Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa - Pasifika Education Community

Vāega 6: ‘O ni fa‘ata‘ita‘iga i le aganu‘u fa‘asāmoaLevel 6: Suggested aspects of fa‘asāmoaAt this level, students will have already had considerable exposure to many aspects of aganu‘u fa‘asāmoa.They will be using their knowledge to varying degrees in a range of familiar situations and contextsalready encountered through the learning activities offered at levels 1–5. They will generally beable to communicate appropriately in gagana Sāmoa outside the classroom in social situations thatthey are familiar with and to cope with some less familiar ones as they build their knowledge andexperience progressively. They are developing personal ways of expressing themselves in gagana ma leaganu‘u fa‘asāmoa.The table below suggests possible aspects of aganu‘u fa‘asāmoa for the Cultural Knowledge strandat level 6.Atamai i le Aganu‘uCultural KnowledgeStudents will:‘O ni fa‘ata‘ita‘iga i le aganu‘u fa‘asāmoaSuggested aspects of fa‘asāmoaStudents could be learning through experiences that allow them to:82• interact appropriately in specifiedsituations within their experience;• discuss a range of socioculturalevents and their features;• introduce tautalaga (speeches), for example, by saying:Fa‘agafua lo‘u nofoaga ‘ae māgalo lo‘u leoTōfā ia i Fale‘ula saunoaga ma fetalaiga o le asōLepa i le foe ‘ae mapu i le to‘o fetalaiga o le asō;• thank a guest, for example, by saying:‘Ole‘ā faia o a‘u ma sui o la tātou vasega e momoli atu ai lefa‘afetai;• folafolaga o se fa‘aaloaloga (acknowledge a gift), for example,a gift of food, money, or sua;‘Ole‘ā ‘ou folafolaina atu (list the gifts offered):‘Ua iai le pusa pīsupo;‘Ua iai ma taumafa ‘ese‘ese;‘Ua iai ma le sēleni pa‘ia e selau tālā;Fa‘afetai le teu, fa‘afetai le fa‘aaloalo;• address people at a special occasion using their title or status,for example:‘Ou te tautala i le fa‘atupu ma le fa‘atamāli‘i;‘O le āsiga lēnei na ma‘ama‘au ‘i ai le susuga iā [nameof person];• give instructions, for example:Fa‘atino le ‘aveina o mea nei i le fa‘asologa o i lalo: vailolo,fa‘avevela, ta‘apaepae, sua talisua, ‘ie o le mālō;