English SEC

Entry Requirements

“Learners are expected to have successfully completed the course English MQF Level 2 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, text types, and language structures.
• Recognise how language is used for different purposes, audiences, and contexts.
• Understand spoken and written texts across genres (informative, persuasive, narrative).
• Develop awareness of grammar, cohesion, and stylistic features of language.
• Understand how meaning is shaped through structure, tone, and writer intention.

Skills
• Listen to and interpret spoken language, identifying main ideas, detail, and speaker intention.
• Speak clearly and appropriately, adapting register and expressing opinions with justification.
• Read a variety of texts, analysing meaning, structure, purpose, and bias.
• Write accurately and coherently across different genres for specific audiences and purposes.
• Apply critical thinking skills, including inference, evaluation, and synthesis of information.

Competences
• Communicate effectively and appropriately in a wide range of contexts.
• Adapt language use according to audience, purpose, and situation.
• Work independently and collaboratively to analyse, evaluate, and produce texts.
• Demonstrate autonomy in planning, revising, and improving their work.
• Apply language skills confidently for academic, personal, and real-world communication.”

Delivery Method

Face to face lesson

Certification/Award

Certificate issued by MATSEC

Progression to further education

After successfully completing this course, learners may continue studying the subject at post-secondary level, such as Intermediate level, or pursue related pathways at tertiary level, including through alternative entry routes such as the maturity clause.

Language of Instruction

English