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!

Twitter and Aviation English Teaching

A lot of people wonder what Twitter can really bring to our lives. Can it do more than Facebook, Orkut and the alike already do?
My answer is yes. Twitter is not - or doesn´t need to be - a social tool used to spread personal information. It can be directed into your professional life. All you have to do is choose the correct people or organizations to follow. Select the ones that can add interesting information to your everyday life.
For example, if you are a teacher of Aviation English, you can follow websites that are updated on a regular basis, such as liveatc or skybrary. Whenever something new is published, there´s a link to your page. Also, follow those who are constantly providing information that they run into on the web. A nice person to follow is Joe D´Eon, pilot and podcaster. Another one is SkyBetty, flight attendant and also a podcaster. Aviation Week Magazine is always publishing rich articles.
Let the web do the work for you. You won´t need to browse through pages and pages to find out what´s new out there. Just sign in.
And don´t forget to follow me!

A RWY incursion

Just received this from a good friend of mine, who I take pride of working with.
RWY incursion by FAA
Enjoy it!

ICAO workshop in Rome

ICAO´s event - One To Go - happened in Rome this year, in the beginning of March. A lot of governments sent representatives to give us an overview of what they have been doing (related to training and testing), and we had the chance to watch some very interesting presentations. You can find their PPP at http://www.paris.icao.int/documents_open_meetings/files.php?subcategory_id=106. Give special attention to the PPP by Sergey MELNICHENKO.

WAME - Where Aviation Meets English

FlightSpeak is now in Rome! If you´re interested in learning and sharing ideas, you can meet me there - http://www.wameforum.info/.
Ciau!

Another source to find aviation related video

This is another website where you can find video on Aviation:
www.takeofftube.com.
Subscribe there and discuss here!

Next Gen video

This is an interesting recommendation given by one of the best teachers in the area I know: NextGen videos.
Watch and learn! And share your ideas here!