Australian Defence College Preparatory English Language course

Overview

The Australian Defence College Preparatory English Language Course (APELC) is part of the main suite of English Language courses at Defence International Training Centre (DITC).

The course aims to prepare Defence Cooperation Program (DCP) personnel linguistically, culturally, and academically to participate in training at the Australian Defence College (ADC) and on the subsequent ADC-Prep course.

The course is designed to provide approved overseas students with a non-enrolled stream entry waiver to training at ADC, Weston Creek in Canberra.

Learning outcomes

The course aims to develop:

• an improved level of overall proficiency in the English language
• academic study skills
• an awareness of Australian academic conventions for tertiary-level studies.

Prerequisites

• Students are expected to have already been approved to study on the Australian Defence College Preparation (ADC Prep) course. They may not have met the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) entry scores needed.

Audience

International military

Upon completion of the course, graduates will take either the ACSC or DSSC at the ADC. They must attend the RP course beforehand and the 5-week ADC PREP immediately after the APELC.