9MAO – Year 9 Te Reo Māori – 1 Semester

This course is designed to enable students to grow aspects of conversational reo Māori, especially those that are appropriate for school and home life. Students will learn appropriate vocabulary and structures that will enhance their confidence, and support their ability, to become increasingly confident to speak Māori in the classroom setting and beyond.

In this course, ākonga can expect to take part in activities that involve:

• Greeting farewell and acknowledging people.
• Responding to greetings and acknowledgements.
• Introducing themselves and others and responding to introductions.
• Communicate about numbers, using days of the week, months and dates.
• Communicate about personal information, such as name, parents’ and grandparents’ names, iwi, hapū, mountain, and river, or home town and place of family origin.
• Communicate about location.
• Understand and use simple politeness conventions (for example, ways of acknowledging people, expressing regret, and complimenting people).
• Use and respond to simple classroom language (including asking for the word to express something in te reo Māori).

Through practical activities, rehearsals, and collaborative projects, ākonga will develop confidence in communication and performance skills. By the end of the course, students will have an appreciation for Māori culture and performing arts.