Reading and Speaking
 : Link Tasks
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Link Task 1
Approach: One to one
Focus: Pronouncing Mäori words.
Resources: Twelve pictures with words.

% responses
GEd
MI
Total score: 56 – 60 29 98
51 – 55 28 0
46 – 50 22 0
41 – 45 11 0
36 – 40 3 0
31 - 35 0 2
26 - 30 1 0
21 - 25 3 0
0 - 20 3 0

Commentary:
Mäori students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings scored statistically significantly higher than did Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings. Given the special focus for MI students on learning Te Reo Mäori, this finding is not unexpected.
 
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Link Task 4
Approach: Independent
Focus: Completing a story.
Resources: Series of pictures and text.

% responses
GEd
MI
Total score: 3 23 27
2 69 51
1 8 11
0 0 11
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) and Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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Link Task 5
Approach: Station
Focus: Reading comprehension.
Resources: None.
  % responses
GEd
MI

Component:  1

73
42

2

69
21
3
64
47
4
50
35
Commentary:
Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings scored statistically significantly higher than did Mäori students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings.
 
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Link Task 8
Approach: One to one
Focus: Retelling a process viewed.
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer; still photos from video
  % responses
GEd
MI

Total score:   16 – 18

11
0

13 – 15

50
23
10 – 12
30
36
7 – 9
8
26
4 – 6
1
12
0 – 3
0
3
Commentary:
Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings scored statistically significantly higher than did Mäori students in Mäori Immersion (MI) settings.
 
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Link Task 9
Approach: One to one
Focus: Presenting an advertisement based on a photograph.
Resources: Photograph.
  % responses
GEd
MI

Total score:   17 – 23

3
6

13 – 16

26
20
10 – 12
39
33
7 – 9
27
22
4 – 6
4
16
0 – 3 1 3
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) and Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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Link Task 10
Approach: One to one
Focus: Social task
Resources: None
  % responses
GEd
MI

Total score:   17 – 20

0
27

13 – 16

14
2
9 – 12
14
34
5 – 8
49
10
0 – 4
23
2
Commentary:
Mäori students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings scored statistically significantly higher than did Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings.
 
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