The Phonetic Alphabet Simplified

This free course has been developed to help people of all ages who wish to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet, as part of their applied communication. Before any person uses a Radio to broadcast their intentions on, as part of their daily duties, they need to first be 100% familiar with the Phonetic Alphabet. This is so as to ensure that any message broadcast on frequency is clearly understood by all parties listening out, and the possibility of confusion or ambiguity can be ruled out. In turn this then leads to a safe. working environment on frequency. In this presentation the user has the opportunity to interact with the application, in other words they can pause the presentation at any stage to review the picture/s and map it with the corresponding letter. The application of the Phonetic Alphabet is used by the professionals that work in the following disciplines: (Please note that this list is not exhaustive)

Aviation / Marine / Firefighting / Police / Military / Agriculture / Search and Rescue / Base Operations / Security; etc.

Please take note that in addition to the application of the Phonetic Alphabet on a radio frequency for communication purposes, between parties, it is also used in commercial businesses such as banks and retailers for example when passing important information, via a telephone, comprising of letters that need to be well understood by the receiving party.

When you ready please feel free to join this course, and learn first hand how easy it is to apply the Phonetic Alphabet in your workplace.

BONUS – Check out our downloadable Aviation Study Guide in Section 3 Lesson 3 of this presentation which includes a comparison between General English, Aviation English and Radio Telephony English.  Test your knowledge with the related tests included in each section, (which includes a comparison between the Phonetic Alphabet and RT terminology), and compare your answer to the correct ones as provided.