MATSEC SEC Maltese as a Foreign Language case studies
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The MATSEC Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) in Maltese as a Foreign Language is a school-level qualification awarded through Malta's national examinations system. It certifies that a learner who does not speak Maltese at home can understand, speak, read and write the language at a level comparable to a secondary school leaver. The MATSEC SEC Maltese as a Foreign Language case studies are 5 cases and about 3,791 words.
1The 8:15 That Nobody Heard: Revising a Listening Item After a Trial
You sit on the item-review panel for the SEC Maltese as a Foreign Language Listening paper. A trial version was sat by 42 Year 10 candidates whose first language is not Maltese.
765 words, about 4 min2Why 24 Out of 40 Chose 'Work': Moderating an Inference Item
You are moderating Section B of the Reading paper, a 220-word B1 article in which a Brazilian student describes learning Maltese. The relevant sentence is: 'Missieri Malti, imma qatt ma tkellem miegħi bil-Malti; issa li ġejt hawn, ħassejt li kelli nikseb il-lingwa tal-familja.' Item 7 asks 'Għaliex iddeċieda jitgħallem il-Malti?' The options are: (a) għax kellu bżonnha x-xogħol, (b) biex jifhem il-lingwa tal-familja tiegħu, (c) għax ried jistudja hawn, (d) għax ħbiebu jitkellmu bil-Malti.
811 words, about 4 min334 Words in Four Minutes: Scoring Interaction in a Paired Oral
The oral session lasts 10 minutes: a 2-minute warm-up, a 4-minute information-gap role-play and a 4-minute discussion. In the role-play, Candidate A (Yusuf, 16, Turkish, about B1) holds a bus timetable and must ask Candidate B (Marta, 15, Polish, about A2+) about accommodation; B holds the accommodation card.
763 words, about 4 min444 Words for a 60–80 Word Email: Marking Guided Writing
Section C is guided writing: 'Write an email of 60–80 words to your landlord about a broken boiler. Say what is wrong, since when, when you are available, and ask for a repair.' Candidate 214 writes 44 words: 'Ħej!
696 words, about 3 min5Article Assimilation Twice: Auditing a Language Use Section
You are auditing four items from a 20-item Language use trial sat by 45 candidates; each item is worth 1 mark and the section lasts 15 minutes. Item 3: ' xemx tiela' kmieni fix-xitwa.' A Il-xemx, B Ix-xemx, C Is-xemx, D L-xemx.
756 words, about 4 min