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NAVAIDS & NavigationStudents learn NAVAIDS and navigation and participate in activities about air navigation. |
The Past & PresentStudents review and expand understanding of the Present Perfect. |
Vocabulary Expansion: Participial AdjectivesStudents are introduced to the form and use of adjectives that stem from verbs. |
Listening | Speaking | Grammar |
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8-1 Introduction to GPSTwo people discuss the Global Positioning System (GPS). 8-2 Aviation Navigation ChangesListening activity based on recordings of what ten people do within the air navigation system. Listening activity contains several words from unit vocabulary and acts as a review of Grammar 8-1 and preview of Grammar 8-2. 8-3 Saving Flight MilesListening activity based on one man’s description of his experience working in the air navigation system. Listening activity contains several words from unit vocabulary. |
8-1 Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. 8-2 Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. 8-3 Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. 8-4 Speaking PairsStudents practice describing present situations in both the Present and Present Perfect tenses. 8-5 NewsStudents announce fictional news to their group and further discuss the details in the past tense. 8-6 Describing PhotosStudents describe what has been happening recently based on what they see in photos. 8-7 Present Perfect ConversationStudents practice different usages of the Present Perfect in a free discussion. 8-8 Navigation Points of DiscussionStudents practice converting sentences that contain verbal phrases to adjectives. 8-9 Participle DiscussionStudents discuss answers to conversation questions that employ participial adjectives used to describe feelings. |
8-1 Connecting Past & Present #1Students expand their understanding of the Present Perfect Simple by learning that it is a way to focus on connecting finished past actions with the present. 8-2 Connecting Past & Present #2Students learn that the Present Perfect Continuous can also be used to describe present situations. 8-3 Participial AdjectivesStudents learn that many adjectives come in the form of present or past participles. |
Reading | Use of English | Writing |
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8-1 Four International AirportsReading activity about the airports of Kuala Lumpur, San Francisco, Vancouver and London. Activity also serves as a review of Grammar 8-1 and 8-2. |
8-2 Navigational Aids/EquipmentFour short conversations that serve as a lead in to Grammar 8-3. |
8-1 SpacingProper spacing rules are introduced and practiced in an exercise. 8-2 ProofreadingStudents do a proofreading exercise, finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph. 8-3 ParagraphStudents write a paragraph describing what their city has done to reduce pollution and decide whether the city has done enough. |
Vocabulary | |||
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airborne airspace airway approach avionics beacon chart computer cross-country departure direction finding display |
Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Flight Information Region Flight Management System glide slope Global Positioning System (GPS) Instrument Landing System (ILS) instrumentation light gun localizer monitor |
Navigational Aid navigation Non Directional Beacon planning pooling radar radial safety satellite Standard Instrument Departure (SID) Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) |
strobe technician technology vector Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range combined with Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Very High Frequency (VHF) visibility Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS) weather workload |