Level 6: Achievement objectives
Students should be able to:
- 6.1 give and follow instructions;
- 6.2 communicate about problems and solutions;
- 6.3 communicate about immediate plans, hopes, wishes, and intentions;
- 6.4 communicate in formal situations.
Suggested language learning contexts
Suggested sociocultural themes
- Hui ōkawa
(formal gatherings) - Te tapu me te noa
(sacred and non- sacred) - Hauora Māori
(Māori health) - Ngā wānanga Māori
(special-purpose gatherings)
Suggested topics
- Tangihanga
(funerals) - Famous Māori people
- Māori creative arts
- Entertainment (for example, television, music, movies, and community events)
- Health and well-being
Suggested text types
- Karakia
(prayers) - Karanga
(welcome call) - Kīwaha
(idioms) - Pepeha
(iwi-specific sayings) - Waiata Māori
(Māori songs) - Whaikōrero
(oration/speeches) - Whakataukī
(proverbs) - Conversational exchanges
- Maps
- Letters, telephone calls, email
- Advertising posters
- Questionnaires
- Radio and television programmes
- Reports
- Extended stories and essays
- Simple interviews
- Simple speeches
- Graphs and tables
- Web pages
Language modes
Whakarongo – Listening
By the end of level 6, learners can:
- make use of context and familiar language to understand instructions and information in formal and informal contexts;
- understand specific details in contexts that may contain some unfamiliar language;
- distinguish between past and present actions and states.
Pānui – Reading
By the end of level 6, learners can:
- make use of context and familiar language to understand written instructions and information in formal and informal contexts;
- understand specific details in contexts that may contain some unfamiliar language;
- distinguish between past and present actions and states.
Mātakitaki – Viewing
By the end of level 6, learners can:
- understand and respond to various meanings, ideas, and effects in visual texts for different purposes and audiences;
- use appropriate terminology to describe ways that visual and verbal language interact for specific effects and purposes.
Kōrero – Speaking
By the end of level 6, learners can:
- initiate and sustain more extended conversations in both formal and informal contexts;
- discuss projects and tasks in pairs or groups, for example, when sharing peer feedback on writing;
- give short talks on familiar topics in familiar contexts, past and present;
- use appropriate pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation.
Tuhituhi – Writing
By the end of level 6, learners can:
- use resources to experiment with new language and to review writing for accuracy;
- write information on familiar topics with past, present, and future time reference;
- write a range of text types and more extended texts (for example, formal letters, personal letters, blogs, longer essays, descriptions, and narratives);
- use a range of written planning tools, such as skeleton plans and mind maps;
- use appropriate writing conventions.
Whakaari – Presenting
By the end of level 6, learners can:
- use visual language to communicate with different audiences for different purposes;
- use combinations of visual and verbal language to communicate with different audiences for different purposes.