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Immersion Strategies and Initiatives: Curriculum, Lessons, and Program Examples

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Immersion Strategies and Initiatives: Curriculum, Lessons, and Program Examples

ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Hoʻokūkū Papa 1 – Papa 3

ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo is an annual Hawaiian language speech competition held in Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaiʻi where speakers from preschool through adult ages compete in a variety of categories from memorized rescitations of literature and noted speeches, to chant and singing. It is a testament to the living oral tradition of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, being fostered among young and old engaged in the Hawaiian language movemnt. This particular segment is of students between grade 1-3 who were tasked to memorize an excerpt from the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ke Aloha Aina, dated on June 1st, 1895. (More segments available at oiwi.tv/tag/aha-aloha-olelo/)