Onehunga High School
L1 Samoan
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Sam Moli.
We encourage our students to immerse in the gagana Samoa where and whenever you can (especially in the classroom). There will be various learning tasks in class that will provide opportunity for you to practice your language skills, as well as participate and familiarise yourself with the Samoan culture (aganu’u Samoa). All tasks are designed to help you acquire the language so that you can understand and produce information and ideas; express and respond to personal needs and interests; and use cultural knowledge to communicate appropriately.
Pre-requisites: Previous study at junior level, or with HOD approval
Approximate Credits this course will generate toward NCEA L1: 20
Course Costs: Nil
Subject Overview
Term 1
- Engage with, and make meaning of, a variety of short text types in everyday contexts
- Explore language commonly used to express personal information and ideas related to everyday situations
- Develop communicative skills to present simple information and interact with others in a range of predictable contexts
- Develop a foundational awareness of and use the key building blocks and patterns of the language, including pronunciation and stress, appropriate register, and
structure
Term 2
- Acquire simple linguistic strategies and basic knowledge of how to use resources to make meaning from unfamiliar language
- Participate in activities which use, promote, and celebrate the target language
- Explore links to own heritage to deepen sense of personal identity
- Engage with the traditions, belief systems, and practices of Sāmoan culture.
Term 3
- Mind map personal connections and links, (e.g. to family, friends, school, church, sports, other extra-curricular activities, community, environment); learn related vocabulary; students write sentences linked to each sphere which describe an activity they completed or an experience they had.
- Engagement with written and spoken texts in which young people talk about what they enjoy and value about the different areas of their life.
- Listen to a discussion of Sāmoan values and how they connect to actions in everyday life.
- Create and present a profile on a personal hero: celebrity, friend, or family member, including reasons for the choice of that person (what values do they represent?)
Term 4
- Conversation practice: personal likes and dislikes related to school or family activities, including reasons; what is important to you now and for the future; plans for
study choices in the following year and life after school.
- Vocabulary building - cultural protocols, different types of tautua (e.g. chores or service in the home), everyday versus respectful terms. Investigation of flashcards and other techniques to acquire new words and expressions.
- Listening to descriptions and presentations of cultural protocols, e.g. listening to the cultural invitation to eat.
- Basic proverbial expressions.
Recommended Prior Learning
Previous study at junior level, or with HOD approval
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Chromebook
1x 2B5 exercise book
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Gagana Samoa 1.1 - Interact in spoken Gagana Samoa to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions
NZQA Info
Gagana Samoa 1.2 - Communicate in Gagana Samoa in relation to a cultural context
NZQA Info
Gagana Samoa 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of written Gagana Samoa related to everyday contexts
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