Course details

Aviation English I

Department of Aeronautics

Semester: Winter
ECTS:1
Study level: BSc
Course code: 95316
Available in 2022/23: Yes

Course description:

Objective of the course:

• Enable student to acquire all four basic language skills (reading, writing, listening
  and speaking)
• Provide knowledge necessary to meaningfully talk about aviation topics using
  grammatically correct English sentences

Learning outcomes:
After the completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. Recognize, name, use, analyse and compare English language tenses in Aviation English
   texts.
2. Demonstrate the ability to read, correctly pronounce and understand texts written in
   English relating to aviation topics.
3. Acquire and practice basic translating in the field of aviation from English into Croatian
   and from Croatian into English.
4. Understand main ideas of the text, conclude unknown words from the context in which
   they can be found and interpret the read text in English.
5. Write an essay (1500 words) on the given aviation topic in English.
6. Actively participate in class discussions on aviation industry topics, react on mistakes
   made by other students, provide answers and accept other students’ opinions.
7. Reformulate own thoughts and ideas when not-knowing specific vocabulary
8. Demonstrate knowledge of terminology in English relation to various parts of aircraft,
   forces that work on aircraft in flight, phases of flight, basics of navigation and
   orientation

Course teachers:
Ivana Francetić

Syllabus (pdf)