Participant responses to a tertiary-level Maori language immersion programme: Reporting on a questionnaire-based survey. Nock, S. He Puna Korero: Journal of Maori and Pacific Development, 11(2):53–76, 2010.
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The overall aim of the research project reported here was to collect and analyse data relating to views of students who participated in the Maori language component of a degree programme (Te Tohu Paetahi) offered by the University of Waikato in 2008. The focus here is on the responses of the 25 questionnaire respondents who were in the Hukatai (beginner) language stream. In setting up the programme, every effort was made to ensure that those factors widely regarded as impacting positively on Maori student success rates were catered for. Nevertheless, careful analysis of the data reveals that the presence of a few success inhibiting factors relating to physical and teaching styles and resources were sufficient to destabilize some learners. It also reveals the fact that almost all of the students had little understanding of language proficiency development levels and significantly overestimated their proficiency gains.
@article{nock_participant_2010,
	title = {Participant responses to a tertiary-level {Maori} language immersion programme: {Reporting} on a questionnaire-based survey},
	volume = {11},
	issn = {1175-3099},
	shorttitle = {Participant responses to a tertiary-level {Maori} language immersion programme},
	abstract = {The overall aim of the research project reported here was to collect and analyse data relating to views of students who participated in the Maori language component of a degree programme (Te Tohu Paetahi) offered by the University of Waikato in 2008. The focus here is on the responses of the 25 questionnaire respondents who were in the Hukatai (beginner) language stream. In setting up the programme, every effort was made to ensure that those factors widely regarded as impacting positively on Maori student success rates were catered for. Nevertheless, careful analysis of the data reveals that the presence of a few success inhibiting factors relating to physical and teaching styles and resources were sufficient to destabilize some learners. It also reveals the fact that almost all of the students had little understanding of language proficiency development levels and significantly overestimated their proficiency gains.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {He Puna Korero: Journal of Maori and Pacific Development},
	author = {Nock, Sophie},
	year = {2010},
	keywords = {Language And Culture, Maori language–Study and teaching, Students, Teaching–Methodology},
	pages = {53--76},
}

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