Level 2 and 3 Gagana Sāmoa (SAM203)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr S. Nofoaiga.
Level 2 Samoan is a learning language course designed to meet the wide and varied needs of Samoan language learners. The course further develops students’ ability to communicate and justify information, ideas and opinions in a variety of genuine contexts. Students will further explore topics covered in level 1 Samoan as well as beginning to explore and justify ideas relating to cultural customs. At this level, the emphasis is on both accuracy and fluency aspects of conversational Samoan.
O lenei matā’upu e ati’ae ai le tomai o alo ma fānau ‘ina ‘ia fa’asoa ma fa’alauiloa ātili fa’amatalaga, māfaufauga ma manatu e fa’aaogā ai le Gagana Sāmoa i nofoaga ‘ese’ese. O le ‘ā mafai e alo ma fānau ona su’esu’e atili i ālāfua sa a’oa’oina i le tausaga sefulutasi ma ‘āmata vā’ili’ili ai finagalo e fa’atatau i tū ma agaifanua.
Level 3 Samoan is a learning language course designed to meet the wide and varied needs of Samoan language learners especially those who intend to study the target language in its full essence, looking at the socio-cultural aspects of the language. This is also ideal for those who wish to study towards a qualification in Samoan Studies or Pacific Studies at tertiary level. Students will learn to explore and justify ideas and perspectives in spoken and written Samoan. They will support or challenge the views of others. Students will have an in-depth focus on events of cultural significance to Samoan life, explore perspectives around the concept of “tautua” in the matai system, and the changes and challenges of aganu’u sāmoa that Samoans in New Zealand face.
O le ‘ā a’oa’oina le fānau ‘e su’esu’e ma vā’ili’ili mafaufauga ma lagona i le gagana tautala ma le tusitusi. O le ‘ā mafai ‘ona lagolago pe tete’e i finagalo ‘o isi. O le ‘a va’ava’ai toto’a i sauniga ‘ese’ese e tāua i le olaga Sāmoa, ‘e aofia ai le su’esu’e i manatu ma lagona fa’aalia i le tautua ma le fa’amatai, tainane o suiga ma lu’itau o le aganu’u o lo’o feagai ma i latou o lo’o alala i Niusila nei.
This is a multi-level course so you will be assessed at the appropriate level. You can gain 14-18 credits from the standards listed below and can enter into both internal and external.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
2 x 1B4 exercise books
Samoan – English dictionary (optional)
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Samoan 2.3 - Interact using spoken Samoan to share information and justify ideas and opinions in different situations
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Samoan 2.2 - Give a spoken presentation in Samoan that communicates information, ideas and opinions
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Samoan 2.5 - Write a variety of text types in Samoan to convey information, ideas, and opinions in genuine contexts
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Samoan 3.2 - Give a clear spoken presentation in Samoan that communicates a critical response to stimulus material
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Samoan 3.3 - Interact clearly using spoken Samoan to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations
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Samoan 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear Samoan to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 14
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
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