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Merit
Commentary
For Merit, the student needs to interact capably in spoken Te Reo M膩ori K奴ki '膧irani to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions.
This involves using interactive strategies to support the conversation and a range of language. There will be evidence of building on aspects of the information, ideas, and opinions exchanged. Communication will not be significantly hindered by inconsistencies.
The student has interacted capably about her school life and subject choices at school.
The student builds on aspects of the information by giving descriptions of her year level, subjects and teachers names. She builds on information shared by giving reasons, e.g. 鈥淢eitaki te apii no te Reo e te peu.鈥
The student鈥檚 use of language is at the expected level. In both interactions there is evidence of talking about present and past or future events and experiences, e.g. 鈥渘o Aitutaki mai au...鈥, 鈥渢ei roto au i te pupu p膩kete p艒ro...鈥, and mentioning who her teacher will be 鈥渒o Maine Tarai toku puapii鈥︹
For Excellence, the student could enhance the conversation by replying with a response that requires further detail or comments on what has been said. For example, the student could expand on ideas by saying that she is in the basketball team and giving a reason, e.g. 鈥渢ei roto au i te pupu pakete poro no te mea e reka ana au i tera tipoti鈥︹
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Excellence
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For Excellence, the student needs to interact skilfully in spoken Te Reo M膩ori K奴ki '膧irani to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions.
This involves successfully using interactive strategies that enhance the conversation and a range of language. Communication will not be hindered by inconsistencies.
This student successfully uses a range of language at the appropriate level. For example, in her introduction she compliments her mother鈥檚 beauty 鈥渒o toku mama teia, e vaine manea aia鈥.
The student responds skilfully to questions from the other speaker and demonstrates the ability to connect ideas.
The conversations are enhanced through the use of a repertoire of language strategies. For example, instead of a simple 鈥榶es鈥 response to a question, the student provides further information by giving her parents鈥 job descriptions.
Pronunciation is clear and fluent, and inconsistencies do not in any way hinder communication.
This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars consist of student evidence, with commentary, to explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.
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