Course Description
This course is targeted towards individuals who would like to learn basic communication in Maltese for work, personal development and academic purposes. This course is also for those who would like to learn basic skills in the Maltese Language.
In 2025, the pass rate for the course was 90%.
The accreditation category of the Programme is Further Education.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course programme, students will be able to:
- Understand the very basics of the Maltese grammar and basic Maltese expressions.
- Develop insights in the Maltese culture and customs.
- Build one’s vocabulary of simple Maltese words and manage the correct use of simple Maltese phrases that frequently appear in everyday social conversation.
- Use very basic vocabulary and phrases in Maltese related to everyday life and representative of the home, work, social and public settings.
- Use appropriately the frequently used phrases used to communicate in Maltese.
- Speak with a basic level fluency within specific situations.
- Learn the sentence structure and the gist of elementary written texts.
- Use basic knowledge of the language to carry out simple exchanges of information.
Target Candidates
This course is targeted towards individuals, over the age of 16, who would like to learn basic communication in Maltese for work, personal development and academic purposes. This course is also for those who would like to learn basic skills in the Maltese Language and is in part fulfilment of the Stage 1 Pre-Integration Certificate for the Specific Residence Authorisation in Malta.
| Course Code | Duration | Credit Value | Next Intake | FT/PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LW/L/002 | 2 months | 5 ECTS | March 2026 | PT |
| Contact Hours | Placement Hours | Self Study Hours | Assessment Hours | Total Learning Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 125 |
Mode of Training
This Award is delivered through a series of interactive workshops with an emphasis on group activities. Learning will take place via a mix of facilitation, group activities and discussions, allowing for both teacher-mediated and peer-led input, encouraging critical thinking and analysis; whilst developing communication and group-working skills. Teaching sessions are supplemented by self-directed practice which allows students communicate more effectively and confidently.
Modules are delivered in the evening, twice a week.
Language of instruction is English.
Assessment
Face-to-face assessment is carried out to assess the performance of the student.
Awarding Body
Learning Works
Course Structure
Module 1: Greetings and Your World (1 ECTS)
This unit aims to let the students get to know each other. The context of greetings and introductions in different settings allows students to do this in Maltese in a meaningful way even with quite basic language.
- Use the alphabet
- Introduce themselves
- Provide and seek information
- Pronounce the individual sounds of the language
- The alphabet, numbers and colours
- Vocabulary and fixed phrases related to personal information including:
- Countries and nationalities
- Age
- Jobs
- Everyday objects
- The origins of the language and the people
- Positive and negative verb forms
- Personal and demonstrative pronouns
- Talk about people and everyday items
- Use the numbers from ‘wieħed’ to ‘tletin’
- Use the ‘Plural Sħiħ’ and ‘Plural Miksur’ of specific nouns in written and spoken formats etc.
- Apply the correct gender of specific nouns, adjectives and personal pronouns
- State the days of the week and the colour of a given object in Maltese in an appropriate context
- Ask basic questions
- Describe everyday items
- Listen for specific information
- Talk about themselves
- Request information
- Total Contact Hours: 6
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 0
- Self-Study Hours: 18
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 2: My Life, Family and Friends (1 ECTS)
This unit aims to extend the range of personal information that students can give. The unit introduces expressing the possessive with family vocabulary. Students practise with talking about the present within the context of hobbies, likes and dislikes. Food and drink also introduced to serve as a context for further insight into the construction of the plural forms.
- Use the appropriate affixation when:
- Conjugating specific verbs into the present.
- Conjugating “ta’” for possession.
- Using prenominal suffixes for possession.
- Construct basic questions, positive and negative sentences
- The imperative
- Vocabulary and fixed phrases related to:
- Family members
- Food and drink
- Possessions
- Plural forms
- Question forms
- Traditional food
- Talk about family and friends
- Exchange basic information
- Express possession
- Selecting the appropriate Prenominal suffix to express possession.
- Selecting the appropriate affixation when conjugating
- Ask basic questions
- Describe people
- Agree and disagree
- Give orders or commands
- Describe present states and actions
- Total Contact Hours: 6
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 0
- Self-Study Hours: 18
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 3: Out and About (1 ECTS)
This unit aims to introducing and giving practice in describing places within the context of being out and about during one’s free time. This units extends upon question formation and the demonstratives, the introduction of vocabulary related to directions and distance. Useful adjectives and their opposites are also introduced.
- Use appropriate time expressions
- Make requests
- Make plans
- Vocabulary and fixed phrases related to:
- Geography
- Transport
- Landmarks
- Cities, towns and villages
- Weekend plans and activities
- Time expressions including days of the week and months of the year
- Prepositions of time, place and movement
- Maltese past-times
- Ask for directions
- Give directions
- Describe places and structures
- Arrange an appointment
- Distinguish between prepositions of time, place and movement particularly for those that are similar
- Ask questions
- Explain directions
- Ask for clarification
- Back channeling
- Listen for gist
- Total Contact Hours: 6
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 0
- Self-Study Hours: 18
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 4: At Work and At Home (1 ECTS)
The theme of this unit takes a look at life at work and life at home. The differences between formal and informal language in Maltese are presented within the contexts of work and at home with family and friends. Students will reflect on the differences and compare to their own cultures back home allowing a focus on comparatives.
- Analyse short passages to be able to extract essential information from the text
- Create and construct appropriate formal and informal structured sentences.
- Use the definite article ‘il-‘ and ‘l-‘
- The article
- Vocabulary related to:
- Work
- Jobs
- Houses
- Rooms
- Furniture
- Everyday items
- Comparative language
- The past form
- Use language to compare and distinguish
- Use specific formal and informal language
- Apply the correct gender of nouns, adjectives and personal pronouns to create basic phrases
- Distinguish between a formal and informal situation in a local context
- Read for gist
- Scan for specific information
- Express preferences
- Talk about the past
Recognise the use of formal and informal language
- Total Contact Hours: 6
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 0
- Self-Study Hours: 18
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 5: Malta (1 ECTS)
This unit serves as an overview of the previous four units focusing mainly on recycling and recalling the language presented and practised throughout the course. The content presented is intended to facilitate basic communication and interaction within a local context to further increase confidence in the basic use of the language once the learner leaves the classroom. Reflection will be carried out with focus being placed on the way forward in order to further their learning after the course.
- Identify the silent letters ‘għ’ and ‘h’
- Self-evaluate and plan development
- Vocabulary related to:
- Local villages and towns
- Local traditions
- Articles
- Malta: old vs new
- Apply the correct past, present or future tense of various basic verbs
- Compose simple phrases and sentences related to a particular theme
- Use the correct article with Malta and Gozo Village names
- Use the correct article with Malta and Gozo Village names
- Correctly use the numbers from ‘ħdax’ to ‘dsatax’
- Talk about intentions
- Ask for information
- Use and recognise local gestures
- Total Contact Hours: 6
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 0
- Self-Study Hours: 18
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Entry Requirements
- This course is aimed at students who have never studied
Maltese before or have limited knowledge in the language. - 16 years +