This is the Tshivenda Second Additional Language CAPS Document (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) for the Senior Phase, Grades 7-9, issued by the South African Department of Basic Education. It sets out what must be taught, learnt and assessed in Tshivenda Second Additional Language across Grades 7, 8 and 9, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. It covers the four language skills of Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions, and sets out term-by-term teaching plans for each grade.
The following document, Tshivenda Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 7-9.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
Tshivenda Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 7-9 kavo-190
The document defines four core language skill areas used throughout the curriculum: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions. It also distinguishes Home Language, First Additional Language and Second Additional Language levels, and sets out the approaches used to teach Tshivenda Second Additional Language as a Second Additional Language.
The document runs to 92 pages and is organised into four sections. Section 1 introduces the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement, its background and the general aims of the South African curriculum, together with time allocations per phase. Section 2 introduces Tshivenda Second Additional Language as a language, covering language levels, language skills and approaches to teaching an additional language, plus time allocation and learning and teaching support materials. Section 3 sets out the content and teaching plans for each language skill (Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Structures and Conventions of Language Use) with separate term-by-term teaching plans for Grades 7, 8 and 9, and Section 4 covers assessment, followed by a glossary of terms.
The document aims to develop learners basic interpersonal communication skills in Tshivenda Second Additional Language so they can understand and be understood in everyday, familiar contexts. It aims to build learners ability to listen and speak, read and view, and write and present with growing confidence, while developing knowledge of the sounds, vocabulary and grammatical structures of the language. It also aims to give learners enough proficiency in Tshivenda Second Additional Language to support learning across other subjects and to prepare them for further study.
Grade
7-9
Subject
Tshivenda Second Additional Language
Phase
Senior Phase
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027