Level 3: Achievement objectives
Students should be able to:
- 3.1 communicate, including comparing and contrasting, about habits and routines;
- 3.2 communicate about events and where they take place;
- 3.3 give and follow directions;
- 3.4 communicate, including comparing and contrasting, about how people travel;
- 3.5 communicate about immediate past activities.
Suggested language learning contexts
Suggested sociocultural themes
- Kaumātua
(elders) - Manaakitanga
(hospitality) - Te tiaki i te taiao
(care of the environment) - Tūrangawaewae
(my place to stand) - Te haere ki te marae
(attending events at the marae)
Suggested topics
- Modes of transport
- The marae: routines and procedures
- Sport and leisure gatherings
- Planning leisure-time events
Suggested text types
- Karakia
(prayers) - Kīwaha
(idioms) - Pepeha
(iwi-specific sayings) - Waiata Māori
(Māori songs) - Whakataukī
(proverbs) - Informal and semi-formal conversational exchanges
- Maps and plans
- Myths and legends
- Posters, pamphlets, flyers
- Simple email and text messages
- Simple personal letters
- Class timetables
- Personal diaries
Language modes
Whakarongo – Listening
By the end of level 3, learners can:
- understand specific detail and overall meaning in familiar contexts and in some unfamiliar contexts;
- understand a range of short oral texts consisting mainly of familiar language;
- get the gist of short oral texts that contain some unfamiliar language.
Pānui – Reading
By the end of level 3, learners can:
- understand specific detail and overall meaning in a range of short written texts consisting mainly of familiar language;
- get the gist of short written texts that contain some unfamiliar language.
Mātakitaki – Viewing
By the end of level 3, learners can:
- identify and respond to some visual and verbal features of texts, and the ways these features interact for particular purposes;
- understand and respond to a range of features in selected visual texts.
Kōrero – Speaking
By the end of level 3, learners can:
- initiate and sustain short conversations;
- give short prepared talks on familiar topics;
- use generally appropriate pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation;
- express simple, original ideas;
- describe familiar events, people, and things.
Tuhituhi – Writing
By the end of level 3, learners can:
- use resources (for example, dictionaries and glossaries) to experiment with some new language in writing and to check spelling;
- prepare and write short texts on familiar topics;
- write simple personal letters and emails; use appropriate writing conventions.
Whakaari – Presenting
By the end of level 3, learners can:
- present texts in which visual and verbal features interact to produce particular meanings and effects;
- present or perform a legend, whakataukī, pepeha, or waiata making effective use of visual language features.