Course Description
This course enables the student to build on the knowledge, skills and competences obtained through the Level 1 Award in Maltese as a Foreign Language and Cultural Orientation.
In 2025, the pass rate for the course was 84%.
The accreditation category of the Programme is Further Education.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course programme, students will be able to:
- The Maltese Alphabet, the definite article, particles, adjectives, gender, numbers, pronouns, verbs, vocabulary related to every-day life, listening , listen for gist, listen for specific information, listen for detail, reading, skim for gist, scan for specific information and read for full comprehension.
- Speak using a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background and my present or most recent job.
- Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
- Write short, simple notes and messages relating to matters in areas of immediate need.
- Write a very simple letter, for example thanking someone for something or requesting information.
- Use basic knowledge of the language to carry out simple exchanges of information with a basic level of fluency.
- Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
Target Candidates
This course is targeted towards individuals, over the age of 16 years-old, who would like to consolidate and further their basic skills 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 2 Pre-Integration Certificate for the Specific Residence Authorisation in Malta.
| Course Code | Duration | Credit Value | Next Intake | FT/PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LW/L/003 | 2 months | 6 ECTS | May 2026 | PT |
| Contact Hours | Placement Hours | Self Study Hours | Assessment Hours | Total Learning Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 12 | 99 | 9 | 150 |
Mode of Training
This Award is delivered through lectures and practical sessions.
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.
Refer to Policy LWP21 – Assessment
Awarding Body
Learning Works
Course Structure
Module 1: The Way We Live (1 ECTS)
This unit aims to let the students get to know each other whilst providing an opportunity for a general revision of the basic concepts of the language including the alphabet, basic vocabulary and grammatical forms. It also provides the lecturer with the opportunity to assess the individual strengths and weaknesses of the group at the start of the course. The context of the way we live will cover people and places allowing for a personalised approach.
- Review of vowels, consonants, and their sounds.
- Perform and respond to basic language functions, such as information exchange and requests, and express opinions and attitudes in a simple way
- Pronounce the individual sounds of the language
- The alphabet
- Vocabulary and fixed phrases related to personal information including:
- Personal descriptions
- Education
- Family
- Jobs
- Housing
- Hobbies
- Positive and negative verb form
- Definite article
- Personal (Independent), demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
- Give short, basic descriptions
- Use simple descriptive language to make brief statements about and compare objects and possessions
- Use the ‘Plural Sħiħ’ and ‘Plural Miksur’ of specific nouns in written and spoken formats
- Identify the topic of discussion when it is conducted slowly and clearly.
- Total Contact Hours: 5
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 2
- Self-Study Hours: 17
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 2: Planning for the Future (1 ECTS)
This unit aims to introduce students to writing in Maltese within the context of formal vs informal email and message exchanges for making plans.
- Use appropriate particles whilst linking to articles where appropriate
- Express future intentions
- Future (the use of ħa, se/r)
- Vocabulary and fixed phrases related to:
- Time and dates
- Aspirations
- Particles
- Adverbs of time and place
- Formal letter / email format and characteristics
- Write very simple formal letters / emails
- Write short simple texts
- Read and understand very short, simple texts
- Identify specific information in simple written material
- Total Contact Hours: 5
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 2
- Self-Study Hours: 17
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 3: When Things Go Wrong (1 ECTS)
This unit aims to review and provide practice in giving descriptions within the context of problems. Useful nouns and adjectives are introduced with a particular and in-depth focus on the correct application of gender and plurals.
- Use appropriate plural forms of nouns and adjectives. (sħiħ u miksur)
- Make a complaint
- Interact with social media posts and messages using basic expressions.
- Vocabulary and fixed phrases related to:
- Transport
- Social media
- Complaints
- Past events
- Time expressions including days of the week and months of the year
- Prepositions of time, place and movement
- Extract essential information from short, recorded passages dealing with everyday matters which are delivered slowly and clearly
- Use simple descriptive language to make brief statements about and compare people, objects and possessions
- Total Contact Hours: 5
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 2
- Self-Study Hours: 17
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 4: Shopping and Food (1 ECTS)
The theme of this unit takes a look at shopping and food. The context is presented through a personalised approach with a focus on expressing quantity and a wide range of vocabulary covering every items including food, clothing and other everyday items. Students will be given the opportunity to further practise and consolidate the various verb forms and tenses with a particular focus on the present and imperative.
- Participate in very short social exchanges
- Make and respond to suggestions and requests
- Adverbs of quantity
- Vocabulary related to:
- Food
- Clothes
- Cooking
- Shopping
- Money
- Everyday items
- The imperative trilateral and quadrilateral verbs of
- Semitic origin
- Romance origin
- English origin
- Numbers
- Give short and basic instructions
- Express likes and dislikes
- Identify specific information in a written text
- Total Contact Hours: 5
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 2
- Self-Study Hours: 17
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 5: Travel (1 ECTS)
This unit serves as a review and to provide practice when speaking about past events. The context of travel allows for personalisation of language through a communicative approach using personal experiences in both speaking and writing.
- Provide descriptions using different comparative degrees of adjectives
- Write a brief narrative
- Vocabulary related to:
- Travel
- Places
- Transport
- Adjectives – comparative and superlative
- Gender of adjectives
- Past forms
- “Mamma + zokk morfemiku”
- “l-ewwel forma”
- Apply the correct past tense of various basic verbs
- Describe past events
- Describe places and things
- Total Contact Hours: 5
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 2
- Self-Study Hours: 17
- Assessment Hours: 1
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Module 6: Consolidation and Personalisation (1 ECTS)
This unit serves as an overview of the previous five units focusing mainly on recycling and recalling the language presented and practised throughout the course. The content presented is intended to facilitate further personalisation through basic communication and interaction 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.
- Self-evaluate
- Plan development
- Vocabulary related to:
- Education
- Employment
- Numbers
- Cardinal
- Ordinal
- Apply the correct past, present or future tense of various basic verbs
- Compose simple phrases and sentences related to a particular theme
- Total Contact Hours: 5
- Supervised Placement & Practice Hours: 2
- Self-Study Hours: 14
- Assessment Hours: 4
- Total Learning Hours of this Module: 25
Entry Requirements
- This course is aimed at students who have limited knowledge in the language. To enrol for this course an award in Maltese as a foreign language MQF Level 1 is required.
- 16 years+