The Effectiveness of Using Air Traffic Control (ATC) Lab to Increase Non-Native English Speaking Student Pilot's ATC Radio Communication Proficiency
Faculty Mentor Name
Stacey McIntire, Kyle Wilkerson
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Poster
Abstract
With the significant number of international flight students in the United States, finding alternative teaching methods for non-native English-speaking student pilots to surmount the language barrier, overcome radio communication challenges, and enhance flight training safety are critical. This research project aims to help foreign student pilots to improve their radio communication skills before and at the early stage of flight training by utilizing and expanding the current Air Traffic Control (ATC) Lab resource at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Prescott campus. The project created a well-designed ATC lab program that combines the current lab resource and uses flight simulation technology to help English as Second Language (ESL) student pilots without flight training experience overcome the language barrier in radio communication and flight training. The project focused on the quantitative aspect of the results and analyzed and evaluated the data through multiple data analysis methods. The result approved the ATC lab’s effectiveness in increasing ESL student pilots’ ATC radio communication proficiency.
The Effectiveness of Using Air Traffic Control (ATC) Lab to Increase Non-Native English Speaking Student Pilot's ATC Radio Communication Proficiency
With the significant number of international flight students in the United States, finding alternative teaching methods for non-native English-speaking student pilots to surmount the language barrier, overcome radio communication challenges, and enhance flight training safety are critical. This research project aims to help foreign student pilots to improve their radio communication skills before and at the early stage of flight training by utilizing and expanding the current Air Traffic Control (ATC) Lab resource at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Prescott campus. The project created a well-designed ATC lab program that combines the current lab resource and uses flight simulation technology to help English as Second Language (ESL) student pilots without flight training experience overcome the language barrier in radio communication and flight training. The project focused on the quantitative aspect of the results and analyzed and evaluated the data through multiple data analysis methods. The result approved the ATC lab’s effectiveness in increasing ESL student pilots’ ATC radio communication proficiency.