Accessible: Available on any device and securely hosted withno ads or marketingInstant feedback: Auto-marking, voice recording and modelanswers provide timely and effective feedbackAdaptive: Lessons are based on a mastery model and arecarefully scaffoldedVariation: There are listening, reading, writing and speakingactivities within our lessonsNgā Paerewa: Our course will support kaiako to meet the sixStandards of the Teaching Profession

Ngā Hua Matua/Key Benefits:

In Aotearoa New Zealand, we are actively promoting andsupporting the revitalisation of the Māori culture and language

through our intuitive learning platform.

Te Ao Māori for EducatorsWhiria te muka tāngata! - Unite a Nation

Te Utu/Pricing6 month subscription: $49 (+GST) per learner12 month subscription: $79 (+GST) per learner

The 6 month course equates to around 90 minutes per week andthe 12 month course would require around 45 minutes per week

The content is the same for both courses, but the differentsubscription periods allow for either focused PLD or a more

relaxed journey

Course InformationBackground about the Te Ao Māori for EducatorscourseIn-school facilitator informationOpportunity to share your feedback

Te Arapū Māori (Alphabet)Common Māori namesClassroom commandsGreetingsTerms of PraiseNZ Place Names

Karakia - For opening hui, blessing kai &concluding meetingsHe Mihi - Appropriate Greetings andIntroductions - formal & informalKei te pēhea koe? - Asking how someone is,emotions & appropriate responsesVariety of Vocabulary Lists & Quizzes coveringgeneral topicsUseful Email Starters and Sign Offs

Kete 01: He Whakamahuki - Teacher Information

Kete 02: Te Whakahuatanga - Pronunciation

Kete 03: Getting Started with Māori

Te Kai o Roto Course outline and learning objectives

Mihimihi - Speeches of Greeting, Introductions,formulating your own MihimihiTe Whānau me te Kāinga - Family & the HomeNgā Huānga o te Whānau - Extended family &RelationshipsTohutō - Macrons: Their use and importance

Ngā Tae - Colours: Primary and Secondarycolours, asking the colour of an objectNgā Tau - Numbers: 1-100+, Describing objectswith colour and numbersNgā Rā o te Wiki - Days & Nights of the Week,Asking when a particular day is and respondingappropriatelyNgā Marama o te Tau - Months of the Year,Asking when someone is born and respondingappropriatelyNgā Taputapu me ngā Tohutohu o te Akomanga- Classroom Objects and InstructionsTe Wā me te Huarere - Time & Weather

Kete 04: Mihimihi - Speeches of Greeting &Interrelationships

Kete 05: Te Reo o te Akomanga - Useful Languagefor the Classroom

Te Kai o Roto Course outline and learning objectives

Pōwhiri - Formal Welcome Ceremony explainedMihi Whakatau - Informal Welcome CeremonyexplainedUnderstanding the stages of Pōwhiri & MihiWhakatau and identifying the difference betweenthese encounters

Polynesia to Aotearoa - The discovery of AotearoaTe Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi - Recall someof the key events that led up to the signing of TeTiriti o Waitangi. Explain some of the key terms &differences in meaning - Treaty vs Te Tiriti.Evaluate the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi andthe outcomes that have transpired through tomodern dayMatariki - The significance of Matariki (Pleiades) &how sighting this cluster of stars indicates thebeginning of the Māori New Year

Kete 06: Pōwhiri & Mihi Whakatau - Formal &Informal Encounters

Kete 07: Tāhuhu Kõrero - NZ History

Te Kai o Roto Course outline and learning objectives

Introducing yourself and other peopleIdentity, Using 'Ko...'

Tense Markers Kei te.../E...ana... (Present Continuous Actions)Kua ... (Actions Underway)I... (Past Actions Completed)I te... (Past Continuous Actions)Ka... (Future Actions)Kātahi anō...ka... (Recent Past Actions)

Possession: My, Your, OwnershipĀ & Ō Categories (introduction)Neutral Possessives - Taku, Aku, Tō, ŌTāku, Tōku, Āku, Ōku, Tāu, Āu, E hia...

Ngā Kupu Wāhi - Locatives, using Kei hea? (Where?)

Ngā Reremahi me ngā Whakakāhoretanga - ActiveSentence Structures and Negation

Kete 08: Wetereo - Grammar

Te Kai o Roto Course outline and learning objectives

Kīwaha - A list of relevant Idioms/Slang usedthroughout Aotearoa

Whakataukī/Whakatauākī - Usefulproverbs/figurative language to embellishmihimihi, kōrero and tuhinga

Kete 09: He Kīwaha, he Whakataukī - Idioms &Proverbs

Te Kai o Roto Course outline and learning objectives

Intermediate LessonsNgā Tūpou - Personal PronounsThe Ā & Ō Categories (Continued)Whakatika i ngā Hapa - Identifying and correctingsentencesHe Pātai Tene - A bank of scaffolded pre-recorded questions in Māori to assist witheveryday conversationsHe Puna Kiriata - Video Library Lessons coveringa range of real life scenarios

Kete 10: He Kai Rangatira Anō - Optional Lessons

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