Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa - Pasifika Education Community

Vāega 8Level 8Ālāfua ma Fuafa‘atatauStrands and Achievement ObjectivesĀlāfua: Poto i le GaganaStrand: Language KnowledgeStudents will:• interact flexibly and sustain the interaction in familiar and formal settings;• recognise detail in spoken, written, and visual texts and draw inferences and conclusions;• use basic language structures and vocabulary flexibly, with development towards a personal style;• use a range of visual and verbal features in presentations to different audiences and fordifferent purposes;• explore how linguistic meaning is conveyed across languages.Ālāfua: Feso‘ota‘igaStrand: CommunicationIn selected linguistic and sociocultural contexts, students will:8.1 communicate about certainty and uncertainty, possibility and probability;8.2 initiate and sustain interactions in a range of contexts;8.3 develop and justify a course of action, argument, or point of view;8.4 express approval, regret, and forgiveness;8.5 create and respond to texts that inform, persuade, or entertain;8.6 understand and use appropriate linguistic and cultural features in a range of contexts;8.7 explore the views of others, developing and sharing personal perspectives.93Ālāfua: Atamai i le Aganu‘uStrand: Cultural KnowledgeStudents will:• explain the significance of particular aganu‘u fa‘asāmoa practices;• discuss and use combinations of visual and verbal features in presentations and performances;• recognise and express fa‘aaloalo and tautua in a range of contexts;• research and interpret social, environmental, and economic issues in the contexts of New Zealandand Sāmoa;• analyse how the language expresses cultural meanings and make comparisons with other languages.The table below suggests possible aspects of gagana Sāmoa for the Communication strand atlevel 8.