NCEA Level 1 Te Reo Māori Course Outline
For language subjects, all the Big Ideas and Significant Learning are woven throughout all aspects of a programme and are inextricable from that learning. No element of the Learning Matrix is taught in isolation from the rest. Therefore, individual pieces of Significant Learning are not listed alongside specific learning activities or assessment opportunities.
This Course Outline encompasses a year-long teaching programme and is designed to provide students with multiple encounters with texts drawn from written, oral, and visual sources and multiple opportunities to develop their skills as creators of written, oral, and visual texts that meet the language expectations of Curriculum Level 6. It also places a focus on the development of students’ intercultural competencies; their understanding of how the key values of Māori culture and Māori principles embedded in the language; their awareness of the connection between language, culture, and identity, and their understanding of strategies to aid language acquisition.
Big Ideas in Te Reo Māori
BIG IDEA Te Tika o te Reo - Language Accuracy
BIG IDEA Te Rere o te Reo - Language Fluency
BIG IDEA Te Māori o te Reo - Cultural integrity of the Language
BIG IDEA Te Ora o te Reo - Language Vitality
Key Competencies
in Te Reo Māori
- Students will apply a range of communicative skills in a variety of contexts that will enable them to express their thoughts in te reo Māori with accuracy, fluency, cultural integrity and gain an understanding of language revitalisation.
- Students of Te Reo Māori will develop self-managing skills and strategies that will enable them to know when to lead or follow, and when and how to act independently or collectively for the benefit of te ao Māori.
- Students of Te Reo Māori will apply creative and critical thinking, as well as metacognitive processes to make sense of information, experiences and ideas which will inspire them to be lifelong learners of te reo Māori.
- Students of Te Reo Māori, in tandem with learning tikanga Māori, will strengthen their own identity, therefore, providing a strong foundation for them to create and nurture relationships with others and the environment.
- The ideas, values and attitudes developed from a Māori worldview expressed through te reo Māori will enable students of Te Reo Māori to be culturally confident and competent to participate in and contribute to Māori language and culture revitalisation within their communities.
Pathways
Te Reo Māori provides students with a foundation of communicative skills and cultural knowledge to develop confidence through strong self-identity that will enable them to engage in quality bilingual/bicultural relationships with others.
Te Reo Māori supports further learning and promotes the normalisation of te reo Māori in the areas of: broadcasting, journalism, education, arts, entertainment, business, tourism, hospitality, local and central government, health, languages, sports administration, marketing, management, law, corrections, public speaking, iwi development, volunteering, community services, farming and agriculture, primary industries, Treaty settlements, translating and interpreting services.