Clearing the Air: Applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication
Edited by John Read and Ute Knoch
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 32:2 (2009) 102 pp.
John Read
List of John Benjamins publications for which John Read plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Corpus linguistics | Discourse studies | Language acquisition | Language policy | Language teaching | Multilingualism | Pragmatics | Translation Studies | Writing and literacy
2009 Clearing the air: Applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 32:3, pp. 21.1–21.11 | Article
As a result of investigations showing that communication problems can be a significant contributing factor to major aviation accidents, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has established a set of Language Proficiency Requirements. All pilots and air traffic controllers engaged in… read more
2004 11. Plumbing the depths: How should the construct of vocabulary knowledge be defined? Vocabulary in a Second Language: Selection, acquisition, and testing, Bogaards, Paul and Batia Laufer (eds.), pp. 209–227 | Chapter
2004 Measurement of formulaic sequences Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, processing and use, Schmitt, Norbert (ed.), pp. 23–35 | Article
1996 Administering a performance test in Fiji Hindi The Language Testing Cycle: From inception to washback, Wigglesworth, Gillian and Catherine Elder (eds.), pp. 80–104 | Article
As part of a research study on language maintenance and shift in the Indo-Fijian community in Wellington, New Zealand, a performance test was developed to assess the speaking and listening skills in Fiji Hindi of a sample of the Indo-Fijian teenagers. The design of the test needed to take account… read more