Course syllabus

2017, Semester II (15 points)

Description:

This course follows on from MĀORI 201. It considers

• further topics of grammar: manner particles, relative clauses and a practical grammatical exercise in the analysis of the particle ai
• the recording, transcribing and translating of oral traditions and includes a major assignment in this area
• the study of the translation techniques used in respect of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni 1835 (the 1835 Declaration of Independence/Sovereignty)

Prerequisite: MĀORI 201

Course Convenor:

Professor Margaret Mutu                                

 Office: Rehutai (Building 253) Room 206                                                     

 Phone: +64 9  9237465                                

Email: m.mutu@auckland.ac.nz   

Tutor

Te Whainoa Te Wiata

 Lecture Time:

Monday 11-1

Tutorial time:

Tuesday 9-11

Course lectures will be conducted in the Monday class and follow on from MĀORI 201. Professor Mutu will conduct these sessions. Some of these sessions will begin with a short dictation exercise. The dictation will be taken from the news items presented on the previous evening’s Te Kāea programme broadcast on Māori Television at 6.30pm. Students can access recordings of Te Kāea the morning after it is broadcast on http://www.maoritelevision.com/ (the Māori Television Service website).

 For the remainder of the lecture, topics covered will include those listed in the lecture schedule below although the timetable may be varied throughout the year as the need arises. Tests will be held on 22 August and 16 October during class time.

 In the Translation section of the course, which will take up several of the two slots during the Tuesday class time (9-11am), the class will work on texts in Te Whānau Moana : Ngā kaupapa me ngā tikanga or sections of other texts. The translation to be prepared for a particular class will be notified the previous week and students are expected to prepare for that class by working through the text and translation, noting any points they wish to have discussed. The course tutor, Te Whainoa Te Wiata, will conduct these sessions.

 Some of Tuesday class time will be dedicated to ensuring that satisfactory progress is being made on the transcription and translation assignment. These will start in the second week of lectures and each student will choose the video clip of a Waka Huia programme from which they are to take their transcription. In the following weeks students need to bring their transcriptions-in-progress to each Tuesday class for checking to ensure they are transcribing accurately. All transcriptions must be checked by the tutor before the student commences the translation part of the assignment. From 1 to 29 August class time on Tuesdays has been allocated to the computer laboratory located in 274-130. The lab will remain available at these times until 3 October. The completed assignment is due on 3 October.

Assessment

1. Two tests. These will be held in the usual lecture time and place on Tuesday 22 August and Monday 16 October. Each will be worth 10% of the final grade. 
2. One Assignment worth 20% of the final grade. This is due on Tuesday 3 October (see course assignment description at p.28 of the course workbook) 
3. Final Exam. The final examination is 60% of the final grade although the final grade may be 100% final examination, provided the two term tests and the assignment are satisfactory completed.

Required Texts

Matiu, McCully, 2003, and Margaret Mutu, Te Whānau Moana : Ngā kaupapa me ngā tikanga. Auckland, Reed. (Available from the School of Māori Studies)

Williams H.W. 1975 (7th ed.) A Dictionary of the Maori Language. Wellington, Government Printer.