Māori language

contact with the akua, and pule was a way for kāhuna to seek knowledge and answers from the akua or ʻaumākua.” The exchange of words and language was expressed through different cultural practices. Kimura claims “An example of the importance of language in human activity is best illustrated in the area of music and dance.” The way that a kahuna expressed language is through guiding and advising the aliʻi and makaʻāinana in their daily practices. Kimura strongly continues to claim that “Prayer…

the week in māori. I would use this chart at mat time to familiarise the children with the days of the week in māori. This chart incorporates both the literacies modes of oral and written. This chart creates an oral discussion with the tamariki and kaiako meaning they are hearing the words and how the sound and internalising them. Eventually, once practised the children will be able to say the days of the week correctly. Children are able to see the days of the week written in māori and then…

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Introduction Throughout the world spoken language has been the original form of communication. People have been using verbal dialogue to communicate for millions of years where as writing is the more recent form of communicating with one another. It is unclear how spoken language was first used yet writing was invented by Sumerians around 3200 B.C (Bright, 2012). Spoken language is still the primary means of communicating in today’s society however written language also plays an important role…

Disappearing Native Languages The Native community also faces the problem of their languages nearing extinction. Researchers have predicted that all 150 remaining Native American languages will go extinct within 50 to 100 years (Krauss pp.12). However, it is not too late to counteract this prediction. The United States is the “motherland” for these languages, so if they disappear from the United States they are gone forever. When a language disappears, it takes an unsalvageable chunk of the…

According to Twiss, the first main concern he has in the book is the Native’s lost culture. I agree that in the old days, missionaries have tried to convert the locals Christianity, and they injected Western culture into the locals as well. However, I believe that current missionaries are very good with respecting the other cultures. The current mission practices respect the diversity in cultures. For example, I attend a church that has multiple campuses in many countries. Every year, the church…

The world encompasses many different cultures, which governs way of living. Culture is defined as the characteristics that mutually make up societies or groups of people identified by beliefs, behaviours and customs. Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction formed from culture studies created the concept cultural capital. Divided into three types of cultural capital aspects embodied, objectified and institutionalised state all contributing to shaping lifestyles and individuals. Presence,…

others. Hawaiian culture is very interesting and has been changing for many centuries. There culture includes there clothing, language and foods. There clothing and language go very well with each other because the both show peace and protection. Hawaiian culture came from the Polynesians who came from New England, they had effect such as the clothing, the food and the language. The Asians also played a little effect in the food of Hawaii, with the seafood like the fish. The Hawaiian clothing…

The Power of Language in Shakespeare 's Othello In Othello, the contamination of linguistic matter (whether through verbal or human associations, through deliberate perversion, or by senseless mouthing of meaninglessness) ultimately destroys the ordered control of normal behaviour patterns, personal or social (Shaw 306). In one of the finest play written by William Shakespeare, language is not only the medium that conveys the drama but also the action. For example, talking about an event will…

Communication between International and American students. Nowadays society is very split, especially in big countries such as America. This diversity based on people’s culture, language, religion, ethnic group or race. Colossal number of different cultures represented in the United States. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles are the cities with the biggest population in America and also cities with the biggest cultural diversity. People from Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America live there.…