Whilst parents attend adult courses, children jin in special courses for children which are very interactive and dynamic. Children lessons include activities like art, painting, dancing, music and creative activities that provide them with opportunities to live Engslish in real life situations.

During their leisure time both parents and children can join in the guided ful land half day tours around the Maltese islands. There are many other socialand cultural events they can take part togeher . All these activities are supervised by qualified teachers.

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1. TYPE 1: English for Career Purposes Learner
2. TYPE 2: Global English Learner
3. TYPE 3: Learner Who Wants to Live (or already lives) in an English Speaking Culture
4. TYPE 4: English for Fun and Pleasure Learner

Test to determine what type of learner a person is

Activity: English learning quiz

Level: Intermediate and above

• Take the quiz.
• Score the quiz using the following categories:

1. Answers for 1 above – English for Career Purposes Learner – is a Type 1 learner
2. Answers for 2 above – Global English Learner – is a Type 2 learner
3. Answers for 3 above – Learner Who Wants to Live (or already lives) in an English Speaking Culture – is a Type 3 learner
4. Answers for 4 above – English for Fun and Pleasure Learner – is a Type 4 learner

• One who answers 6 questions or more as type 1 learner = English for Career Purposes Learner
• One who answers 6 questions or more as type 2 learner = Global English Learner
• One who answers 6 questions or more as type 3 learner = Learner Who Wants to Live (or already lives) in an English Speaking Culture
• One who answers 6 questions or more as type 4 learner = English for Fun and Pleasure Learner

Based on your score, refer to the learner type description included in the second part of this lesson.

Obviously, these learner types are approximates. However, by taking the quiz, one is made aware of why learning English is important. Knowing the ‘learner type’ profile helps one to better judge which activities are more important and when to give oneself a break!

Question 1

When do you use your English outside of class?

• 1. Speaking with other non-native English speakers (i.e., not American, British, Australia, etc. but with people who have learned English as a second or foreign language).
  2. Speaking with native English speakers.
  3. When I travel on holiday.
  4. With colleagues on the telephone or by email.

Question 2

Why are you learning English?

• 1. To live in an English speaking country.
  2. To use English to get a better job – Improve English for my current job.
  3. To speak English on holidays.
  4. To use English to stay informed by reading newspapers, magazines, Internet.

Question 3

Which statement best expresses your opinion about English?

• 1. It’s important to speak English for my job.
  2. It’s important to speak American English OR British English.
  3. The most important thing is communicating. It doesn’t matter whether you make a few mistakes.
  4. I need to ask directions and order breakfast when I go on holiday.

Question 4

Which is the most important English task for you?

• 1. Understanding native English speakers.
  2. Writing excellent communication through email, or in letters.
  3. Exchanging ideas with other people in English (both native and non-native speakers).
  4. Asking for and understanding basic things in English.

Question 5

How often do you use your English?

• 1. Quite often at work.
  2. Every day at work, shopping and speaking to people.
  3. Not very often, only when I travel or meet foreigners in my country.
  4. On a regular basis when reading, speaking to friends via the internet, watching TV in English, etc.

Question 6

How do you use English on the Internet?

• 1. Only to learn English. Otherwise, I visit sites in my language.
  2. I like looking at pages in English from all around the world.
  3. Doing research for my job.
  4. I like visiting American or British sites to learn the slang and lifestyle.

Question 7

Which statement is true for you?

• 1. Basic pronunciation is important, excellent pronunciation is impossible.
  2. Pronunciation should be clear, it doesn’t matter if it is British or American, etc.
  3. Pronunciation is not so important, I need to understand and write English well.
  4. Pronunciation and the correct accent is very important for me. I want native speakers (Americans, British, Australian, Canadian, etc.) to understand me.

Question 8

Do you think that… ?

• 1. English learning is stressful, but important for work.
  2. English learning is essential to improve my life where I live.
  3. English learning is fun and one of my hobbies.
  4. English learning is one of my favorite hobbies.

Question 9

Do you dream in English?

• 1. Never
  2. Sometimes
  3. Often
  4. Rarely

Question 10

How often do you study English?

• 1. A few hours every day
  2. Once or twice a week
  3. A little bit every day
  4. If and when I feel like it

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Three years ago Magister Academy was the first school of the present FELTOM Member school who was accredited by the FELTOM Monitoring Board.

On the 17^th of July of this year the academy became the first school to be reaccredited, proof of its high standards of excellence.

This time the Academy also had its summer school accredited for the first time.  The summer school is the Maria Regina College in St. Paul Bay.

Magister Academy lives up to its ethos:  “IN PERSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.”

• Full Immersion
• English for Art Lovers
• English For Sport

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Basically, the relevant Courses will allow art lovers, business managers and executives and sporty types to practise their hobby and / or job in an English speaking environment with more than a splash of culture thrown in for good measure.

We intend to tailor these Courses ‘to measure’ i.e. according to the needs and wishes of individual students.  More info to follow although anyone interested is more than welcome to contact us for more details.

In the meantime, we have prepared Lesson Number 2 for you.

This is about the five basic tenses of the English Language and is a very popular lesson delivered by one of our teachers. He maintains that users of English as a 2^nd language (or 3^rd or 4^th for that matter) only need to master these five tenses in order to be able to communicate in English!

Take a look at it and let us have your views.

We want you to send us five of your favourite photographs that you took during your stay in Malta this summer.

Photographs will be judged according to originality, technique and how well they manage to capture the mood of the Malta Summer 2010. The best set will win the participant two weeks’ free accommodation and tuition for summer 2011.

Pictures are to be sent to magister.competition@gmail.com by no later than 31st December, 2010

You will need irregular verbs to conjucate the Past Tense and the Past Participle; so important for the Perfect Tenses.

So, first step, take some time to learn the Irregular Verbs.  You have to read them across, horizontally and repeat them over and over again.

www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

Our next tutorial will be about the five basic English Tenses and how to learn to apply them.  In the meantime, the best way to learn English is to read.  Read about anything that you like, that you enjoy and, remember, if there is anything that you do not understand, just google the word or phrase and hey presto!

Until the next time.

What we consider important, at this stage, is that the weeks spent in Malta are not wasted.

Throughout the hot summer months, we had hundreds of students at our school.  Most of them were Italians and Spanish; although we must not leave out the ones from all over Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Libya, France and Germany.  We also had students from as far away as Brazil, Columbia and China to add to the rich mixture of cultures that is what learning English as a foreign language is all about.

Indeed, although a lot of students will remember Malta for the all-night parties more than the hours of tuition spent in the classrooms, it would be sinful if the impetus gained is lost; and it will be lost if the practice of English is not continued.

For this purpose, besides showing our many students glimpses of the good times we shared together, we are going to start a series of lessons that will build up, step-by-step, into a series of tutorials that will be helpful for self-study.

Enjoy our new-look website, therefore, and do send us your comments – especially if you spot a picture of yourself or your friends or want to make contact with someone who you met whilst in Malta – and keep logging on to this space for new lessons and updates every week.