INTRODUCING THE 20 WEEK HOEA TE WAKA COURSE!
Learn to speak the Māori language in a safe and fun environment while having fun along the way. This is where you begin to build your confidence with speaking, listening, and building comprehension of the language. Speak reo in the home, in the community and with whānau and friends. If you are already in the waka, let's keep going, or, if you are new to our waka, bring your paddle and let's go on this journey together. He Waka Eke Noa
Hoea te waka will teach you to be more conversational with the Māori language and will cover the following:
Whanaungatanga – Building a safe and comfortable environment to learn while creating connections with others to speak with.
Cementing learning from the ‘Kia Mau ki te Hoe’ course and adapting to new situations
Using a variety of sentence structures to allow conversations – Action, descriptive, negation sentences, advanced questioning sentences
Building better understanding of the Ā/Ō category – singular and plural
Learn how to speak about whanau and whakapapa with confidence and be able to explain your family tree in te reo
Building a solid comprehension of listening to understand the language
Build our speaking comprehension through scenario-based conversations
Develop understanding and comprehension of spoken Māori, to be able to follow Māori news stories and content. Podcast, Māori television etc.
Build confidence to speak at home, in the community, at gatherings and listen to new people speak the language with more comprehension.
Explore whakataukī and kīwaha
Overcome trauma that has prevented you from being your authentic self.