Pronunciation and Comprehension in English as a Lingua Franca Communication: Effect of L1 Influence in International Aviation Communication

Kim, Hyejeong; Billington, Rosey

doi:10.1093/applin/amv075

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“…While recent SLA and world Englishes research has tended to examine both intelligibility and comprehensibility (e.g., Orikasa, ; Saito & Shintani, ), it is fair to say that intelligibility remains the major, if not the singular, focus of ELF phonology studies. Whether the study focuses on pedagogical contexts (e.g., Schaller‐Schwaner, ), interview data (e.g., Deterding, ), conversations among university students (e.g., Matsumoto, ; O'Neal, , ), or air traffic controllers and airline pilots (e.g., Kim & Billington, ), intelligibility assumes a major importance in ELF phonology studies.…”

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Beyond intelligibility: ‘Transintelligibility’ phenomena in English as a Lingua Franca interactions

O’Neal

Matsumoto

2018

Int J App Linguistics

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Through conversation analysis, this study analyzes the negotiation of pronunciation in English as a lingua franca (ELF) contexts among students at a Japanese university. Previous research has demonstrated that interactants in ELF contexts can repair segmental pronunciation so that they can maintain mutually intelligible pronunciation in situ (e.g., Matsumoto 2011; O'Neal 2015). The present study nevertheless claims that the phonetic negotiation of pronunciation in ELF interactions can at times go beyond the goal of restoring or maintaining mutually intelligible pronunciation. That is, phonetic negotiations can continue in ELF interactions even after the restoration or maintenance of mutual intelligibility is achieved. Although most ELF phonology studies (e.g., Deterding, 2013; Jenkins, 2000) have hitherto focused on the issue of intelligibility, interactants in ELF contexts might also orient to states beyond the maintenance of mutual intelligibility as an interactional goal. Namely, ‘transintelligibility’, or the negotiation of individually favored ways of pronouncing, can be an alternative aim of phonetic negotiations in ELF interactions. Based on the analysis, this study provides pedagogical implications regarding how to negotiate pronunciations for English language users in intercultural communication.

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Beyond intelligibility: ‘Transintelligibility’ phenomena in English as a Lingua Franca interactions

O’Neal

Matsumoto

2018

Int J App Linguistics

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“…A Organização Internacional de Aviação Civil (OACI) publicou os Requisitos de Proficiência Linguística para Pilotos e Controladores de Tráfego Aéreo (ATCOs) em 2003. Pesquisas mostraram que ainda há falta de clareza em relação ao que precisa ser avaliado no que se refere ao inglês usado pelos pilotos e ATCOs na radiotelefonia (DOUGLAS, 2014;EMERY, 2014;KIM;BILLINGTON, 2016;KIM;ELDER, 2015;MONTEIRO, 2019;READ;KNOCH, 2009). O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a natureza das tarefas de compreensão auditiva realizadas pelos pilotos, como uma etapa essencial no desenvolvimento e…”

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“…Since 5 March 2008 (later extended to 2011), pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCOs) have been required to demonstrate their ability to speak and understand the language used for radiotelephony (RT) communications in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Language Proficiency Requirements (LPRs). Although the adoption of the ICAO LPRs was a tremendous advance, several issues have been identified with the policy (e.g., DOUGLAS, 2014;EMERY, 2014;KIM;BILLINGTON, 2016;KIM;ELDER, 2015;MONTEIRO, 2019;READ;KNOCH, 2009). The main issue is that the test construct is underrepresented.…”

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Contexts and constructs: Implications for the testing of listening in pilots’ communication with air traffic controllers

García

Fox

2020

TheESP

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“…3 In spite of ICAO's efforts, the ability of pilots to use Aviation English is still questioned and has been the subject of a number of studies and reports (e.g. EUROCONTROL, 2006b;BILLINGTON, 2016;ELDER, 2009;TIEWTRAKUL;FLETCHER, 2010). Looking at commercial aviation, Tiewtrakul and Fletcher (2010) found that pilots failed to understand 79 out of 312 ATC messages at Bangkok International Airport, and that miscommunication between Thai ATC and non-native English speaking (NNES) foreign pilots was consistently higher than with Thai or native English speaking (NES) pilots.…”

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Errors in air-ground pilot communication: an experimental study

Estival

Molesworth

2020

TheESP

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Understanding aviation communication has obvious implications for flight safety and for the training of pilots and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC). Its study also sheds light on the use of Aviation English as a type of English for a very specific purpose and on real-world communication constraints in a highstakes environment. We present results from a study combining human factors and linguistics, in which pilots were recorded in flight simulator experiments probing communication accuracy under diverse conditions. An analysis of the audio recordings in terms of whether errors were omissions or mistakes, whether errors occurred with words or numerals, and which types of aviation information were affected, revealed complex interactions between language background, pilot qualification, workload and ATC speech rate. The differences between native English speakers (NES) and non-native English speakers (NNES) are complex and more nuanced than might be expected. These results not only are relevant for aviation safety, training and testing, but they also provide insights on communication under challenging conditions and on the relation between language proficiency and cognition, with implications for second language teaching and the use of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in highly constrained environments.

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Pronunciation and Comprehension in English as a Lingua Franca Communication: Effect of L1 Influence in International Aviation Communication

Cited by 28 publications

References 24 publications

Beyond intelligibility: ‘Transintelligibility’ phenomena in English as a Lingua Franca interactions

Beyond intelligibility: ‘Transintelligibility’ phenomena in English as a Lingua Franca interactions

Contexts and constructs: Implications for the testing of listening in pilots’ communication with air traffic controllers

Errors in air-ground pilot communication: an experimental study

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