Work-Based Learning
Given the short duration and foundational level, WBL is integrated through intensive, practical simulation:
• Job-Specific Scenarios: Lessons are built around realistic workplace dialogues (e.g., receiving a task, reporting an issue, asking for materials).
• Role-Playing: Trainees actively practice common interactions, such as dealing with a co-worker, talking to a customer, or asking a medical question.
• Focus on Function: The learning is task-oriented, ensuring that every phrase taught has an immediate, practical function in the work environment.
This Basic English for Foreign Workers course is an intensive, practical training program aimed at providing non-native English speakers with the fundamental language skills necessary for life and work in an English-speaking environment like Malta. Over a focused duration of 24 hours, the curriculum is task-based, concentrating on essential communication for immediate, real-world application.
Participants will cover the foundations of English grammar and build a core vocabulary crucial for everyday transactions, simple workplace exchanges, and basic social interaction. The training emphasises listening comprehension, simple speaking fluency, and understanding routine written notices or forms. The ultimate goal is to enable learners at a beginner level (A1/A2) to communicate needs, ask and answer simple questions, and engage in short, clear conversations with greater confidence.
This highly relevant and career-focused course, jointly provided by the Malta Development Association (MDA) and the European Vocational Academy (EVA), is priced at €190. It’s an efficient and affordable pathway to enhance your personal security, job prospects, and overall quality of life by mastering the basics of the English language.
Knowledge, Skills, and Competences
Upon successful completion of the 24 hours, participants will be able to demonstrate the following:
• Knowledge: Understand core vocabulary related to the workplace (tools, actions, safety), basic transactions (shopping, directions), and personal identification. Know how to form simple sentences in the present and past tense.
• Speaking Skills: Communicate needs and concerns clearly to supervisors or colleagues. Ask and answer simple questions about location, time, and basic personal details. Engage in polite, short social exchanges.
• Listening Skills: Comprehend simple, slow, and clearly articulated instructions (e.g., job-related tasks, emergency warnings, appointment times).
• Reading Skills: Read and understand very basic signs, notices, and short forms.
• Overall Competence: Function at a survival level of English, reducing dependency on others for essential daily and professional tasks.
This course is specifically designed for:
• Foreign workers currently employed or seeking employment in Malta, across various sectors (e.g., hospitality, construction, logistics, and manufacturing).
• Individuals who have very limited or no prior knowledge of English.
• Learners whose immediate goal is to acquire functional survival English for work and daily life.
Access Requirements
• Applicants must be non-native English speakers.
• No formal educational qualifications are required.
€190.00
Exit Award
Upon successful completion of the course and demonstration of the intended learning outcomes, participants will receive a:
• Certificate of Attendance issued jointly by the Malta Development Association (MDA) and the European Vocational Academy (EVA).
• This certificate will include a Statement of Learning Outcomes, confirming the specific, practical English competencies achieved (aligned with A1/A2 level).
Upon successful completion of the 24 hours, participants will be able to demonstrate the following:
• Knowledge: Understand core vocabulary related to the workplace (tools, actions, safety), basic transactions (shopping, directions), and personal identification. Know how to form simple sentences in the present and past tense.
• Speaking Skills: Communicate needs and concerns clearly to supervisors or colleagues. Ask and answer simple questions about location, time, and basic personal details. Engage in polite, short social exchanges.
• Listening Skills: Comprehend simple, slow, and clearly articulated instructions (e.g., job-related tasks, emergency warnings, appointment times).
• Reading Skills: Read and understand very basic signs, notices, and short forms.
• Overall Competence: Function at a survival level of English, reducing dependency on others for essential daily and professional tasks.
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Central Business District, Birkirkara Malta
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