TEACHING AVIATION WEATHER VOCABULARY TO ROMANIAN AIR FORCE CADETS – QUANTITATIVE ERROR ANALYSIS BASED ON TRADITIONAL MATCHING AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE EXERCISES

The main focus of the article is on the quantitative proportion and distribution of aeronautical meteorology adult learner errors around a few main vocabulary topics in aviation weather as ESP: precipitation (liquid, freezing, frozen), the atmosphere (air, sky cover, visibility, air movement, cloud formations) and their effects (runway conditions). The purpose is to analyze errors found in undergraduate (Air Force cadet) classroom-produced materials featuring rather traditional vocabulary-focused activity types (matching and multiple choice lexical reinforcement exercises) in order to identify areas of difficulty and lay the groundwork for further quantitative and qualitative approaches on the specific challenges affecting Romanian learners studying aviation English as EPP.