Teaching and learning lea faka Tonga
This resource from the Teaching and Learning Pacific Languages collection provides teachers with support for the teaching and learning of lea faka Tonga through storybooks, teacher support materials, and the Poto series of books (supporting teachers to work in partnership with families and Pacific communities).
About this resource
This communicative language resource brings together a package of materials designed to offer flexible, progressive, entry-level lessons for teachers and students who are new learners of lea faka Tonga.
Teachers can find a series of downloadable resources to use for planning and learning with their students. See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Ko e Fakahinohino ki he Lea Faka-Tonga: The Tongan Language Guidelines (.pdf)
- Storybook PDFs and teacher support materials - Introduction to Tongan (.zip)
- Storybook PDFs for the Poto book series (.zip)
Also included are links to lea faka Tonga achievement standards and associated resources, available for schools to use at NCEA levels 1, 2, and 3, and resources from the Poto series of storybooks, supporting teachers to work in partnership with families and Pacific communities.
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Teaching and learning lea faka Tonga
- Language guidelines
- Faufaua!
- Poto series storybooks
Ko e Fakahinohino ki he Lea Faka Tonga: The Tongan Language Guidelines
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Ko e Fakahinohino ki he Lea Faka-Tonga: The Tongan Language Guidelines (.pdf)
The Tongan language guidelines support the learning languages area of The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum.
The early childhood section of these guidelines is aligned with Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mo ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa Early childhood curriculum.
The section for schools is aligned with The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum for English-medium Teaching and Learning in Years 1–13.
The development of guidelines designed to support the teaching and learning of the Tongan language in New Zealand schools began in 2004. This work was strengthened and supported by close collaboration with Tongan people, and in 2007 the Ministry published Tongan in The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum. Ko e Fakahinohino ki he Lea Faka-Tonga: The Tongan Language Guidelines is the updated version of the 2007 Tongan language guidelines.
To order a hardcopy of Ko e Fakahinohino ki he Lea Faka-Tonga: The Tongan Language Guidelines:
- Visit: Down the Back of the Chair and enter item number MOE34154
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 0800 226 440
Lea faka Tonga achievement standards and associated resources are available for schools to use at NCEA levels 1, 2, and 3
- See NZQA Lea Faka-Tonga subject resources for more about the achievement standards for lea faka Tonga.
Learning languages in NZ schools
Learning languages in a school setting involves developing learners’ capabilities for both learning language and using language to communicate across cultural boundaries.
Students appreciate the deep connections between language and culture and how they work together to express values and meaning in particular ways.
Learning languages – A guide for New Zealand schools
The Learning languages guide provides information to support the delivery of language programmes.
Principals, language teachers, board of trustees, and those looking to find ways to introduce or enhance language programmes will find comprehensive information in this guide. The guide is a useful reference for how to develop a vision for learning languages based on the benefits for students.
