Military English
Welcome to DITC’s Military English teaching resources. These resources focus on teaching vocabulary from a wide variety of military topics.
These resources will help learners get ready for ADFELPS, and for international missions or exercises where English is used.
The resources are in three formats:
- Reading Lesson – students read a text with a focus on Military English vocabulary. They then practise the vocabulary in a writing and speaking context.
- Listening Lesson – students listen to a text with a focus on Military English vocabulary. They then practise the vocabulary in a writing and speaking context.
- Vocabulary Builder – students match new vocabulary to images, then practise the vocabulary.
All resources have a students’ copy and a teacher’s copy available for download. There are also recordings of the listening audio, and audio recordings for pronunciation practice.
The resources target English language levels from ADFELPS 4 / CEFR A2 to ADFELPS 6 / CEFR B2. We are working to display the levels on the Teacher’s copy and the webpages of every lesson.
We are adding more resources all the time so expect to see more and more materials with an assigned level. Let us know at ditc.militaryenglish@defence.gov.au if you have a question or a suggestion about Military English.
We hope you and your students enjoy using these materials.
Announcements - January, 2026.
We are excited to announce that there are new resources available. Check details below.
- Lesson - Patrol Boats [reading]
- Lesson - Marksmanship Principles [reading]
- Listening Lesson - Radio Communications (RATEL) - Radio Checks - Now live!
We hope you have as much fun teaching these materials as we did writing them.
Please do check them out and, as always, we welcome your feedback.