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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/139032| Title: | Il-Malti is our identity, not English |
| Authors: | Żammit, Jacqueline |
| Keywords: | Maltese language -- Study and teaching -- Malta Maltese language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers Second language acquisition Language and culture -- Study and teaching -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2025-09-13 |
| Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Ltd. |
| Citation: | Żammit, J. (2025, September 13). Il-Malti is our identity, not English. Times of Malta, pp. 24. |
| Abstract: | As Malta celebrates Independence Day, il-Malti battles for survival in some homes, schools and hearts. How free are we if, when schools reopen, many, though not all, Maltese children prefer English over il-Malti, even when speaking to their Maltese peers? For some, TikTok, Fortnite, YouTube and Netflix have made English cooler and more familiar. Il-Malti, by contrast, is too often tied to grandparents, festas and Sunday mass. A language treated as outdated is already half lost. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/139032 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduLHE |
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