03SAM

Level 3 Samoan

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs L. Sime.

This Year 13 Samoan course teaches the Samoan language to effectively express and justify ideas and opinions through every day and formal situations. Students will learn to use the language in a range of purposes, express thoughts on critical situations and interpret texts.
Students will be able to:
- Communicate information, ideas and opinions
through increasingly complex and varied texts.
- Exploring views, developing and sharing personal
perspectives.
- Engaging/responding to different texts
- Analyse ways the Samoan language is used in
different texts.
- Analyse ways the Samoan culture is organised
for different purpose.

Recommended Prior Learning

It is highly recommended that you already have the conversational language in both writing and speaking to ensure you get the best out of this course. This may have been achieved by speaking and communicating in Gagana Samoa at home with your 'aiga regularly or completing the Level 2 Gagana Samoa course. 

If you are unsure if this course if for you, please see Mrs Sime for support.

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

1B8 Exercise books
BYOD

Pathway

Students who choose the Level 3 Gagana Samoa course could have the opportunity to take the Samoan Language further into tertiary level. Career pathways for languages can consist of translator/interpreter roles, there are also opportunities for foreign language intelligence roles and language teachers.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 24 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 14 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91563 v2
NZQA Info
Samoan 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Samoan texts
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91564 v1
NZQA Info
Samoan 3.2 - Give a clear spoken presentation in Samoan that communicates a critical response to stimulus material
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91565 v1
NZQA Info
Samoan 3.3 - Interact clearly using spoken Samoan to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91566 v1
NZQA Info
Samoan 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Samoan texts
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91567 v1
NZQA Info
Samoan 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear Samoan to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 93010 v14
NZQA Info
SCHL - Samoan
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 0
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 24
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 24

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.