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The story of the Mataatua waka is the main focus of a brand new cell phone app for learners of te reo Māori.
The story of the Mataatua waka is the main focus of a brand new cell phone app for learners of te reo Māori.
It’s a collaboration between scholar Pouroto Ngaropo and Maori-owned expertise developer Kiwa Digital for the Schooling Ministry.
Kiwa chief government Steven Renata says whereas Te Waka Tipua o Mataatua focuses on Ngati Awa reo, it could possibly be tailored to be used with any waka, iwi, or hapu dialect.
“What occurs from a person expertise is that you’ll be able to swipe the textual content, and it’ll converse to you. You’ll be able to say the phrase – and if you happen to double-tap the phrase – it’s going to phonetically pronunciate it for you. So for these which are studying reo, or maybe a brand new kupu that they’ve by no means heard earlier than, or studying an new korero – a brand new phrase – this literacy performance with the app may be very, very highly effective for learners,” he says.
Mr Renata says interactive digital studying is an training gamechanger that may make studying enjoyable, memorable and simpler.
