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New Zealand Scholarship Samoan

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Samoan assessment specification

Samoan resources

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Examination timetable

Samoan assessment specification

Scholarship Performance Standard (93010)	Samoan
Method of assessment	Written and spoken examination
For year	2023

Resources or information supplied

a question-and-answer booklet for each candidate
an audio file of the Listening passage(s)
a laminated 'Speaking Task' card.

The school will provide a device and software on which to play the listening passage(s), and to record the candidates' spoken responses.

Format of the assessment

The exam consists of TWO parts, held in a three-hour time slot:

first, a two-hour Writing section with TWO questions in response to spoken and written stimulus material in Samoan
second, a short individual Speaking section, scheduled within a one-hour time slot, with ONE question in Samoan.

SECTION ONE: Writing (two hours)

Question One

This question will be in Samoan. It will require a response written in Samoan, to passage(s) spoken in Samoan, and provided as an audio file.

The Listening passages(s) will:

require approximately 30 minutes listening time
be repeated 3 times: the first time as a whole, the second and third times in sections, with a pause after each section
consist of no more than 3 passages linked around a common theme.

Question Two

This question will be in English. It will require a response written in English or te reo Māori, to text(s) written in Samoan, provided in the question-and-answer booklet.

The Written text(s) will:

consist of no more than 3 texts
be linked around a common theme.

SECTION TWO: Speaking (individual sessions within a one-hour time slot)

Question Three

Candidates will be required to give a spoken response of 3–4 minutes to a question related to the listening passage(s) and/or the written text(s). Both the question and the response will be in Samoan.

In the recording room, candidates will be given:

a straightforward question
paper and pen
10 minutes to make notes for an oral response to the question.

At the end of the 10-minute period, candidates will speak for 3–4 minutes in Samoan in response to the question. Candidates may use their notes as they speak.

Information for candidates (PDF, 28KB)