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Southern Institute of Technology

Auckland , North Island ,New Zealand

New Zealand Certificate In Te Reo Maori (Immersion, Second Language) Level 4

Take your basic knowledge of Te Reo M?ori and develop further in this Level 3 programme, the first part of the 36-week programme, New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo M?ori (He P? Ka Rere) Level 4.

You will develop a deeper understanding of the M?ori culture and further build confidence in your M?ori language skills. This is an interactive immersive bilingual intermediate level M?ori language programme. 

This Level 3 Programme will take the basics of Te Reo M?ori you have already learnt, into the next step. Our safe, encouraging, immersive, bilingual, and interactive programme will take you further along your Te Reo M?ori journey and is loved by people from all cultures and backgrounds.

You will develop a greater understanding of the M?ori culture while you practice and build confidence in your M?ori language skills. Learn alongside others at the same level and have fun while you’re doing it.

In this programme you’ll learn a variety of sentence structures using Te Reo M?ori in a range of formal and informal situations. You’ll be able to explain and practice tikanga M?ori as well as learning a range of waiata and karakia.

When you finish the course, you’ll have the confidence to advance into full-immersion learning.

You will learn:

active and passive sentence structures
extending your vocabulary
using different tenses
distinguishing between M?ori and non-M?ori sentence structures.
You will know how to:

use a variety of sentence structures.
use te reo M?ori in a range of formal and informal situations.
explain and practice tikanga M?ori.
use a range of waiata and karakia.
Upon successful completion of both Level 3, you will progress into Level 4 of this programme, and once you have completed both levels, you will receive the following qualification:

New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo (Reo Rua) Level 4

Campus Information

Queenstown Campus

Level 2, Dart House Remarkables Park Town Centre Hawthorne Drive Queenstown

Gore Campus

Freepost 62686 PO Box 232 Kakapo Street Gore 9710

Invercargill Campus

Freepost SIT2LRN Private Bag 90114 133 Tay Street Invercargill, 9840

Intakes

  • Feb

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Te Reo M?ori skills will be useful in everyday life in Aotearoa. They'll also be great if you work in education, M?ori  organisations, media or anywhere you deal with the public.  You can put your Te Reo M?ori skills to use in most jobs in Aotearoa.

Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

  • Use Te Reo M?ori vocabulary and grammatical structures at an advanced - intermediate level.
  • Use Te Reo M?ori at an intermediate-level to show an understanding of their connections to the land and the environment, prominent places, people, histories, and stories, as an expression of mana whenua.
  • Use Te Reo M?ori at an intermediate-level in selected contexts to develop a growing knowledge base of, and an emerging respect for Te Reo, as an expression of mana reo
  • Use Te Reo M?ori at an intermediate-level to achieve tasks and guide others in specified contexts as an expression of mana ao t?roa.

PSW Opportunity

  • During study, all students on a student visa can work up to 20 hours per week during semester and full time during vacations.
  • After completing Level 7 Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Qualification, a student will get a three years open post-study work visa.
  • After completing Level 8 Post Graduate courses of 1 year, students get 1 year PSW.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

India 60% average across 4 academic subjects (excluding Hindi or local language). English mark should be a minimum of 60%
 
75% average across 4 academic subjects (excluding Hindi or local language). 
  • IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5 
  • TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 500 (with an essay score of 4 TWE) 
  • TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14) 
  • Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill. 
  • OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests 
  • NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 4 (Academic) b) Level 4 (Academic) 
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 36 with no band score lower than 36 
  • Language Cert - B1 Achiever IESOL (LRWS) with PASS and no less than PASS in each skill 
  • Trinity ISE - ISE I with no less than distinction in any band