Level 1 Gagana Sāmoa (SAM101)

Gagana Sāmoa

This learning language course is designed to meet the wide and varied needs of Samoan language learners through communicative use of all FOUR strands of any learning language – listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course develops students’ ability to communicate information, ideas and opinions in Samoan in different situations. Students will develop their understanding of spoken and written Samoan through study of self, identity and family as overarching ideas. Note that for level one Gagana Samoa, the emphasis is largely on building blocks of language structures rather than focusing on the cultural conventions of the language. 

O lenei matā’upu e ati’ae ai le tomai o alo ma fānau e ala i le fa’aaogāina o le gagana tautala/ aso uma e aofia ai le fa’alogo, tautala, faitau ma le tusitusi. E mafai ai e alo ma fānau ona fa’asoa 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 fa’alautele lo latou silafia i le gagana tusitusi ma vaogagana e fa’aaogā i le ‘āiga. O ni isi o matāupu e aofia ai lou tagata, o le fa’asinomaga ma le tāua o le ‘āiga. E lē fa’amamafaina le a’oa’oina o le aganuu ae e aofia uma pe a a’oa’oina gagana faigōfie, tau amata mo le fanau i le tausaga 11.