Test Description

NAME OF TESTENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST FOR PILOTS (ELPTP)
AIMS OF TEST1. To gauge listening and speaking competency in English among pilots
2. To meet ICAO language proficiency requirements for pilot licensing (Doc 9835 AN/453 – Second Edition 2010, Civil Aviation Directives (CAD) 1 – Pilot Licensing, and Civil Aviation Directives (CAD) 1007 – English Language Proficiency Testing)
TEST STRUCTUREThe ELPTP is a 4-part listening and speaking test. It covers routine and non-routine aviation-related communication. Each part tests different constructs in the area of aviation-related experience, and together provide the language output of test candidates for holistic empirical assessment based on identified benchmarks.
Part 1: General Description of Self
Part 2: Talking about the Job
Part 3: Radio Telephony Communication
Part 4: Listening and Responding for Main Ideas and Meaning
DURATION OF TEST 40 minutes
NUMBER OF ASSESSORSTwo per test session