.be/D5PF8ykKUWE

and
Watch this video from AOPA website:

http://www.aopa.org/AOPA-Live.aspx?watch=htajN4MjpSrpPVcASOVvbdy3HLWIo3j4

SESSION NO. 03

14/03/2014

READING ACTIVITIES: 

Pages 1 through 4 of THE LITTLE PRINCE
same uploaded file in Session 01.
Write the lines in which the Little Prince is described.

FUNCTIONS:
Asking for information.
Turn the following statements into questions. Ask for the underlined element.

1. She studies Chinese at University.
2.  She studies Chinese at University.
3.  She studies Chinese at University.
4.  She studies Chinese at University.
5. Your sister will stay with you for the weekend.
6. Your sister will stay with you for the weekend.
7. Your sister will stay with you for the weekend.
8. I wanted a new car because the old one was torn down.
9. My grandma comes from Italy.
10. She met Paul at your sister's last Christmas.

LISTENING:
We shall continue to debate about dangers when ground operating.
Watch this video: Runway safety: Allentown, Pa.
You can find it in AOPA's website, Education label, Safety Videos.
Or click on the link bellow

http://www.aopa.org/AOPA-Live.aspx?watch={0A42403E-0FB8-4CE7-8002-367F405EF40E}

SESSION NO. 02

07/03/2014

READING ACTIVITIES: 

Pages 1 through 4 of THE LITTLE PRINCE
same uploaded file in Session 01.

FUNCTIONS:
Asking for information. Page 9 of our textbook.
We will work with direct and indirect questions.

LISTENING:
We shall continue to debate about dangers when ground operating. Watch again the video suggested for Session 01.
http://youtu.be/ujLK0JwYzos

SESSION NO. 01

28/02/2014

READING ACTIVITIES: 

Page 8 of our Textbook. (Unit 1 - Runway Incursions)

Pages 1 through 4 of THE LITTLE PRINCE

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

Watch the video about Los Rodeos accident in 1977.

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

-We shall introduce ground operations and debate about its dangers.

-Comparison between the poem In the Desert by Stephen Crane and Saint-Exupery experience in the Sahara. Remember the poem we read and commented last Friday? Just in case you did not note it down.

In the Desert

BY STEPHEN CRANE

In the desert

I saw a creature, naked, bestial,

Who, squatting upon the ground,

Held his heart in his hands,

And ate of it.

I said, “Is it good, friend?”

“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;

“But I like it

“Because it is bitter,

“And because it is my heart.”

USEFUL LINKS

(DOWNLOADABLE AND PRINTABLE PDF FILES)

FUNCTIONS

http://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions

http://eduspace.lv/macibas/pluginfile.php/917/mod_label/intro/Useful%20phrases%20for%20guided%20interview.pdf

http://www.barcelonaenglish.com/books/100%20ways%20to%20say%20it.pdf

http://giselagoldstein.de/english/phrases_discussions.pdf

http://kella.edu.vn/sites/default/files/filedownload/useful-phrases-presentations.pdf

LINKING WORDS

http://www.flinders.edu.au/slc_files/Documents/Brochures/linking_words_phrases.pdf

TYPICAL MISTAKES IN ENGLISH

http://english4success.ru/Upload/books/681.pdf

http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cslui/english_writing2.pdf

IDIOMS

http://abiiid.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/essential-idioms-in-english-phrasal-verbs-and-collocations.pdf

http://online-english-lessons.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/50-common-English-phrasal-verbs.pdf

AVIATION COMMUNICATIONS

http://www.atac.ca/web/images/Documents/Phraseology%20Guide%20for%20GA%20Pilot%20in%20Europe.pdf

http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/115.pdf

AVIATION MANUAL AND GLOSSARY

http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/pilot_handbook/

http://www.cambridge.org/servlet/file/store7/item6607662/version1/Flightpath%20Glossary%20of%20Aviation%20Terms.pdf

Hi guys, from now on this blog will be our site to share information, upload files and offer our comments and opinions. I have discarded the facebook group for several reasons and have chosen a blog format instead. Hope you like the design and the accessibility of the info available for our Friday sessions.
Tomorrow I shall upload the materials needed for session no.1. I shared the textbook by a different means, via email.

So welcome to the blog and enjoy the picture we took a couple of weeks ago when preparing our ICAO Proficiency Test. We had fun, a nice lunch. We have to do it again.