Aspects of Technology
: Te Tikanga o te Kupu – Meanings
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Approach: One to one

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Focus: Word knowledge
Resources:   “Meanings” card
Kupu: täraro = underline
Questions/instructions:
Whakaaturia te käri Te Tikanga o te Kupu ki te äkonga.
Kua tuhia he rärangi ki raro i tëtahi o ngä kupu i ënei rerenga körero katoa.
Mäku e pänui ia rerenga körero ki a koe, ko täu mahi, he äta whakaaro he aha te tikanga o te kupu täraro.
Äta whakaarohia te rerenga körero katoa kia möhio ai koe ki te tikanga o te kupu täraro.
Show “Meanings” card to the student.
You can see that there is a word in each of these sentences that is underlined.
I’m going to read each sentence to you, then ask you to try to tell me the meaning of the bold word.
Try to work out its meaning from the rest of the sentence.
 
% responses
1. Kua hakone katoa a Tai i ngä körero koretake a tënä, a tënä. He aha ki a koe te tikanga o te hakone?
The teacher was adamant that she would not change her mind. What do you think adamant means?
 
sufficiently accurate definitions
42
2. Nä te horomiti a te poaka i ngä kümara käre i toe ëtahi mö te hui. He aha ki a koe te tikanga o te horomiti?
There was much jollification at the Christmas party.
What do you think jollification means?
 
sufficiently accurate definitions
45
3. Ki te tapepe te reo tohutohu ka hë rawa atu
te whakatutuki i te mahi.
He aha ki a koe te tikanga o te tapepe?
The winner received accolades for her victory
in the difficult competition.
What do you think accolades means?
 
sufficiently accurate definitions
55
4. Harikoa katoa te whänau i te kitenga atu i te makuru o te tipu o te pühä hei kai mä te manuhiri.
He aha ki a koe te tikanga o te makuru?
If she procrastinates much more,
we’ll never get it done.
What do you think procrastinates means?
 
sufficiently accurate definitions
44
5. Kaua e mau i ö käkahu kanukanu ki te kanikani, kei kataina koe.
He aha ki a koe te tikanga o te kanukanu?
It is ludicrous to think that those pink pigs will fly.
What do you think ludicrous means?
 
sufficiently accurate definitions
60
6. Hünonoi ana ahau i te kaha o te makariri.
He aha ki a koe te tikanga o te hünono.
The boy’s gluttony meant that there wasn’t enough food left for the others.
What do you think gluttony means?
 
sufficiently accurate definitions
43
 
Total score:
5–6
25
 
4
15
3
19
2
18
1
10
0
13
Commentary:
About half of the students came up with an adequate definition of each word but only one quarter managed at least five of the six words successfully.
 
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