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| Focus: Accuracy of oral reading in Mäori. | ||||||
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Questions
/ instructions: (select the book icons below to view the individual stories) |
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responses
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y4
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y8
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 First
book: Ngä Manu i Runga i te Räkau Let's
begin with the first story, which is about birds. As you read out loud,
think what the story is about. If you come to words you can't read, just
give them a go, and carry on with the story. When you've finished reading,
I'll ask you to tell me what the story was about. Student reads independently of help from the teacher, but with encouragement. |
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| 1. Have you read this story before? | ||||||
| 2. Tell me what the story was about. | ||||||
| 3. How many birds were there altogether? | ||||||
| 4. What happened at the end of the story? | ||||||
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full
attempt to read
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81
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94
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had
read story before
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7
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3
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0
– 10% errors
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5
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14
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Comprehension
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more
and more birds landed on branch
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56
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75
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eventually
10 birds
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64
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80
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branch
broke
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41
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57
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birds
flew away
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30
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38
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Overall
success
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4
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12
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| Show
the story titled Poaka Kunekune and ask the student if they
think they might be able to read it. If they say yes, carry on. If not,
discontinue the task. Poaka Kunekune is a little story about a pig. Read it out loud to me, then I'll ask you what it's about. |
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| 5. Have you read this story before? | ||||||
| 6. Tell me what the story is about. | ||||||
| 7. What did the food taste like? | ||||||
| 8. What happened to the pig at the end of the story? | ||||||
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full attempt to read
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23
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58
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had
read story before
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3
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2
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0
– 10% errors
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4
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8
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Comprehension
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about a pig
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22
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56
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pig
ate fruit and vegetables
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12
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28
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pig
found food delicious, sweet
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11
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22
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mentioned
all apple, peach, pumpkin, kumara
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0
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2
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pig
tried to eat lemon
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2
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8
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pig
upset — lemon sour
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2
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10
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Overall
success
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0
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4
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| Show
the story titled Karengo and ask the student if they think they
might be able to read it. If they say yes, carry on. If not, discontinue
the task. |
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| The family in the story are gathering karengo to eat. Read the story to the end of page 7, then I'll ask you what it's about. | ||||||
| 9. Have you read the story before? | ||||||
| 10. Tell me what the story is about. | ||||||
| 11. Why does it say that it's good to wash karengo? | ||||||
| 12. Why does the author say you have to take care when you are cooking karengo? | ||||||
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full
attempt to read
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6
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22
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had
read story before
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0
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1
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0
– 10% errors
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2
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15
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Comprehension
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seaweed
on rocky coast
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1
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2
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picking
seaweed
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4
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15
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washing
seaweed
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0
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2
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washing
to remove sand/shells
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2
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2
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carry
home in bag
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0
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1
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put
seaweed in dish
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0
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1
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cook
seaweed
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2
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12
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stop
it burning
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1
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4
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Overall
success
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0
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4
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Total score:
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3
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0
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1
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2
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1
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4
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1
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3
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8
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0
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96
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87
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| Commentary:
A major reason for including this task was to assess the capability of Mäori students, in general education and in Mäori immersion programmes, to read in Mäori. These results will be reported separately. However, it is pleasing that 81 percent of year 4 students and 94 percent of year 8 students tried to read at least one of the stories. For many of these students most of the Mäori words will have meant little, but knowledge of Mäori pronunciation and picture clues in the book could be used to attempt the task. Success on each book was judged by a combination of error rate and comprehension. Four percent of year 4 students and thirteen percent of year 8 students read at least one book successfully. |
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