English MQF 2

Entry Requirements

“Learners are expected to have successfully completed the course English MQF Level 1 or have a similar certification. For online lessons, learners need to have an understanding on how to use a computer.
Applicants who do not present certification of prior study in the subject will be required to sit for a level check to determine the appropriate course level.”

Duration

30-week course with 3 contact hours per week.

Learning Outcomes

“Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge

• Understand a wide range of vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language features used across different contexts and genres
• Recognise audience, purpose, bias, tone, connotation, and writer intention in spoken and written texts
• Understand simple and complex text structures, including narrative, descriptive, discursive, argumentative, and informational texts
• Develop knowledge of advanced grammar structures, including passives, conditionals, reported speech, modal and semi-modal verbs, phrasal verbs, and cohesive devices
• Understand how language, visuals, structure, and stylistic choices influence meaning and position the reader/listener

Skills

• Listen to complex spoken texts, debates, discussions, and presentations, identifying main and subsidiary ideas, attitudes, bias, and implied meaning
• Speak fluently and confidently in presentations, discussions, debates, and role-plays using persuasive and context-appropriate language
• Interact effectively by defending viewpoints, synthesising ideas, challenging opinions, clarifying meaning, and adapting register to audience and context
• Read and critically interpret a range of simple and complex texts using inference, deduction, analysis, comparison, skimming, scanning, and summarising strategies
• Analyse language features, structure, connotation, visuals, and author bias across different genres and sources
• Write coherent, well-structured texts for different purposes and audiences using appropriate tone, style, vocabulary, and grammatical accuracy
• Edit, rephrase, summarise, and synthesise information effectively using advanced organisational and language skills

Competence

• Communicate independently, fluently, and accurately across academic, social, and practical contexts
• Apply critical thinking, evaluation, and analytical skills when interpreting and producing spoken and written texts
• Express, justify, defend, and synthesise ideas using clear reasoning and supporting evidence
• Adapt communication effectively according to audience, purpose, context, and register
• Demonstrate confidence and autonomy in handling complex communication tasks and extended texts
• Use language strategically to inform, persuade, explain, evaluate, and engage with others”

Delivery Method

Face to face lesson

Certification/Award

An award certificate accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority will be presented to learners who attend a minimum of 80% of the course and achieve an overall mark of 45% or higher in their tasks

Progression to further education

After successfully completing this course, learners can continue to study the subject at MQF Level 2

Language of Instruction

English