English in Aviation II (FSI-DLA)

Academic year 2025/2026
Supervisor: Mgr. Petr Klouda  
Supervising institute: ÚJ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Course type: departmental course
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Conditions for obtaining the course credit: Active participation in the course. Written test.

The exam is oral - interview with the examiner within the presented grammar and terminology.

When a student does not fulfil the conditions for obtaining the course-unit credit, the teacher may (in justifiable cases) state compensatory conditions.
Controlled participation in lessons:
 
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 1 hrs. optionally                  
    Language exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Aircraft Instruments and Accessories
2. Flight Instruments
3. Navigation Instruments
4. Power Plant Instruments
5. Service Inspection
6. Starting Procedure
7. Elementary Flight Manoeuvres
8. The Cockpit Control
9. Air Traffic Control
10. Meteorology
11. Weather Conditions
12. Aerodromes
13. Fear of Flying
    Language exercise 1. U7 - FIRE (Fire risk, Obligation, prohibition and permission)
2. U7 - FIRE (On-board fire, Language development)
3. U8 - Meteorology (Microburst, Airport disruption)
4. U8 - Meteorology (Stormy approach, Language development)
5. U9 - Landings (Touchdown, Landing gear and braking)
6. U9 - Landings (Undercarriage, Language development)
7. U10 - FUEL (Aviation and global warming, Gimli glider)
8. U10 - FUEL (Fuel icing, Language development)
9. U11 - PRESSURE (Blast, Types of damage)
10. U11 - PRESSURE (Emergency descent, Expressing consequences)
11. U12 - SECURITY (Air rage, Suspicious passengers)
12. U12 - SECURITY (Unlawful interference, Reporting)
13. Credit test
Literature - fundamental:
1. Henry Emery, Andy Roberts: Aviation English for ICAO compliance, Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 978-0-230-02755-8
2. Sue Ellis and Terence Gerighty, English for Aviation for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers, OXFORD University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-457943-8
3.

Philip Shawcross: Flightpath Aviation English for Pilots and ATCOs, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 987-0-521-17871-6
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
C-AKR-P full-time study CLS -- Cr,Ex 3 Elective 1 1 S
B-PRP-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 3 Compulsory 1 2 S