Friday, July 23, 2010

Walk around

Hi, there!
Just exchanged some ideas with a great colleague. She was looking for some material for aircraft mechanics, and she wanted to know where to find some videos. Well, everyone knows that the best place for that is YouTube (also, take a look at previous postings where I wrote about TakeOffTube), but the thing is - YouTube is so massive that it makes it impossible to find something specific.
What should we do then? Narrow our search. I mean, try to consider what exactly it is what you´re looking for. Set your objectives first, then think about what you can find to support your goals. She told me she was willing to practice the names airplane parts and language related to the work routine of aircraft mechanics. Guess what I thought of? You´re right, the walk-around inspection!
The visual inspection is made by both the mechanics and the pilots. They need to check the external part of the aircraft and make sure that everything is ok in order to fly safely. This is what I found for her when I searched for AIRCRAFT WALKAROUND.
Aircraft Inspections: This guy speaks really fast if we consider our low level students, but he talks about the 4 types of maintenance there are.
Oldest DC-3 flying: In this video you´ll see some more information about the kind of damage they look for.
Walk around DC-83: This is nice for an activity to make students review something that they´ve already learned, as the only sound of the video is the beautiful but annoying sound of the engine! Just ask students to report what is being inspected.
A320 external inspection: The best one, in my opinion. A guy from Vueling explains in wonderful British English what part he´s inspecting, and what he´s checking. You can also practice PASSIVE VOICE if you want to (I´ll soon post something on Liz Rossi´s great idea on working with the passive voice with low level students).
Hope you can prepare great stuff with this material!
Nice teaching!

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