航空英语测试的政治

The Politics of Aviation English Testing

国际民航组织制定了一套语言水平要求(LPRs)和语言能力等级评估表,将语言能力划分为六个等级,规定语言(通常指英语,即国际民航通用语)熟练程度至少达到四级,飞行员、管制员及航空电台工作人员才可以执飞国际航班或为其提供服务。本文汇总了实施LPRs的系列调查研究结果,推测当前形势产生原因,重点关注个人和组织的宏观与微观政治。

The International Civil Aviation Association has developed a set of Language Proficiency Requirements LPRs and a Language Proficiency Rating Scale, which seeks to define proficiency in the language needed for aviation purposes at six different levels. Pilots, air traffic controllers and aeronautical station operators are required to achieve at least Level 4 on this scale (usually in English, the de facto language of international aviation) in order to be licensed to fly aircraft or control air traffic on international (cross-border) flights or to work in international operations. This article summarizes a series of research studies into the implementation of the LPRs and speculates on the reasons for the current state of affairs? with particular emphasis on the macro and micropolitics of individuals and organizations.