Description

Laiseni faka’uli
Getting my licence

This reader is written in English and Tongan, presented in parallel text to facilitate language learning. It tells the story of how one Tongan teenager managed to get his driving licence despite all sorts of unexpected problems when he was an apprentice in New Zealand in the late 1960’s. These were the days when getting your licence in New Zealand was much less regulated than today. Sione Tapani Mangisi describes why he delayed taking up his employer’s offer to teach him to drive and what happened when he damaged the boss’s car in a parking bingle. The day of his test lurches from minor inconvenience to catastrophe with the testing officer an unwilling participant. It is B1+ in the CEFR framework and is designed to support students learning or enhancing their fluency in Tongan. It is presented in Arial font and with double spacing for ease of reading. It is published in A5 format, making it easy to hold and read.

Written by Sione Tapani Mangisi.

A5 148cm x 210cm, 46pp.

9 chapters.

$30 AUD for delivery to New Zealand and Australia.

$39 AUD for delivery to the rest of the world, including Tonga, USA and Japan.