PEMP stands for the Provision of English for Military Purposes. We are a Special Interest Group within the Peacekeeping English Project (PEP). PEP is a UK Ministry of Defence and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded project whose aim is to assist partner countries increase the English Language skills of their uniformed personnel. PEMP focuses on doing research into Military English, training teachers of military personnel in materials design and production.

1. Comparing Main Battle Tanks (MBT) elementary
   (focus on technical specifications of tanks, speaking and listening, scan reading)
2. Vehicle Search at UN Vehicle Checkpoint elementary+
   (focus on lexis associated with vehicle searches and vehicle checkpoints, listening and note-taking, speaking)
3. British Army Infantry Weapons pre-intermediate
   (focus on components and technical requirements of standard infantry weapons, reading for specific information and speaking)
4. News on Iraq pre-intermediate/intermediate
   (focus on lexis associated with war casualties; new article styles, reading, speaking and note-taking)
5. Crowd Control Measures pre-intermediate
   (focus on lexis related to crowd control measures during peacekeeping operations, listening, speaking and writing)
6. Limited Visibility Attacks pre-intermediate
   (focus on lexis related to attacks, listening, note-taking, speaking/discussion)
7. Cooking in the Field pre-intermediate
   (focus on lexis related to food, giving instructions, listening, speaking and writing)
8. Weapons Handling – Normal Safety Precautions pre-intermediate/intermediate
   (focus on lexis related to safe handling of weapons, listening, speaking, note-taking, reading for specific information)
9. Military Search Procedures (Searching a Vehicle) intermediate
   (focus on lexis related to parts of a vehicle and vehicle search procedures, listening, note-taking, summary writing, speaking)
10. Military Patrolling (Night Patrol) upper-intermediate
    (focus on lexis associated with patrols, speaking, listening, note-taking, report writing)
11. Introduction to Terrorism (1) upper-intermediate
    (focus on lexis used to describe terrorists and the organisation of terrorist groups, listening, reading and writing)
12. Introduction to Terrorism (2) upper-intermediate
    (focus on lexis used to describe terrorist activities, listening and speaking)