Year 10 Tongan Bilingual

Malo e lelei! Kau mai ke tau ako ‘a e lea faka-Tonga! Ko e mata’ikoloa, koe monu’ia’anga! 

This course is hugely in line with some of the most significant Tongan Bilingual NCEA learning standards. It aims at furthering students’ Tongan Language learning in NCEA level if they decide to keep on learning Tongan in years to come. Students will also continue to build in what they have learned in Year 9. More importantly, this course is looking at thriving students learning in 3 main areas 1) How to read, speak and write in Tongan Language by the end of school year. We had done it in Year 9, at which most of our students had learnt how to read, speak, and write in Tongan language.  

In addition, students will learn to construct simple texts, and describe aspects of their own background and immediate environment and to express and respond to personal needs and interests. Topics like Extended Family, Food preparation, Weather, Directions, Myths and Legends are just some of the topic’s students will be studying and talk about using Tongan language. The skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing will be an integral part of their learning and students will be assessed on these skills. It is hoped that students of Tongan, at the completion of this course will learn to appreciate their culture, values, and its relevance to their everyday life.