Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa - Pasifika Education Community

Vāega 7: ‘O ni fa‘ata‘ita‘iga i le aganu‘u fa‘asāmoaLevel 7: Suggested aspects of fa‘asāmoaAt this level, learning more about aganu‘u fa‘asāmoa involves focusing on and developing appropriate useof formal and informal language in a wide range of contexts. The degree of students’ sophistication inunderstanding aganu‘u fa‘asāmoa and how it relates to gagana Sāmoa depends partly on their previouslanguage experience and partly on the learning activities that they take part in.The table below suggests possible aspects of aganu‘u fa‘asāmoa for the Cultural Knowledge strandat level 7.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 allowthem to:• demonstrate understanding of themeanings of particular culturalpractices;• interpret and respond to aspects ofsociocultural events in historical andmodern contexts;• participate in composing andpresenting texts for particular events;• present gifts and make acknowledgments at a funeral, forexample: Folafola sua o le maliu (public acknowledgment ofgifts at a funeral). E fa‘atulou atu ‘i le pa‘ia o le maota osilagi.Faliu ia se silafaga i lau tōfā Va‘a. ‘Ou te tautala i le fa‘atupu‘ua ma‘ama‘au ‘i ai le afioga iā Faumuinā ma le faletua. ‘O laufa‘atamāli‘i lenei ‘ole‘ā ‘ou folafolaina atu …‘Ua iai le vailolo, ‘ua iai le fa‘avevela, ‘ua iai le ta‘apaepae.Fa‘alua lo‘u leo ‘ua iai le sua talisua ‘o le pusa pīsupo, ‘aeufita‘i i le ‘ie o le mālōFa‘afetai le teu, fa‘afetai le fa‘aaloalo;• make an acknowledgment at the ava ceremony (sufi ava),for example:‘Ua pa‘ia le taeao ma le aso. ‘Ua mamalu fo‘i ‘auā ‘ua afio maile pa‘ia o le faigāmalaga. E‘eta‘i maia lenā talā na ‘ātoa, ‘aese‘i liliu ane le laumua nei e sa‘ili se ‘ava mo lō tātou taeaofesilasilafa‘i;• use muāgagana (sayings) in appropriate ways, for example:E sui faiga‚‘ae tūmau le fa‘avae (Although conventions maychange, foundations remain);• identify modern changes to traditional conventions, forexample, by discussing changes to the sua in modern NewZealand;• use their knowledge of important aspects of presentation, forexample, e tāua tele vāega nei mo fa‘atinoga (the features ofa speech): le leo, tāga, fōliga, and lā‘ei;• ‘Ia talafeagai ma le gāluega ‘olo‘o fa‘atino (different kinds ofpresentations) for example: tautalaga; lāuga; fa‘atino se tala;fa‘atino se solo; siva; fa‘afiafiaga; pese; fa‘asalalauga;• compose and present various types of written texts, forexample, different kinds of tusitusiga, such as tala fou mo lenusipepa/leitio, fa‘asalalauga, tusigātala, tusi vala‘aulia, talafa‘atino, and ‘upu o pese/solo;89