Spanish is one of the most
important languages in the world because of the number of speakers. This means
that Spanish is needed not only for pleasure but also for work, business,
education, etc.
Tenidiomas is professionalizing
its Spanish courses and we are/is opening a new course for the preparation of ICAO exam
in Spanish. Do you know what the exam is like?
The Spanish ICAO exam consists of 7 parts:
Part 1 – Introduction questions:
These questions will generally be
about yourself – why you decided to become a pilot, what you might have decided
to do if you hadn’t become a pilot, your current job, your likes and dislikes
about flying, plus possibly asking about your thoughts on your future aviation
career.
Part 2 – Describing a picture:
The picture will be an image
related to some sort of aviation situation. So, make sure you use some aviation
related vocabulary when describing the picture i.e various parts of
the plane, general aviation terminology (crosswind, bird strike, pilot error,
go around, emergency situation, crash landing, fuselage, ATC, overshot the runway,
turbulence, nose gear, etc).
Part 3 - Read back section –
Radio Telephony:
This is the section where you
receive instructions from ATC and you ‘read back’ as if you were the pilot
receiving the instruction. You will be given your callsign and any other
relevant information.
You only have to read back the
information that is required by ICAO. Just treat the exercise as a flight
you are currently operating.
Part 4 - Identifying a
miscommunication between a pilot and ATC:
Think about what might be the cause
of a miscommunication (i.e. misunderstanding of: coordinates, ATC instructions,
callsign, etc.). This will help you identify the miscommunication between
ATC and the pilot.
Part 5 - Describing a video:
After watching the short video
clip you have to describe what you saw using past tenses. Try your best
to use Past Simple, Past Continuous or Present Perfect correctly. You
could also use the Past Perfect and conditional sentences if you feel this
would clarify what you saw.
Part 6 - Listening to an Aviation
Related Incident:
In this section you will have to
listen to a person giving a report of an ‘aviation related incident’. Please
take notes while listening.
After listening you have to
retell the events that took place in your own words. You can also listen to the
events twice.
Part 7 - General questions about
aviation:
This part involves answering 2
questions about general aviation situations such as landing, approach, the
weather, runways, etc.
Our ICAO course is focused on the ICAO exam, so you
will practice every part of the exam with our teachers. Tuition is divided into
three hours per session: 1.5h general Spanish grammar – 1.5h ICAO exam preparation. During the course only Spanish will be
spoken.
If you need more information
about our Spanish course, please do not hesitate to send us an email.
