The number of foreign students attending English language courses in Malta last year dropped by 2.6 per cent from the previous year to reach 75,524.

The majority came from Italy (23.8 per cent), Germany (13.7 per cent) and France (10.1 per cent). 

The largest number of language students were aged 15 years or less - they totalled 21,247, and accounted for 28.1 per cent of total student visits.

Students aged 50 and over numbered 4,486. Female students outnumbered males, and accounted for 58.0 per cent of the entire student population.

July was the busiest month for English language specialised schools, with 15,812 arrivals, or 20.9 per cent of the annual total. This was followed by August and June with 16.5 and 11.3 per cent of total arrivals respectively. A similar pattern was also recorded in 2014.  

The most popular course offered by specialised schools for English language was General English, accounting for 53,811 students (71.3 per cent). This was followed by the Intensive English course, with 15.2 per cent of total students.

Foreign students attending English language courses amounted to 4.2 per cent of total incoming tourists during 2015.  

29.8 per cent of students stayed with a host family.

Collectively foreign students enrolled in specialised schools for English language spent 238,481 weeks in Malta. The average duration per student stood at 3.2 weeks, and remained at par with the previous year. With an average of 15.9 weeks, students from Colombia recorded the highest average duration. These were followed by Libyan and Turkish students with an average of 11.9 and 7.8 weeks respectively.

In 2015, teaching staff in English language specialised schools numbered 1,444, the majority of whom were women. Of these, most (44.4 per cent) were aged between 18 and 24.  

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