Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2001. / Also available by subscription via World Wide Web. Also available on microfiche.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2011 / Pacific Islands Studies

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Linguistics and Special Languages. / Bibliography: p.551.

Thesis (MTchLn)--Christchurch College of Education, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). "August 2006." Includes bibliographical references ( leaves 84-90). Also available via the World Wide Web.

This thesis is a textbook designed to assist LDS missionaries studying the Samoan language both in a two-month intensive language-learning school (the Missionary Training Center) and in individual study in the Samoan Islands. The thesis is prefaced with a rationale for and explanation of the Missionary Training Center language program and the design and purposes of the text itself.The textbook contains fifty Samoan language lessons, divided into ten units of five lessons each. At the end of each unit is a review module, or test. Except for two overview lessons (designed to introduce grammatical terms and pronunciation), each of the fifty lessons is either a grammar lesson (consisting of presentation and practice of grammar rules sequenced from simple to complex) or a Speak Your Language lesson (consisting of presentation and practice of phrases, patterns, and vocabulary required for competence in particular notions and situations, sequenced according to the communicative needs of the missionaries). Supplementary material included at the end of the book includes Extra Mile Lessons (additional information on grammar, phrases, patterns, and vocabulary) and two appendices (Samoan songs and a bibliography).