Overcoming Challenges in English for Aviation Maintenance: Technical Publications Selection for the Construction of a Corpus and Its Use to Teach Language Aspects Considering Learners Needs

Aviation English and Corpus Linguistics have been put together and focused by some investigations especially those regarding Aeronautical English (the language used between pilots and air traffic controllers in international radiotelephony communications). However, English used in aviation maintenance, specifically in written documents, has not been as much researched. This paper briefly explains the main concepts considering Aviation English and pre- sents—based on previous researches—aircraft maintenance professionals’ needs and regulatory agencies’ requirements related to language proficiency. Afterwards, it summarizes information about the most important technical publications for aircraft maintenance and describes the compilation of the Corpus of documents related to aviation maintenance (CoDoRAM). At the end, some ways the corpus can be used to teach vocabulary and grammar in English are pointed out. Although corpus compilation and analysis have been proved to be valuable for research and instructional purposes, most of publications encompass English for academic purposes teaching context. For that reason, this is a way to inspire new projects related to English used in aviation maintenance and the use of corpora in English for specific purposes classes.

上海市公共卫生技术服务机构传染病防治检测技术服务能力现况调查

目的 了解上海市公共卫生技术服务机构传染病防治检测技术服务能力现状,为进一步提升传染病防治检测技术服务行业总体能级水平提出建议,为相关政策和措施制定提供科学依据。方法 2020年4—6月,对上海市开展公共卫生技术服务的社会机构和市区两级疾病预防控制机构开展问卷调查,收集2019年度开展传染病防治检测技术服务的业务量和市场供需,以及截至2020年6月在6大类40项传染病防治检测技术服务细分领域能力参数的储备情况。结果 被调查机构2019年全年共提供31 763次传染病防治领域检测技术服务。社会委托性质技术服务为主要需求方,出具社会委托性质报告占报告总数的78.3% (24 859份),社会机构为该领域检测技术服务的主要提供方,出具报告占报告总数的73.1%(23 207份)。截至2020年6月,能力储备率最高的是医疗机构环境卫生学监测项目(82.7%),最低的是消毒灭菌设备项目(11.5%)。疾病预防控制机构的传染病防治领域检测技术服务总体能力储备率(50.0%)高于社会机构(25.9%),在医疗器械及物品细菌学监测、消毒剂项目的能力储备率上疾病预防控制机构和社会机构存在差异(P<0.05)。环氧乙烷低温灭菌综合性能监测/化学监测能力参数尚为“零能力储备”。结论 上海市传染病防治领域检测技术服务市场已形成一定规模,检测技术服务能力储备已有一定基础,疾病预防控制机构总体能力储备高于社会机构。细分领域能力储备不均衡,部分能力欠缺有待提升。疾病预防控制机构和社会机构共同作为传染病防治领域检测技术服务提供方,发挥各自优势特点,依托质量控制中心平台,共同提升传染病防治领域检测技术服务能力水平,促进传染病防治领域检测技术服务行业发展。