Te Reo Māori Beginners 2 with Kaiwai Rhind

An 8 week course

Te Reo Māori Beginners 2 builds on the foundation of Beginner 1 and  is suitable for students who are comfortable with the use of personal pronouns and active sentence structures. There is an emphasis on growing confidence with conversation about everyday topics.

 

 

Course Details

The foundation learning from the beginners class will be reviewed including:

  • Pronunciation
  • Mihimihi, karakia, and waiata
  • Tikanga
  • Greetings
  • Vocabulary
  • Pronouns
  • Commands
  • Active sentences and tenses
  • Descriptive sentences
  • Negating sentences

Further topics will include:

  • Possession – use of a and o
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Extended sentence structures including: 
    • Locative 
    • Passive and Stative sentences
    • Agent Emphatic

This course will use Scotty Morrison’s “Te Reo Māori Made Easy” as a resource to support the course.This can be ordered from Paper Plus https://www.paperplus.co.nz/shop/books/non-fiction/education-reference/languages-esol/maori-made-easy

This course is subsidised by TEC funding for NZ citizens and permanent residents which requires commitment to attend the full course.

Venue

The Learning Centre, Artworks
2 Korora Road
Waiheke Island
Auckland 1081
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Phone: 09 372 9868

 

Tutor

Kaiwai Rhind

Ko Te Uri Karaka te hapū. Ko Ngāti Paoa te iwi. Ko Ngāti Pikiao te hapu Ko Te Arawa te iwi. Ko Te Rarawa me Taranaki hoki ōku iwi. He kaiako ahau o Te Reo Tūpuna ki nga tamariki me nga pakeke. Kua roa ahau e whakaako ana, e ako ana i Aotearoa me tāwāhi. Waimarie ahau ki te noho ki konei i Te Motu Arairoa tōku ūkaipō.