Level 1: Achievement objectives
Students should be able to:
- 1.1 greet, farewell, and thank people and respond to greetings and thanks;
- 1.2 introduce themselves and others and respond to introductions;
- 1.3 communicate about number, using days of the week, months, and dates;
- 1.4 communicate about personal information, such as name, age, nationality, and home;
- 1.5 communicate about location;
- 1.6 understand and use simple politeness conventions (for example, ways of thanking people, apologising, excusing themselves, and complimenting people);
- 1.7 use and respond to simple classroom language (including asking for the word to express something in te reo Māori).
Suggested language learning contexts
Suggested sociocultural themes
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Ngā mihi
(greetings) -
Te akomanga
(the classroom) -
Te kura
(the school) -
Te whānau
(extended family) -
Te kāinga
(home)
Suggested topics
- Whānau, hapū, iwi
- My home
- My classroom
- My school
- Origin, identity, location
Suggested text types
- Kīwaha
(idioms) - Pepeha
(iwi-specific sayings) - Waiata Māori
(Māori songs) - Whakataukī
(proverbs) - Captions for pictures and photographs
- Simple, short dialogues
- Greeting and leave-taking routines
- Class timetables
Language modes
Whakarongo – Listening
By the end of level 1, learners can:
- identify the sounds of letters of the Māori alphabet (arapū), letter combinations, intonation, and stress patterns;
- recognise and understand simple, familiar spoken words, phrases, and sentences.
Pānui – Reading
By the end of level 1, learners can:
- identify letters of the Māori alphabet (arapū), letter combinations, basic written language conventions, and simple punctuation;
- recognise and understand simple, familiar written words, phrases, and sentences.
Mātakitaki – Viewing
By the end of level 1, learners can:
- recognise the communicative significance of particular facial expressions and other body language;
- interpret meanings that are conveyed in combinations of words and images or symbols.
Kōrero – Speaking
By the end of level 1, learners can:
- imitate the pronunciation, intonation, stress, and rhythm of te reo Māori words, phrases, and sentences;
- respond appropriately to simple, familiar instructions and simple questions;
- ask simple questions;
- initiate spoken encounters in te reo Māori, using simple greetings, questions, and statements.
Tuhituhi – Writing
By the end of level 1, learners can:
- write letters and numbers;
- write vowels with macrons;
- reproduce letter combinations and punctuation for te reo Māori words, phrases, and sentences in familiar contexts;
- write simple, familiar words, phrases, and sentences using the conventions of written language, such as appropriate spelling and punctuation.
Whakaari – Presenting
By the end of level 1, learners can:
- use appropriate facial expressions, body language, and images to convey messages (with and without accompanying verbal language);
- use selected features of visual language to add meaning to simple written or oral text.