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I too had trouble understanding controllers and did swallow my pride and announce 6401Foxtrot Student Pilot more than once. What did help was to listen to Approach/Departure control on a Radio Shack scanner. ($100.00) The scanner now stays in the seat pouch in case of radio failure: At least I can hear 'em cuss at me! I'm new to the net and just found through FAA.org a link to Dayton ATCT with a link to listen to different air traffic control facilities. Have that chatter playing for surf music and you will soon learn phrases like " Climb and maintain fliteable one zero five hundred. That's what it sound like! You'll catch on. Just don't tell a controller "good day" until he says it first. AND Most important! If you blow it admit it! They know you did it and everybody does it at least once. Controllers don't have time to argue and they always win every argument.
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