BLS takes great pride in present and past success in designing, delivering courses and examining students from Level 1 to Level 4 STANAG. Our experienced ex-military English Language Specialists have delivered the following English Language Courses, under contract, at the United Kingdom's Defence School of Languages at Beaconsfield:

· British Military English Course (BMEC)

· English Language for Central and East Europeans (ELCEE)

· English Language Training for British Combined Staff College Course

· English for Junior Officers’ Staff Course

· English for Kuwaiti Officers

· Specialist English for Ghurkha NCOs

· General Interpreter’s Course

· Specialist English for Italian Carabinieri

· English for Swedish Logisticians

· English for French Staff College Officers

- Democratic Republic of Congo Interpreters' Course

As well as supporting The Defence School of Languages, our instructors have assisted a considerable number of Defence Ministries in providing Military English courses and advice, in country.

All of our tutors are highly experienced and have extensive sector specific knowledge. Many have served in either the Royal Navy, British Army or Royal Air Force.

Students who opt for assessment are assessed through the NATO STANAG system or IELTS

BLS is the sole external agency for the UK Ministry of Defence's School of Languages for English language instruction.

STANAG 6001 is a language proficiency scale designed to allow comparisons of language ability in different countries. The scale consists of a set of descriptors with proficiency skills broken down into six levels, coded 0 through 5. They are defined as follows:

0 - No proficiency

1 - Survival

2 - Functional

3 - Professional

4 - Expert

5 - Highly articulate native