AIM OF THIS CLASS

1.To introduce students to the Samoan language through the development of skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing

2. To introduce students to Samoan culture, protocol, ideas and concepts

3.  To appreciate different cultural and life experiences.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to have:

1.Developed a basic understanding of the Samoan language through skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing

2. Developed a basic understanding of Samoan culture, protocol,   idea and concepts.

3. Developed an appreciation of a different cultural and life experience

Aisea e ala tatau ai ona aveina le Samoa? Why study Samoan?

• Enrichment

• Broaden understanding of one Best nations in the Pacific

• One of the most common Pacific language spoken in Auckland New Zealand.

• Language is a container, it holds all the values and customs of a particular group, we lose that container, we lose its contents....'Melenaite Taumoefolau'

• The best language in the Pacific but most importantly in the world.