An Analysis of the Quality of English Testing for Aviation Purposes in Finland

Autor/in	Huhta, Ari
Titel	An Analysis of the Quality of English Testing for Aviation Purposes in Finland
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 32 (2009) 3, S.26 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
DOI	10.2104/aral0926
Schlagwörter	Testing; Aviation Education; Foreign Countries; Language Skills; Air Transportation; Language Tests; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Employees; Program Descriptions; Certification; Language Proficiency; Oral Language; Test Content; Test Format; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Language skills; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Testaufgabe; Testentwicklung; Finnland
Abstract	This article describes and analyses the development of a new test of aviation English by the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA), as well as the overall situation in Finland as regards the testing of aviation English. The article describes the FCAA development project and evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the new test and the whole testing system, often with reference to the framework of test usefulness proposed by Bachman and Palmer (1996). The quality of the overall system in Finland appears to be quite variable as it is based on the principle of decentralization, in which the FCAA evaluates and approves different tests to be used for certifying the English language skills of aviation personnel. On the other hand, the FCAA commissioned the creation of a test of its own, which appears to have certain strengths, but also has some flaws, such as a lack of systematic double rating of speaking and very little centralized monitoring of overall quality. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10