English First Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12 kavo-020

This is the English First Additional Language CAPS Document (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) for the Further Education and Training (FET) Phase, Grades 10-12, issued by the South African Department of Basic Education. It sets out what must be taught, learnt and assessed in English First Additional Language across Grades 10, 11 and 12, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. The subject is built around four core language skill areas: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions, with the aim of developing learners into confident, independent users of the language.

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English First Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12 kavo-020

The document defines English First Additional Language around four core skill areas: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions, each set out with its own content and teaching plan. It also explains key policy terms such as the National Curriculum Statement (NCS), the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), informal (daily) assessment and formal assessment, which frame how the subject is taught and assessed.

The document runs to 100 pages and is organised into four main sections plus a glossary. Section 1 introduces the CAPS policy and general aims of the South African curriculum, including time allocation per phase; Section 2 introduces the languages in the curriculum, the specific aims of learning an additional language, and requirements for offering the subject; Section 3 sets out the content and teaching plans for each language skill area (Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions), together with detailed term-by-term teaching plans for Grades 10, 11 and 12; and Section 4 covers assessment, including informal and formal assessment, the programme of assessment, examinations, recording, reporting and moderation.

The document states that learning English First Additional Language as a First Additional Language should enable learners to communicate accurately and appropriately across a range of contexts, and to use the language for academic learning across the curriculum. It aims to develop learners who can listen, speak, read, view, write and present the language with confidence, express and justify their own ideas as independent and analytical thinkers, and use the language as a tool for critical and creative thinking, in preparation for further or higher education and the world of work by the end of Grade 12.

Grade 10-12

Subject English First Additional Language

Phase Further Education and Training (FET)

Curriculum South African (CAPS)

School Years 2026 and 2027

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