Award in Foundation Legal English

Entry requirements

• IELTS6 overall
• TOEFL iBT72

Prerequisites

• Language Requirements for International Students: The particular design of this course (to serve the needs of professionals who seek to enter/further themselves in business , or to take a preparatory course before pursuing education at a higher level) renders it largely accessible to learners who have already achieved the minimum level of B2 or Upper Intermediate in the 4 skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English. Ascencia Malta’s English School looks favourably upon learners who can prove their language level by presenting an IELTS (overall score of 6.0 with no element less than 5.5), TOEFL (overall score 72), Cambridge Test (overall score of 169 with no component score lower than 162), or Pearson Test of English (score of 75 or higher) indicator, although sitting for such a test is not a prerequisite for the course. To satisfy itself that the language requirements for the course are indeed met, the school has devised its own compulsory placement test. This is laid out in two parts: (i) a 50-mark multiple choice test covering miscellaneous aspects of grammar and vocabulary (refer to Appendix A), and (ii) a 10-question oral interview to test learners’ ability to speak about themselves, to synthesise information from graphics, and to speak at some length about a technical issue (refer to Appendix B). The scores obtained in both these tests are calculated together to decide whether the learner meets the requirements and, if so, to place the learner in a c

Source: MFHEA GraphQL register