Ko tōu reo, ko tōku reo, te tuakiri tangata.
Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako.
Learning a new language provides a means of communicating with people from another culture and exploring one’s own personal world. Languages are inseparably linked to the social and cultural contexts in which they are used. Languages and cultures play a key role in developing our personal, group, national, and human identities. Every language has its own ways of expressing meanings; each has intrinsic value and special significance for its users. - New Zealand Curriculum
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Samoan Language (Gagana Samoa) is spoken by nearly half a million people worldwide, including 85 thousand people in New Zealand, making it the third most widely spoken language in New Zealand (after English and te reo Māori). Whether you are learning Samoan to strengthen your identity as Samoan, to communicate with family members, for career enhancement or another reason, this subject will provide you with an opportunity to build on prior learning and to develop problem-solving, risk-taking and communication skills.
This course will introduce you to learning Gagana Samoa - Samoan language and cultural aspects of Samoa. You will learn how to talk about yourself, your family, school, hobbies and everyday activities.
· Greet and farewell and acknowledge people
· O lo’u Aiga – My Family, my village
· O lo’u Uo – My friends
· Le Tau ma ona vaega – The Weather and Seasons
· ‘Ua ta le fia? – What’s the time?
· O lo matou Fale – Our house
· La’ei ma lanu – Clothes and colours
· Lo’u Tino – My Body
· Ta’aloga – Sports and Games
The course provides a pathway to Samoan language in Year 11/Level 1 NCEA.
The main language focus will be to communicate in Gagana Samoa -Samoan Language. To learn by listening, observing and speaking as much Samoan in the classroom as possible. There will be different tasks, which will help develop all language skills: speaking, listening and writing.
Your focus will be to interact and engage through understanding and using everyday vocabulary. Learning will be encouraged through a variety of mediums using fun paired, group and whole activities.
Students are also encouraged to join the school’s Pasifika Performance Group, where you will learn how to perform a Samoan siva/dance, and other Pasifika islands dances too,
Assessment in the Junior School
Learning Progressions are an evaluation of student progress using various modes of learning as evidence (not just a one-off test). They are based on the New Zealand Curriculum, and show the level at which a student is demonstrating knowledge or skills. Our Learning Progressions Framework maps out students’ development as they move through Years 9 - 11.
Within each subject, at the end of a phase of learning (ie. topic, unit or skill), students will be evaluated using these indicators: Emerging, Developing, Proficient, Advancing. For more information about what these mean, please see the Year 9 - 11 section of our website.
We hope you have a successful and interesting year!
A positive attitude to give it a go. Learning a new language is, sometimes, challenging as you find yourself in a different classroom environment, but it is also a lot of fun too.
Assessment in the Junior School
Learning Progressions are an evaluation of student progress using various modes of learning as evidence (not just a one-off test). They are based on the New Zealand Curriculum, and show the level at which a student is demonstrating knowledge or skills. Our Learning Progressions Framework maps out students’ development as they move through Years 9 - 11.
Within each subject, at the end of a phase of learning (ie. topic, unit or skill), students will be evaluated using these indicators: Emerging, Developing, Proficient, Advancing. For more information about what these mean, please see the Year 9 - 11 section of our website.
We hope you have a successful and interesting year!
Deborah Tiatia is in charge of Y12 Samoan – please feel free to contact her:
d.tiatia@wc.school.nz