Educational Material
This course will develop your listening and speaking skills in English by watching our short video tutorials and cartoon animations. It is aimed at new learners of the English language who have no prior knowledge of English and need to master their speaking skills in an indigenous New Zealand context.
To watch the introduction video with Dr Wiri (English) and Mr Song (Chinese), please scan the QR codes or click on the view video here links below.
Dr Wiri (English)
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Mr Song (Chinese)
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Level One – Module Four: Counting and money.
Cartoon 4 – How about this car?
Ben and his best friend, Tom, go shopping for a new car and discover the car is too expensive.
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Level Two – Module Eight: Location and locatives.
Cartoon 8 – Where is Dad’s favourite book?
Rob (Dad) discovers that the family dog, Jumbo, has eaten his favourite book. Mary and Ben persuade their dad to forgive Jumbo for eating his book.
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Level Three – Module Nine: Future and past tense.
Cartoon 9 – The Māori haka contest is sold out!
Ben and Mary bump into John and are excited about the upcoming Māori haka contest. But there is one slight problem, the tickets are all sold out.
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Level Three – Module Eleven: Introducing idioms – Kiwi-English sayings.
In this module, you will learn 35 Kiwi-English idioms or sayings that are unique to New Zealand English.
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Level Three – Module Twelve: Introducing Māori legends and storytelling in English.
Cartoons 12A and 12B – ‘Māui searches for his parents’ and ‘The adventures of Kupe and Niwa the Spirit Guide’.
In this module, we introduce you to the art of storytelling with two amazing cartoons about the adventures of Māui, the Māori superman, Kupe, the adventurer, and his spirit guide, Niwa.
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Level Four – Module Sixteen: Māori performing arts.
In this final module, we explore the fascinating world of Māori performing arts, ‘kapa haka’ and Māori oral literature in English.
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