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Le Tofi ne'i Vale Tuulima: Perceptions of Samoan Students, Teachers and Parents on the Place of the Samoan Language in New Zealand Today
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, Salainaoloa Lisa-Maree Wilson · Victoria University of Wellington Library · 2021 · Dissertation

While globally languages are evolving and changing, language shift has been most prevalent in migrant communities, particularly those with larger numbers living outside of the homelands, such as the Samoan community in New Zealand. This research explored the perceptions of a...

Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Coursebook, Revised Edition
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Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin · University of Hawaii Press · 2009 · Book

Gagana Samoa is a modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday...

Samoan Reference Grammar
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Ulrike Mosel, Even Hovdhaugen · Oxford University Press, USA · 1992 · Book

Samoan Reference Grammar is the first extensive grammar of Samoan, by number of speakers the largest Polynesian language. The grammar is divided into eighteen chapters which cover phonetics, phonology, and orthography, word classification and morphology, the syntax of various...

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Gagana Samoa Mo Pisikoa: Peace Corps Samoan Language Handbook
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Auimatagi S. Kaslano (compiler) · 1991 · Book

This manual is designed for the language training of Peace Corps volunteers serving in Samoa, and focuses on daily communication skills needed in that context. It consists of 48 lessons, which include targeted competencies, phrase and vocabulary lists, cultural and usage notes,...

ERIC Archive; Alphabets; Conversational Language Courses; Daily Living Skills; Dialogs (Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar; Interpersonal Communication; Introductory Courses; Language Usage; Language Variation; Phonology; Samoan; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Sociocultural Patterns; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Vocabulary Development; Voluntary Agencies; Volunteer Training; Kaslano, Auimatagi S., Comp.
Gagana Samoa Mo Pisikoa: Peace Corps Samoan Language Handbook
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Auimatagi S. Kaslano (compiler) · Peace Corps (Western Samoa) · 1991 · Book

This manual is designed for the language training of Peace Corps volunteers serving in Samoa, and focuses on daily communication skills needed in that context. It consists of 48 lessons, which include targeted competencies, phrase and vocabulary lists, cultural and usage notes,...

ERIC Archive; Alphabets; Conversational Language Courses; Daily Living Skills; Dialogs (Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar; Interpersonal Communication; Introductory Courses; Language Usage; Language Variation; Phonology; Samoan; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Sociocultural Patterns; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Vocabulary Development; Voluntary Agencies; Volunteer Training; Kaslano, Auimatagi S., Comp.
A Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan, and Samoan and English;
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[Pratt, George] [from old catalog] · 1862 · Book

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

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