9SAM - SAMOAN
ngā reo - LANGUAGES
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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Why study SAMOAN at Year 9?
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
WHAT WILL I DO?
wHAT will I NEED?
This course is open to all Year 9 students.
How is this course assessed?
There will be an investigation of an aspect of the culture of the German language. Regular Topic-based vocabulary tests. There will be two short JAF tasks, speaking and listening and reading and writing. The Junior Assessment Framework will be used for all summative assessments.
Assessment in the Junior School
The Junior Assessment Framework (JAF) is used to assess all students in Years 9 & 10. It is designed to measure and develop students’ thinking skills. It is based on SOLO taxonomy and has strong links to the NZ Curriculum levels. See the documents linked here for more information – one explains the JAF in a basic way and the other is the framework itself, which shows how the different levels of thinking are graded.
We hope you have a successful and interesting year.
Please contact Maria Villanueva, LAL Languages, if you have any questions:
m.villanueva@wc.school.nz