Year 9 Tongan
9TON Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr Mafi.
Recommended Prior LearningOpen Entry
In Year 9, Tongan is a Term course only and will have new students for each of the Terms during the year. This is an introductory course to Tongan, where students will start with commonly used expressions in class and learning 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. 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
Tongan in year 9 is a Term only course. So every Term, a new cohorts will study Tongan. During the Term, 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. Learning vocabulary is an integral part of learning Tongan in Year 9.
Semester 2
Tongan in year 9 is a Term only course. So every Term, a new cohort will study Tongan. During the Term, 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. Learning vocabulary is an integral part of learning Tongan in Year 9.
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