Xitsonga Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 7-9 kavo-191

The document runs to 94 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 Xitsonga 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 Xitsonga 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 Xitsonga Second Additional Language to support learning across other subjects and to prepare them for further study.