Year 9 Tongan
9TON Course Description Recommended Prior LearningOpen Entry
In Year 9, Tongan is a Semester 1 course only. Students will learn to understand and create simple paragraphs using their knowledge of Tongan Language. Students will learn to greet and respond to greetings in Tongan, learn about family and family relationships, learn about their school and other topics that will be used as a vehicle to learn the Tongan Language. Cultural knowledge and values will also be explored through reading, listening, speaking and conversing using simple Tongan 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 1, the new intake of 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