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How NAISEMA works

A two-minute tour. You don't need an account, and there is no wrong way to use it.

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NAISEMA has six areas. Pick the one that sounds like what you want today; you can always come back. Not sure? Use Search, or browse Topics, which cut across every area.

Learn from a video

Some videos in Learn have a language layer. Open one and you're led through 8 short steps, from simply watching to using what you've heard with someone.

  1. Watch naturally. Watch the clip without captions. You don't need to understand every word: notice who is speaking, where they are and how it feels.
  2. Fijian captions. Watch again with the Fijian captions on, and follow the words as you hear them.
  3. Explore the words. Open an underlined word to see what it means here. Replay any line as often as you like.
  4. English and context support. Now the English is here too, with notes on culture and context. Check what you understood.
  5. Listen again without English. Watch once more with the captions off. You will probably catch more than the first time. Help is there whenever you want it.
  6. Repeat and practise. Listen to lines and say them aloud, or use the text versions. Nothing is recorded.
  7. Respond. Answer questions about the clip and try what you would say next. Try again as often as you like.
  8. Use it with someone. If you'd like to, try what you learned with someone you know. This is optional and private: nothing is shared or checked.
  • Go at your own pace. Follow the steps in order, or jump to any of them. Skip what you don't need and come back whenever you like.
  • Help is always there. Replay a line, slow it down, or ask for the English when you want it.
  • Nothing is graded. You can try an answer again as often as you like.
  • Your progress stays on your device. It is never sent to us, so there is nothing to sign up for. Clearing this browser's data clears it.

Not open yet. Videos with captions, word meanings and practice open once the first ones are reviewed.

What the labels mean

Under a story or video you may see a line such as Language reviewed · Standard Fijian, with the date. It says exactly what a person checked, and nothing more. Labels are written from the reviews that were really recorded for the version you're reading, never added by hand.

  • Language reviewed means someone who knows that form of Fijian checked the language, on the date shown.
  • Cultural context reviewed means a person with standing to speak for that knowledge approved how it is told.
  • Opinion means this is a personal view or experience, not a settled account.

If something hasn't been reviewed for a thing, we don't say it has.

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