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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/146071| Title: | ‘I know English because I was made to wear a sign in school’ : Peppi Azzopardi |
| Authors: | Zammit, Mark Laurence Azzopardi, Peppi Mifsud, Immanuel Żammit, Jacqueline |
| Keywords: | English language -- Study and teaching -- Malta Maltese language -- Social aspects Sociolinguistics -- Malta Education, Bilingual -- Malta Language policy -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2026 |
| Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Ltd. |
| Citation: | Zammit, M.L., Azzopardi, P., Mifsud, I., & Żammit, J. (2026, April 25). ‘I know English because I was made to wear a sign in school’ : Peppi Azzopardi. Times of Malta. Retrieved from https://timesofmalta.com/article/times-talk-maltese-english-peppi-azzopardi.1127444. |
| Abstract: | Broadcaster Peppi Azzopardi said he learned English as a young boy because the school he went to forced students to wear a sign around their neck that read: ‘I must speak in English’. And while he admitted the sign was demeaning, he insisted that it propelled him to learn English, as his parents did not know how to speak the language. Azzopardi was defending his controversial Popolin proposals during a heated exchange on the latest Times Talk episode. Poet and writer professor Immanuel Mifsud and pedagogy expert Jacqueline Żammit were also on the panel, and they dismissed his suggestions as illogical, arguing they would do little to bridge the success gap for working-class children. |
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| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/146071 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduLHE |
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