L2 Samoan (KA) - Full Year

Course Overview

Samoan course will involve learning how to form sentences and phrases so you will gain knowledge of Samoan by developing skills in listening, spoken presentation, reading and writing. Students will sit both internally and externally assessed standards. External standards will be assessed at the end of the year as an examination. Internal assessments in Samoan will be assessed in School according to the course outline your teacher will be giving you at the beginning of the year. There will be two sets of formative assessments during the year for our Externals standards. (Term 3 and Term 4). 

Content

• Faafeiloaiga – Formal greetings

• O Alaga`upu ma Muagagana – Samoan proverbs and idioms

• Lauga Fa`asamoa- Speech – Lauga faafetai- Samoan Oratory/Traditional Speech

• Faafiafiaga Faasamoa - Samoan Performance.

• Ava ole feiloa’iga – Ava ceremony

• Samoan Independence history - Tala`aga ole Tutoatasi o Samoa

• Other Traditional cultural events eg; Ifoga, Fa`aulufalega

• Tala i mea o Tutupu i Niu Sila ma Samoa- Current events in NZ and Samoa

Talofa lava. Mālō le soifua maua male lagi e mama. Fa`afetai tele mo le filifiliina o le Gagana Samoa i lenei tausaga. O le Gagana Samoa o se matā’upu e patino ia te oe ma a’u o le Sāmoa ma e tatau ona e mitamita ma u’u mau iai. O le gagana, o le aganu’u, o lou fa’asinomaga lea. Your language, your culture is a part of your identity. I hope you enjoy Gagana Samoa this year and continue to build on the beauty of Samoan language and culture!