| Test / Timing | Content | | Test Focus |
Test of Listening
40 minutes (approximate) | Section 1 | A test of aural comprehension at ICAO Elementary Level 2.
A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 25 short unrelated R/T transmissions of aeronautical communications featuring single speakers or exchanges between interacting speakers followed by 3-option multi-choice questions. | Candidates are required to understand each aviation-related radio-telephone communication as a whole in both gist and detail and to demonstrate their understanding of the communication by the correct identification of specific factual information contained in the communication. The identification of factual details and specific information by means of the three-option multi-choice is the single task type. |
| Section 2 | A test of aural comprehension at ICAO Pre-Operational Level 3.
A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 20 short unrelated R/T transmissions of aeronautical communications featuring single speakers or exchanges between interacting speakers followed by 3-option multi-choice questions. |
| Section 3 | A test of aural comprehension at ICAO Operational Level 4.
A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 15 short unrelated R/T transmissions of aeronautical communications featuring single speakers or exchanges between interacting speakers followed by 3-option multi-choice questions. |
| Section 4 | A test of aural comprehension at ICAO Extended Level 5.
A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 short unrelated R/T transmissions of aeronautical communications featuring single speakers or exchanges between interacting speakers followed by 3-option multi-choice questions. |
| Section 5 | A test of aural comprehension at ICAO Expert Level 6.
Up to 5 short unrelated R/T transmissions of aeronautical communications featuring single speakers or exchanges between interacting speakers followed by 3-option multi-choice questions. |
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Test of Speaking
17-20 minutes | Task 1 | The candidates are required to talk about themselves and common and concrete topics drawn from their own area of aviation-related activity. | Candidates are required to demonstrate their spoken language proficiency in the context of their own environment of aviation activity. Candidates are asked to perform a variety of spoken tasks requiring the use of a range of communicative language skills and strategies in the functional language domains of sharing information, triggering actions, managing the speaker/listener relation and managing the interaction. |
| Task 2 | In a voice-only exchange, the candidates talk together, sharing understanding while checking, confirming and clarifying information and details, as they work towards a negotiated completion of a task and the accurate and concise report of an aeronautical communication concerning an aviation-related unusual circumstance or emergency presented as an aural prompt. |
| Task 3 | The interlocutor asks each candidate in turn to present a briefing of approximately 2 minutes’ duration on a given scenario of a specific aviation-related unusual circumstance or emergency situation following a series of generalised prompts. The listening candidate is instructed to ask one or two rounding-off questions or to comment further at the end of the speaking candidate’s turn. The candidates have different topics. |
| Task 3 (Extended) | At his/her discretion, the interlocutor may ask the candidates to participate in a discussion of a more abstract nature, based on verbal questions thematically linked to their Task 3 scenarios. The questions asked by the interlocutor are not designed to test the technical knowledge of the candidates, but will examine further the candidates’ ability to express thoughts and opinions in English. This task allows the interlocutor flexibility in the use of high-end LPRS discriminators. Candidates are expected to share the interaction and to initiate and respond appropriately. |