MAL0022 - Speak Maltese 2 - Intermediate Level

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

Semester 2

4 ECTS

Mode of Study

Part-Time Evening

Din it-taqsima-studju tibni fuq il-hiliet bazici miksuba fil-korsijiet tal-Malti bikri (MAL0013, MAL0014 u MAL0021) bl-ghan li l-istudenti jithaddtu b'aktar heffa u kunfidenza fil-komunikazzjoni ta’ kuljum. L-istudenti se jsahhu l-kapacità taghhom li jifhmu l-Malti mitkellem f’kuntesti familjari bhax-xoghol, l-iskola u d-divertiment, fosthom l-ahbarijiet u l-affarijiet kurrenti meta dawn jigu pprezentati b’mod car. L-istudenti se jitghallmu jinvolvu ruhhom b’mod aktar attiv f’konverzazzjonijiet, jesprimu opinjonijiet, u jiehdu sehem f’diskussjonijiet fuq suggetti familjari b’aktar spontanjetà. Se jitghallmu wkoll jirrakkontaw esperjenzi, jiddeskrivu grajjiet u jispjegaw il-fehmiet taghhom b’mod car u bi ftit dettall. Fi tmiem il-kors, l-istudenti jkunu jistghu jinteragixxu ma’ kelliema nattivi f’sitwazzjonijiet ta’ kuljum u komuni, jesprimu ruhhom b’mod aktar mexxej u jifhmu l-ideat principali ta’ diskors estiz fuq suggetti ta’ interess personali u anke generali.

This study-unit builds on the basic skills acquired in the earlier Maltese courses (MAL0013, MAL0014 and MAL0021), with the aim of enabling students to speak with greater ease and confidence in everyday communication. Students will strengthen their ability to understand spoken Maltese in familiar contexts such as work, school and leisure, including news and current affairs when these are presented clearly. They will learn to take part more actively in conversations, express opinions and participate in discussions on familiar topics with greater spontaneity. They will also learn to recount experiences, describe events, and explain their views clearly and with some detail. By the end of the course, students will be able to interact with native speakers in common, everyday situations, express themselves more fluently and understand the main ideas of extended speech on subjects of personal and even general interest.

Method of Assessment

Assessment Component/s

Weighting

Oral Examination

100%

Main Reading List

Vokabolarju Essenzjali ghall-Qafas Komuni Ewropew ghal-Lingwi. (2025) Id-Dipartiment tal-Malti, L-Università ta' Malta.
Saliba, C. D. (2024). Learning Maltese 2. Nitghallem il-Malti. Malta: BDL.
Saliba, C. D. (2024). Speaking Maltese 2. Nitghallem il-Malti. Malta: BDL.
Saliba, C. D. (2024). Speaking Maltese 3. Nitghallem il-Malti. Malta: BDL.
Saliba, C. D. (2024). Maltese Grammar Essentials in Context 2. Nitghallem il-Malti. Malta: BDL.
Saliba, C. D. (2024). Maltese Grammar Essentials in Context 3. Nitghallem il-Malti. Malta: BDL.
Mifsud, M., & Borg, A. (1997). Fuq l-ghatba tal-Malti: Deskrizzjoni komunikattiva tal-Ilsien Malti fuq il-mudell tat- “Threshold level 1990"". Council of Europe.

Supplementary Reading List

Camilleri, A. (1997) Merhba Bik. Malta: Colour Image.
Muscat, D., Mifsud, C. & Mallia, G. (2006) Sisien. Malta: Id-Divizjoni tal-Edukazzjoni.
Sciriha, L. (1996) Beginning Maltese. Malta: University of Malta.

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Study-unit Aims

The aim of this study-unit is to enhance and further develop the Maltese (as a foreign language) speaking skills that are covered in MAL0021. During the sessions the study-unit aims to:

Assist students with understanding the main points of clear, standard spoken Maltese in familiar settings such as work, school, and leisure, as well as in clearly delivered news or media content related to current affairs or topics of personal interest;
Provide an opportunity for students to engage more actively in conversations on various topics by expressing opinions and sustaining dialogue with increased confidence and spontaneity;
Provide an opportunity for students to connect phrases and express themselves clearly when narrating personal experiences, describing events, and offering brief reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

Identify the main points of clear, standard speech on familiar and somewhat unfamiliar matters regularly encountered in everyday settings;
Follow more abstract words and phrases with increasing confidence, usually in their field;
Determine both topic and supporting ideas within clear standard speech on familiar matters in the context of work, school, leisure, and increasingly on popular topics as delivered through broadcast media in slow, clear and standard speech patterns;
Use grammatical structures relatively error-free;
Use simple connectors to link simple sentences together.

Learning Outcomes: Skills

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

Manage most circumstances related to travel and unplanned negotiation of daily needs and interests;
Engage in unrehearsed conversation on familiar topics of personal interest, daily life, and some current events;
Connect simple phrases to develop varying compound/complex statements in order to describe experiences and events in addition to abstract concepts such as goals, wishes, and dreams;
Provide short explanations and statements of opinion regarding planning or preference;
Employ limited summary and paraphrasing techniques to explain themes in video or text for the purposes of conveying opinion.

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