Frequently Asked Questions

The LML Malta Centre has been set up thanks to a joint initiative between the University of Malta and the Ministry for Education and Employment. The offices of the LML Centre are situated at the University of Malta within the Faculty of Education. The Centre is headed by the project coordinator, Dr Colin Calleja, currently also holding the position of Dean at the Faculty of Education, and a number of educator trainers who have completed their training in the LML Process with Dr. Christine Johnston.

Let Me Learn is a process that helps us understand who we are as learners. Once we have a clear understanding of this, Let Me Learn provides us with strategies which we can use in order to reach our full potential and become more successful in our learning process.

Everyone can benefit from the Let Me Learn process, regardless of age, interests, occupation, learning ability or academic achievements. The Let Me Learn Centre in Malta is an educational institution that focuses on the implementation of the process in schools at all levels. Thus, Let Me Learn Malta Centre organises yearly training courses, the Let Learn Professional Learning Process (LML PLP) which are open to all educators coming from all sections of the educational field.

The LML PLP is the training course that is offered to educators on a yearly basis. This training includes a number of sessions and seminars spanning from November to May, with a total of 25 contact hours. The LML PLP is open for educators who show interest in becoming LML Practitioners. The training is designed in such a way as to provide step-by-step help and continuous support in the implementation of the process. Apart from discussing the relevant LML theories, the training includes hands-on, activity-based workshops, and also provides spaces in which the educators can experiment with the LML Process. In view of the current situation, training sessions in the LML process are also being held online.

All educators can apply, including primary and secondary school teachers, KGAs, LSEs, subject coordinators, heads of department, members of the SLT and education officers.

A letter circular together with an application form is sent to all schools prior to the commencement of the training. However, one can also download the application form from this website and send it to us by email, post or fax (see contact details). You can also send us an email in which you request that we send you a soft copy of the application form.

The training is usually held between November and May. The specific dates vary from year to year due to a number of reasons. The dates are normally issued together with the application form which is circled in schools in the month of October. If you need to have the dates earlier so as to make time-table arrangements, kindly contact Let Me Learn Centre towards the end of June, after the official school calendar has been published.

Once educators complete the training, they are offered mentoring services. When an educator makes use of this mentoring service, he/she gets continuous help and support in the implementation of the process. This includes help in the delivery of the awareness session, in the administration and validation of LCIs, and in the creation of the class profile, among other things.

Geru, Fina, Faru and Zringi are the four characters/soft toys, each one representing a learning pattern. These soft toys are used in the primary classroom setting to help students conceive the learning patterns and also to guide them in task analysis activities. Experience has shown us that these characters have been very successful in the implementation of the process as they help young learners go through the metacognitive process in a perceivable manner.

The Let Me Learn Malta Centre can provide all the necessary LCIs to all educators who have completed the LML PLP at no cost. Trained educators may also avail themselves of the online version, known as the Personal Learning Coach. We can also provide bookmarks for students as well as brochures for parents. Educators may contact us by email or by phone at our office on tel:2340 2554.

As part of the mentoring services provided by the LML Malta Centre, the LML trainers can help trained educators to administer and validate the Learning Connections Inventory. The trainers can provide help with the creation of the class profile as well as in the delivery of lessons in which the LML Process is being implemented.

An awareness session is a lesson in which your students are introduced to the Let Me Learn Process and the four learning patterns. For this purpose, we have developed a number of resources and ideas which can be utilised to facilitate the introduction of the process.