Necessity and Feasibility of Aviation Academic English Test- from the perspective of periodical edit

1、Necessity and Feasibility of Aviation Academic English Test: from the perspective of periodical edit【Abstract】Thefrequentandrapidcross-bordertechnicalcommunicationofcivilaviationisenlargingthedemandofpractionerswhoarefamiliarwithbothoftheaviation-relatedtechnicalfieldsandacademicEnglish.Fromthepersp

2、ectiveofperiodicaleditor，theaccuracy，simplicityandlogicalityofacademicwritingaffectsalotonthethesisacceptanceandperiodicalconstruction.ThedevelopmentofAviationAcademicEnglishTestAAETforshortandrelevanttrainingprogramsisascientificmeasurementtoimprovetheacademicEnglishproficiencyofstudents，researcher

3、sandscholarsintheaviationfieldsuchasaviationmaterial，airtrafficmanagement，airfreightindustryandaircraftmaintenance.Resultofsurveyprovesthenecessityofthetest;analysesonexistingESPtestsshowthattheproposedtesthasstrongfeasibility.【Keywords】AviationAcademicEnglishTestAAET;testdevelopment;academicwriting

4、;periodicalconstruction;aviationEnglishcorpus【作者簡(jiǎn)介】劉佩佩1985-，女，漢族，河南焦作人，中國(guó)民航大學(xué)，編輯，碩士，研究方向：科技標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化建立、學(xué)術(shù)英語寫作及學(xué)科話語體系建立。Periodicalpublishingisoneofthemainplatformsforacademicandindustrialcommunication，inwhichtheEnglishproficiency，especiallytheaccuracy，simplicityandlogicalityofacademicwritingplaysavitalrole

5、.RelevantresearchesshowthatthelanguageusinghabitsofChinesescholarscannotfullyreflectthefeaturesofacademictexts，thelanguageusingproblemsexitinginsomepublishedtheseshindertheinclusionandretrievaloftheperiodicalsbyauthoritativedatabasessuchasSCIorIEEEXu2020，Lu2020.Alongwiththeglobalizationofaviationind

6、ustrysuchasOpenSkySilkRoadinAir，fromtheperspectiveofperiodicalconstruction，accurateandstandardacademicEnglishbecomingnotonlyimportantbutalsonecessary;developingaspecificlanguagetestaboutaviationacademicEnglishisascientificwayfortalenttrainingandselecion.SomeresearchersinChinahavedonesimilarstudieson

7、thetestingstructureandmaterialcollectionofcollegeESPtestsfromvariousperspectives，whichprovethefeasibilityofthetest.VariousESPtestshavemergedtheseyears，helpingtofiltercandidatesforuniversitiesandcompanies.However，researchesaboutaviationacademicEnglisharerare;onlythetwoexistingaviationEnglishtestsarem

8、erelyfocusingononesmallpartofthishugeindustry.Ontheotherhand，theneedforsuchatesthasneverbeendecreased;especiallywhentherehavebeenmoreandmoreinternationaltrainingprogramsdesignedforworkersinaviationindustrysuchasaviationmaterialresearcher，airtrafficcontroller，aircraftmaintainer，aviationlawyerandsoon.

9、I.ExistingESPTestsandRelevantResearchesSomeuniversityESPteachershavedonetheiraudaciousattempts，tryingtodevelopsuchatest，evaluatingthevalidityandreliabilityofthetestinarelativelysmallscope，forexample，inauniversityortheuniversitiesinacity.ResultoftheirresearchescontributestothenecessityofdesigningtheA

10、viationAcademicEnglishTestinalargeextent.PingHuangfromChongqingUniversityisoneofthem.PingHuang2020investigatedthereliabilityandvalidityoftheCollegeSpecializedEnglishTest.Theresearchproject“TheTestingMethodandStructureofCollegeSpecializedEnglishafterReadingPeriodsponsoredbytheNationalCollegeEnglishCE

11、T46CommitteewastostudythefeasibilityoftheCollegeSpecializedEnglishTestinChina.Thethesisanalyzedtheresultsfrom333studentswhohadadiagnosedtestandstudiesthereliabilityandvaliditythroughcomparingwiththestudentsCET4testscoresandthespecializedEnglishachievementtestscores.ThestudentsfeedbackprovesthattheCo

12、llegeSpecializedEnglishisfeasibleandessential.Absolutely，theresultofProfessorHuangsresearchgivesstrongsupportforthecurrentstudy.Meanwhile，therearemoreandmoreEnglishTestsforSpecificPurposesspringoutintheworld.NowadaysinChina，millionsofcandidatestakepartinallkindsofESPteststogetcertificationswhichareh

13、elpfulinuniversityapplicationandjobhunting.ThefollowingtwotablesshowustheexistingtestsaboutspecificpurposesinChinamainland，UKandUSA.ThetestsinTab.1areallthetenTestsofEnglishforSpecificPurposes，andtheTab.2showsthetwelvetestsinthelanguageofEnglishforspecialpurposes.Allofthetwenty-twotestsareavailablei

14、nChinanow.ThefirsttwotestsinTab.1aredevelopedbyChinasdepartmentsand/orcompaniespurely;whilethethirdtest，F(xiàn)ET，isdevelopedbybothChineseandoverseasorganizations.AllthetestsinTab.2arenotTESPstrictly，buttheworkinglanguageofthemisEnglishandtheyareallaboutsomespecificsubjectfields;thereforetherearesomevalua

15、bleideascanbeusedinthedevelopmentofAviationAcademicEnglishTestAAET.Aswecanseeintheabovetwotables，mostofthetestsareaboutfinanceandbusiness.ButthetrendismoreandmoreEnglishtestsaboutothersubjectscomeoutorwillcomeoutinthefuture.Alongwiththeimplementationofaviationglobalization，theaeronauticalandastronau

16、ticcooperationamongcountriesenlargestheamountofacademicpublishingZong2020.Meanwhile，accordingtotheneedscomefromperiodicaleditors，collegeteachers，scientificresearchersandemployers，AviationAcademicEnglishTestAAETshouldbedevelopedtoserveforthetechnicalexchange.AAETisdesignedasastandardizedtestwithspeci

17、fictechnicalandlanguagepointsincertainscenarioswhicharecloselyrelatedtoaviationacademicresearchandthesispublishingsuchasaviationinfrastructureconstruction，aircraftmaterialexperiment，airleasingnegotiation，air-groundcommunicationandsoon.onceitisdevelopedandappliedasanauthorizedcriterionfortrainingands

18、elecingtalents，theacademicvaluewillbesignificant.II.NecessityofAAETAsintroducedabove，theacademicpublishinginaeronauticalandastronauticindustryincludesalargeamountofsub-branches;however，thetwoexistingaviation-relatedESPtestsinChinaareonlydesignedforairtrafficcontrollersandaircrew.Therearethousandsofa

19、cademicthesesinEnglishwrittenbyChineseaviationscholarsinChina，mostofthemcostlongtimeonlanguagepolishing;atthesametime，graduatestudentsknowfewaboutacademicEnglishparadigm.Acompletetestingsystemcoversallthesub-disciplinesinaviationindustryneedtobedevelopedtonotonlyselectqualifiedcandidatesbutalsoasaef

20、fectivewayoftalentcultivation.Surveyintheaviationindustryprovestheaboveview.2.1IndustrySurveyHypothesis：AviationAcademicEnglishTestisnecessaryandfeasibleinChina.Instrument：Consideredaboutthedataneeded，thisresearchadoptedthefollowingthreeresearchmethods：questionnaire，interview，andquizzes.Participants

21、：Tomakesuretheresultisauthentic，validandrepresentative;thedatacollectionmustcontainalargenumberofsampleswholocateinvariousareasandworkindifferentjobs.AstheapplicationofAAETinvolvesdifferentkindsofpeoplesuchaseditors，scholars，teachersandstudents，thecurrentresearchisbasedonfourdifferentbutmutual-relev

22、antquestionnairestofindouttherealneedsandattitudesintheaviationindustry.AnotherfactorthatwouldinfluencetheresearchresultisthecurrentunbalanceddevelopingstatusofChineseeconomyandaviationindustry.Consideringthat，thesamplesofthisresearchrespectivelycomefromthenortheastpartNE，thesoutheastpartSE，thenorth

23、westpartNWandthemiddlepartMofChinatoinvestigatetheirrealopinionsholistically.Andthelastfactoristhedifferentkindsofthecorporation，state-ownedenterprisesattitudestowardsonepointmaybetotallydifferentfromtheprivatefactories.Withtheaimoftakingabirds-eyeviewoftheAAETproficiency，thesubjectsarerequiredtocom

24、pleteamodelquiz.Procedure：a.Categorizeparticipantsaccordingtotheirlocationsanddifferentpositionsinthisfield.Designquestionnaireandquizfordifferentsamplesrespectivelywiththehelpofrelevanttheoriesandavailablequestionnaires.b.Handoutthequestionnairesandquizzes.Collectandcategorizetheminitially.c.about5

25、%ofthe445sampleswereinterviewedaboutthereasonsandattitudestotheiranswersandsomeofthemsuppliedprecioussuggestionstothecurrentresearch.d.Collectandanalyzethedata.2.2ResultAnalyses2.2.1TotalInformationThereare445effectivequestionnairesand124quizzesarereturnedback，whichaccountrespectivelyfor92.7%and62%o

26、fthetotal.Thereasontheelsehaventfinishedthequestionnaireswasalmosttheydidnthaveenoughtime;butthereasonfortheunfinishedquizzeswastheparticipants，mostlygraduatestudents，wereafraidoffailingthequizandlosingtheirfaces，andtheychosetoescapefromthequiz，whichalsoreflectstheESPproficiencyofthemonsomeextent.2.

27、2.2DatafromQuestionnairesandInterviewsAccordingtotheresultofthequestionnairesandinterviews，therearethreeimportantquestionsaboutthefeasibilityandvalueofAAETandtheyareworthtobeanalyzedspecifically.Inallthefollowingtables，Emeanseditorsofaviationperiodicals，Rmeansresearcherswhograduatefromaviation-relat

28、edmajorsandworkinaviationinstitutionsasscientificandtechnicalresearchers，TmeanscollegeteachersandSmeanscollegestudentswhoengageinacademicresearchesfollowingtheirtutors，AmeansairlinerHRwhoareresponsiblefortalentselecionandcontinuingeducation.AlltheparticipantsinGroupEareeditorsworkingforaviationperio

29、dicalsinChina，50%ofwhichareinChineseand50%areinEnglish.TheR+T+Sparticipantstakealargeproportionwhichis89.7%ofall;75%ofthemareregularauthorsofaviationperiodicalsandtheothersarepotentialauthorswhoneedtobehelpedinacademicwriting.QuestionOne：EditorseducationbackgroundandtheirattitudeaboutAAET？Amongallth

30、e27editorparticipants，onlythreeofthemareEnglishmajorsandtheirmaintaskislanguageeditingandproofreading.EightofthemareworkingforaviationperiodicalsinEnglishandthethesiseditedarecompletelywritteninEnglish.AllofthemagreewiththeimportanceofsuchastandardtestandexpectthistestcouldhelpimprovetheirauthorsEng

31、lishproficiency.Someusefulsuggestionsarealsosuppliedfromtheirdailyworkingexperience.QuestionTwo：WilltheparticipantsfurtherEnglishlearningornot？Asshowninthetablebelow，68%aviationperiodicaleditorsarewillingtocontinueEnglishlearning，andtheyhopetheirauthorscouldcontinuouslyimprovetheiracademicEnglishwri

32、tingthroughspeciallydesignedtrainingprograms.Ascurrentandpotentialacademicwriters，researchersofaviationinstitutions，collegeteachersandstudentsexpressstrongwillingofEnglishproficiencyimprovement.AirlinerHRsalsowanttogetbetteroralandwrittenEnglish，meanwhile，theyallhavestrongneedtodesigntrainingplanfor

33、theiremployees.QuestionThree：Ifso，whichtypeofcourseyouwillchoose？WhentheyareaskedtochooseonlyoneoptionofEnglishtraining，collegeteachersrankthefirstofaviationacademicEnglishandtheyallagreewiththeideathatAAEshouldbecompulsorycoursefortheirstudents;thereasontheywanttohavesuchtrainingistoteachtheirstude

34、ntsinthesameway.WhenaskedwhethertheyarewillingtotakepartinAAET，theyallshowstrongwilling.Fromtheperspectiveofeditors，itisnecessaryfortheirauthorstotakepartinthistestandcorrespondingtrainingprograms.Onaverage，thereare44.6%oftheparticipantschooseAAEastherefurthereducationsubject，whichmeanstheneedforapp

35、ropriatetrainingprogramsandqualifiedteachersishuge.Meanwhile，aftersuchkindoftraining，astandard，authoritativeanduniformtestwillbeneededasausefulassessmentandencouragingtool.2.2.3DatafromQuizBesidesthesubjectiveresult，westillneedobjectivesupporttoverifytheneedsofdevelopingtheAAET.Theresultof124usableq

36、uizzesconfirmstheresearchershypothesis，whichwecanconcludefromthefollowingtable.Themodeandmedianoftheresultsareequalandthemeanscoreisnearlythesametothem，sothetendencyofthescoresisalmostnormaldistribution.Thediscriminationindexis0.41，whichmeansthequizdistinguishedwellbetweencandidatesatdifferentlevels

37、ofAAEability.Therangeisequalto100，whichmeansthattheparticipantsproficiencygapsfromeachotherareonalargeextent.Finallythestandarddeviationwhichis30.31testifiesthewidelydifferentabilityandneedofuniformevaluationaswellastrainingofAAE.III.FeasibilityofAAET3.1TestDevelopmentPreparation：NeedsAnalysesModelT

38、helanguagevariables，communicatingactivitiesandtechnicaltermsinvolvedintestsaretotallyselecedaccordingtotheresultofneedsanalysistoguaranteethetestisvalid，scientificandstandard.NeedsanalysestypicallyinvolvegatheringinformationonwhatlanguagewillbeneededbytestcandidatesinrelationtothetestspurposeAlderso

39、n1995.Choosinganefficientandscientificmodelofneedsanalysisisvitalforthetestdevelopment.Richards，Platt，andWeber1985suggestedthatthefollowingkindsofinformationneededtobegathered：a.situationsinwhichalanguagewillbeusedincludingwhowillbeusedwithb.objectivesandpurposesforwhichthelanguageisneededc.typesofc

40、ommunicationthatwillbeusede.g.，written，spoken，formal，informald.levelofproficiencythatwillberequired.Theytellusclearlythepointsshouldbeinvolvedinneedsanalysis.However，thesepointsarenotenoughforwritingthetestspecification.InhisCommunicationNeeds，ProcessorMunbyJ.1978haslistedtherequiredvariablesinneeds

41、analysis;thesevariablescomposethefamousmodelfordefiningthecontentofpurpose-specificlanguageprogramme，andtheseincludenineaspects：a.Participant：identityandlanguageb.PurposiveDomain：typeofESPinvolved，andpurposestowhichitistobeputc.Setting：eg.placeofstudy，placeofwork，familiarorunfamiliarsurroundingsd.In

42、teraction：participantsrole，socialrelationshipse.Instrumentality：medium，modeandchannel，e.g.spokenorwritten，monologueordialogue，face-to-faceortelephonef.Dialect：BritishorAmericanEnglishg.TargetLevel：requiredlevelofEnglishh.CommunicativeEvents：e.g.attendinguniversitylectures，introducingonesviewpointi.C

43、ommunicativeKey：thetone，mannerandspiritinwhichanactisdoneHymes1972.Munbysuppliesaspecificinstrumentofneedsanalysis，comprisingnearlyalltheparticularvariablewemaymeetinpractice.However，thecomplexityofthelistmakestheneedsanalysesmodelcomplicated.Toverifythenecessityofthetestanddrawuptestspecifications，

44、testdesignersneedtoidentifythepurposeofthetest，thespecificlanguagecomponentsinthetargetlanguagesituations.Alloftheabovemodelshavetheirownadvantagesanddefects;needsanalysesinthecurrentstudyconductedadopttheirfeaturesthataremorepracticalforresearchersinChina.3.2CorpusforAviationAcademicEnglishIntheana

45、lysisofthesixthquestion，someparticipantsexpressedtheirworryaboutthepressurebroughtbythetest.Tosavecandidatestimepreparingforit，thelanguagepointstestedshouldberepresentative，authenticandpractical.UsingacorpusofAviationacademicEnglishisthemosteffectivewaytoachievethegoal;meanwhile，thetestdevelopmentwi

46、llbemoreeffective.Asoneofthemostpopularwordsinappliedlinguistics，corpushasbeenusedinlotsofaspectssuchastranslationandlanguageteaching.Alderson1996gaveusanexampleofthepossibleuseforcorporainassessment：Forthosecorporawhosetextsarecharacterizedaccordingtodifficultyorsuitabilityforlevelsoflearner，itwoul

47、dbepossibletoselecttextssuitableforagiventestpopulationtheuseofcorporamayallowlearnersaccesstoreallanguagedataandfreethemfromthetyrannyofthetestersjudgmentsItisessentialtoconstructthecorporaofEEA，gatheringtechnicalandlanguagepointsfromtherealaviationacademiccommunicationsituations.onceitislaunched，t

48、hetestdevelopmentwillbescientific，effectiveandcanadvancewiththeaviationindustrygrowth.IV.ConclusionTheauthorsEnglishproficiencymeansalotforjournaleditorsandperiodicalconstruction，highproficiencycanhugelyimprovetheeditorsworkingefficiency.AAETcouldbeusedtoevaluateandmotivatetheircurrentandpotentialau

49、thors;AAETcanbeseenasastandardhelpingimprovetheirlanguageability.Needanalysesshouldbedoneaspreparationofthetestdevelopment.Withthepopularityofcorpora，testdevelopmentwillbemoreeffectiveandconvenient.Thisresearchisjusttheveryfirststepofthegiantproject.Furtherresearchesshouldpaymoreattentiontolanguagev

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