Online:
Hā o te Rā: The daily breath of te reo
Beginners-Intermediate
Whakarewaina tōu waka ‘ Launch your waka’ and reach your language learning destination.
Te Waka Tīwai Beginners and Te Waka Tētē Intermediate, have been fashioned as a vehicle to transport you; the hoe ‘paddles’ give you autonomy to head in your own direction. We equip you with interactive resources and techniques so that you are on a continual language learning journey.
Style: Facilitated via live Zoom group sessions online; videos; optional whānau groups; assessments and personal accountability sessions to keep you on track.
Objectives: Vocabulary learning (relevant to you), sentence building, listening comprehension, written communication and most importantly, conversational practice. Karakia and waiata are included in the course learning objectives.
Can’t make the live sessions? No problem. We will provide you with recordings of the live session you missed.
Get your whānau reo together and register!
You can register for your course by clicking the link that contains your preferred date and time.
Te Waka Tīwai: Te reo Absolute Beginners Level 1
2024 Courses. Limited Spaces!
Te Waka Tīwai Level 1 (10 weeks) 29 April – 01 July 2024 – 11 April 2024 10:30am-11:50am. $402.50 incl gst NZD
“This course includes a 30 minute guided conversational class each week. The times will be made available upon completed registration”
Learn how to:
- pronounce words and phrases with confidence and accuracy
- introduce yourself and others
- describe people and things
- use words referring to people (pronouns)
- count and tell time
- tell people where things are located and who has them
- say what you’re doing and where you’re going
- say who owns something/will own something
- use the ‘a’ and ‘o’ category correctly
Learn and apply words best suited to your own personal everyday language environment eg. home / marae / school / specific work environments (healthcare /hospitality / government agencies etc).
Start learning your vocabulary for this course now! Go to Te Awa Māori’s Quizlet link to get started.
To achieve the best learning outcomes during the course, you should work on your reo for at least one hour a day. We will give you activities and strategies to help you.
For more information email info@teawamaori.com or register now via link above.
Te Waka Tīwai: Te reo Beginners Level 2
2024 Courses. Limited Spaces.
Te Waka Tīwai Level 2 (10 weeks) 29 April 2024 – 1 July 2024. 12pm-1:20pm. $402.50 incl gst NZD
Learn how to:
- extend on the sentences from Level 1
- talk about possession/ownership
- use time phrases
- give commands
- say who owns/will own something
- express likes and dislikes
- use relevant idiomatic expressions.
Learn and apply words best suited to your own personal everyday language environment eg. home / marae / school / specific work environments (healthcare /hospitality / government agencies/ tertiary institutions etc).
Once you’ve registered for this course, we’ll send you links to some of our awesomeonline resources so you can study before you get started.
To achieve the best learning outcomes during the course, you should work on your reofor at least one hour a day. We will give you activities and strategies to help you.
For more information email info@teawamaori.com or register now via link in coursename above.
Te Waka Tētē: Te reo Intermediate Level 3
Learn how to:
- use the markers ‘i’ and ‘ki’ properly in verbal sentences
- say ‘something was/is/will be done by someone/something’ aka passives
- make comparisons between people/things
- emphasise who did or will do something aka agent emphatics
- express the state of something aka statives (using words like ‘mutu’, ‘oti’, ‘pau’, etc).
Learn and apply words best suited to your own personal everyday languageenvironment eg. home / marae / school / specific work environments (healthcare /hospitality / government agencies/ tertiary institutions etc)
Once you’ve registered for this course, we’ll send you links to some of our awesomeonline resources so you can study before you get started.
To achieve the best learning outcomes during the course, you should work on your reofor at least one hour a day. We will give you activities and strategies to help you.
For more information email info@teawamaori.com or register now via link in course name above.
In-house / Face to face:
Cultural Awareness Course
- Te reo and Tikanga: Beginners – Intermediate
Be prepared to take a journey that will open your eyes, awaken your wairua ‘spirit’ andconnect your manawa ‘heart and soul’ to the whenua ‘land’ and its people.
Learn:
Pronunciation
Mihimihi ‘greetings’, an introduction of oneself in te reo and how to greet others both formally and informally
Whakapapa ‘the importance of connection through relationships’
Tikanga ‘customary principles’ that underpin culture and relationships
Kawa ‘how things are done’ and Māori legend and tradition (why things are done) in
te ao Māori ‘the Māori world’.
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi:
An introduction to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Learn about the significance of
He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene: the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand and thecircumstances that led to the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We look at the aftermathand what it means to us today.
To book your sessions or for more information email info@teawamaori.com.