This course is for students who have studied little or no Te Reo Māori at intermediate school. The students learn to communicate in Māori about themselves, introducing family members, pets and likes and dislikes. The second topic is about kura/school, and learners will develop basic conversation skills around the timetable, favourite classes, and different areas of the kura.
Tikanga Maōri/Māori customs are taught in unison with the language.
These topics focus on the learners' world, starting with the micro (Glendowie) and moving to the macro (Auckland), finishing off with future aspirations. Tikanga Maōri/Māori customs are taught in unison with the language. Topics are as follows;
These are assessed through unit tests. We cover each of the four MYP criteria twice over the year. These criteria are listening, reading, writing and speaking.
Topics start to inform learners with a deeper Māori perspective. They include:
With guidance students will begin to develop writing and speaking skills, where they can organise ideas and thoughts regarding each topic in te reo Māori, becoming more familiar with resources to help construct appropriate language. Learners are beginning to transfer skills from one topic to another.
During the year students have unit tests and internal assessments each term which will focus on the four key skill areas - listening, reading, writing and speaking.
Topics explore a deeper range of Māori perspectives such as:
Students will further develop writing and speaking skills, where they independently organise ideas and thoughts regarding each topic in the target language, using a variety of resources to construct sentence structures. Students are able transfer language acquisition skills from one topic to another.
Students study three topics (standards) that count for 18 credits towards Level 2 NCEA. Topics are more guided, with growing independence toward research.
Students will exercise writing and speaking skills, where they independently organise ideas and thoughts regarding each topic in te reo Māori. They are using a variety of resources to correctly construct ideas and thoughts, and transfer language acquisition skills from one topic to another.
Students study four topics (standards) that count for 18 credits towards Level 3 NCEA, and each internal assessment is researched based.
