Creation
of a Website for the Teaching of Maltese at Primary
Level 3rd Year
ABSTRACT of Thesis by Borg Marie Claire & Mifsud Annabel
The main aim behind the creation of this educational
website for the teaching of Maltese was due to
the lack of similar material for children on the
Internet. This educational website focuses on
one main theme, being, ”People who help
us”. This website is divided into 3 main
sections addressing children, teachers and parents.
The children’s section includes various
activities related to vocabulary, grammar, reading
and writing. The teacher’s section includes
lesson plans, handouts and flashcards. This section
also outlines a number of ideas such as educational
visits that can be integrated with the theme of
the website. The parents; section summarizes a
number of ideas that can help them work with their
children. Moreover parents ca access a set of
handouts which children can work at home. The
pilot study was carried out in 3 different state
schools in Malta, where 25 children were observed
while browsing through the website. Questionnaires
were given to 10 teachers and 15 parents. These
questionnaires proved further more the potential
of the educational website presented, as a useful
resource in the teaching of Maltese in primary
years.
