NCEA Level 3 Samoan case studies
NCEA Level 3 Samoan · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NCEA Level 3 Samoan is a secondary-school subject within New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement, administered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). It is taken by senior students - typically Year 13 - who already have Samoan language foundations at Levels 1 and 2, and by heritage speakers who wish to have their gagana Sāmoa recognised formally. The learning area develops both receptive and productive skills: listening and viewing, speaking and presenting, reading and viewing, and writing and presenting. Assessment combines internally assessed standards, such as prepared speeches and portfolio writing, with externally assessed standards in which students respond to recorded and written texts and produce sustained written Samoan. The NCEA Level 3 Samoan case studies are 5 cases and about 2,987 words.
1Radio interview: the proverb that corrects, not attacks
A Year 13 student is preparing a listening portfolio entry. She listens once to a six-minute recorded interview from a community radio station in Apia.
605 words, about 3 min2Welcoming a high chief without borrowing honorifics
Mele, a Year 13 student, has 24 hours to prepare a three-minute welcome at a school assembly. The guests are a visiting ali'i (high chief) from another district, two tulafale, and 90 Year 9 students.
641 words, about 3 min3Opinion column: concession before the call to action
A student is preparing for the reading and viewing portfolio. She has 20 minutes to read a 320-word opinion column in a Samoan community newspaper and answer three questions.
582 words, about 3 min4Two audiences, two registers: fono letter and friends' message
A 17-year-old student, Sione, must write two texts in one afternoon. First, a formal letter to the village fono requesting the use of the hall for a Youth Language Week on 12–16 June.
590 words, about 3 min5Phone call: a call-back that is not a yes
A Year 13 student is practising for a listening assessment. She hears a 90-second phone call between her aunt, a 55-year-old woman in Savai'i, and her cousin.
569 words, about 3 min