TY - JOUR AU - Trinick, Tony AU - Dale, Hemi PY - 2011/12/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Te Reo Tātai: Te Rāhita Motuhake o te Ako (Specialised Language Register of Learning and Teaching: Mathematics) JF - Waikato Journal of Education JA - WJE VL - 17 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.15663/wje.v17i2.15 UR - https://wje.org.nz/index.php/WJE/article/view/15 SP - AB - Kei te ārohi tānei pepa ki te reo o te ako mā te huarahi o te reo Māori mai i te tirohanga Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). Ko te tino whakaaro o SFL he nui ngā rerekātanga o te reo whakamahia ai i te kura i ō te reo whakamahia ai i waho i te kura nā te mea he rerekā ngā horopaki reo. E ai ki ngā ariā SFL, ko te 'rāhita' te hanga matua e whakamārama ana i taua rerekātanga. Kei ngā marau pārā i te pāngarau he 'rāhita'Â  motuhake tōna. Kua waihangatia te rāhita, ki ōna ake kupu, ki tōna ake takatoranga reo. A tōna wā ka tino whakararuraru ngā āhuatanga o te rāhita i te ako o ngā ākonga. Kua whakaaturia e ngā rangahau te tino tikanga o te reo i te akoranga pāngarau me te tino mahi a te pouako hei whakatauira i te reo mō ngā ākonga. Kei te ārohi tānei pepa ka pāhea ngā pouako e ako ai i te rāhita me ngā rautaki ka whakamahia e ngā pouako hei ako i ngā kupu motuhake. <br />This paper examines the language of learning and teaching in Māori medium schooling from the perspective of Systemic  Functional Linguistics (SFL). Essentially SFL suggests that language use in school differs in important ways from language use outside the classroom. Because language situations differ, the primary construct in SFL theory for explaining linguistic variation is the<br />'register'. Subjects such as mathematics are characterised by specialised registers. The register is made up of linguistic features that can pose difficulties for the learner. Research has highlighted the role of language in learning mathematics and the key role of teachers in modelling the register for learners. This paper examines how teachers learn the register, in particular the strategies teachers use in Māori medium kura to learn the specialised terms. ER -