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Waka Aotearoa is about spreading pasifica education throughout New Zealand.community
What we can all do to build families & communities committed to bilingualism, biliteracy and Bilingual /Immersion Education Bilingualism means for this generation of young people to be able to raise the next generation of children in our own language/s and literacy.
• The value of being bilingual
• Becoming bilingual
• Science of bilingualism
Education Providers
The purpose of education is to help children become “someone more”, to add to who they are; to be a full member of their own family and culture and a citizen of the world. We should not be trying to make them into “someone different” by taking away from them, their identity, culture and language, and their ability to pass it on to the next generation.
- Advantages of bilingualism
- Research & dat
- Types of Bilingual Immersion Programmes
Presentations
Video French Unit at Richmond Road. John McCaffery presentation.
Video Ministry of Education At The Table series
Episode 2 Pacific Languages in education with Fa’atili Iosua Esera, John McCaffery, Sala Dr Fa’asaulala Tagoilelagi-Leota, Dr Lesieli Tongati’o delve into the essential opportunities pertaining to Pacific language and immersion, emphasising their significance for the future of Pacific learners.
Publications
McCaffery, J. (2015) New and Innovative Approaches in Learning Languages A presentation to the Auckland Languages Strategy Conference ,UoA Business School, Auckland 27 November 2015. Link
Link to Academia Publications
O tatou ō aga’i i fea?/’Oku tau ō ki fe?/Where are we heading. Pacific languages in Aotearoa New Zealand.