Year 9 Samoan
9SAM Course Description Recommended Prior LearningOpen Entry
In Year 9, Samoan is a Term course only and will have new students for each of the Terms during the year. This is an introductory course to Gagana Samoa, where students will start with commonly used expressions in class and learning to understand and create simple paragraphs using their knowledge of Samoan Language. Students will learn to greet and respond to greetings in Samoan, learn about family and family relationships, learn about their school and other topics that will be used as a vehicle to learn the Samoan Language. Cultural knowledge and values will also be explored through reading, listening, speaking and conversing using simple Samoan language. Learning is fun in Year 9 where games will be used a lot as a way of teaching and acquiring the language.
Course Overview
Semester 1
In Semester 1, students will learn to greet and respond to greeting, family, school, church and other familiar topics. They will learn to deliver a very simple speech introducing themselves, they will learn to talk and converse about their families, schools, and other topics that they will learn about.
Semester 2
In Semester 2, a new group of students will take Yr 9 Samoan. The students will learn to greet and respond to greeting, family, school, church and other familiar topics. They will learn to deliver a very simple speech introducing themselves, they will learn to talk and converse about their families, schools, and other topics that they will learn about.
Assessment Policy & Procedures Pathway Career Pathways
Historian, Audiologist/Audiometrist, Flight Attendant, Counsellor, Minister of Religion, Trainer, Journalist, Interpreter, Musician, Technical Writer, Editor, Corrections Officer, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Foreign Policy Officer, Workplace Relations Adviser, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Importer/Exporter, Immigration Officer, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Translator, Occupational Therapist, Private Teacher/Tutor, Probation Officer, Secondary School Teacher, Teacher Aide, Speech-Language Therapist, Tour Guide, Travel Agent/Adviser, Intelligence Officer, Court Registry Officer, Career Consultant
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery1 x exercise book
blue, black, and red pens, and pencils
1 Glue stick, eraser, ruler and coloured pencils
Chrome book / Samoan Dictionary