Sample Platinum English Timetable - English for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers

Lesson	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00- 10:50	Introduction: ICAO Descriptors & Language Level Requirements	Listening: Dealing with non-understanding. Asking for clarification. Role Play	Describing Actions and giving reasons Role Play	Listening: Handling non-understanding Role Play	Describing uncertainty, deducing and speculating.
11:10- 12:00	Grammar: Question forms, Confirming understanding. Checking understanding	Pronunciation: Confusing sounds, stress shift and change of meaning. Correcting information using stress	Speaking: Sequencing and Linking, Describing events using security video	Pronunciation: Accent and dealing with non-standard English Role Play	Vocabulary: Emergencies Describing dilemmas, problems and non-routine events.
12:10- 1:00	Vocabulary: Describing position and location	Vocabulary: Weather systems. Describing change	Vocabulary: paraphrasing and getting round unknown vocabulary	Asking for repetition and clarification. Confirming understanding Role Play	Speaking: Expressing inevitability. Reassuring crew and passengers.
LUNCH
1:50- 2:45	Speaking Giving Orders v. Making Requests: Imperative Voice	Speaking & Listening: Asking for advice, Giving and receiving instructions	Speaking: Expressing needs and preferences	Vocabulary: The Airport and Ground Staff. Non-routine disembarkation.	End of Course Test
2:55- 3:45	Describing emergencies. Stating needs. Role Play	Intonation for emphasis and understanding urgency Role Play	Stating Intention Role Play	Professional Visit	Feedback and study advice

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