NCEA Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga case studies
NCEA Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Lea Faka-Tonga is the Tongan language subject offered within New Zealand's NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement), listed by NZQA under Learning Languages New Zealand Curriculum. As described by NZQA, Lea Faka-Tonga is the study of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Tongan. The NCEA Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga case studies are 5 cases and about 3,369 words.
1Ko e lea ʻi he telefoni: two recordings, one notice
Mele, Year 12, is entered for the Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga listening internal. Her first language is Tongan, but she has been schooled in English and rarely writes Tongan.
732 words, about 4 min2Three minutes, 480 words, one heliaki she cannot explain
Tupou, Year 12, is one of six finalists in the school Lea Faka-Tonga speech competition. She has three minutes; a bell rings at 3:15 and speakers are stopped.
663 words, about 3 min3Two versions of the same fananga, 25 minutes to choose
Year 12 has 25 minutes of class time to prepare a short report on 'Ko e pōpoaki ʻo e fananga' and must quote one version of a tale about a rat who borrows a canoe from a heron and fails to return it. Two versions are on the desk.
648 words, about 3 min4A 320-word letter that has to become 250 and less direct
Sione's Level 2 writing portfolio needs a 200–250 word formal letter. He writes on behalf of a youth group of 30 to the komiti ʻo e kolo, asking to use the village hall on Friday 14 November, 7–9 pm, for a study night, and asking the committee to waive the usual $50 hire fee.
681 words, about 3 min5One minute at the fono: refusing an elder without refusing
At a kāinga fono called to plan his grandmother's 80th birthday kātoanga, about 25 relatives sit in the front room. The eldest uncle speaks first, then two aunts, and the youth are asked to speak last.
645 words, about 3 min