This is the English Home Language CAPS Document (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) for the Further Education and Training 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 Home Language across Grades 10, 11 and 12, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. The document covers the language skills of Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions, together with detailed term-by-term teaching plans for each grade.
The following document, English Home Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
English Home Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12 kavo-031
The document defines four core language skill areas for English Home Language: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions. It also defines formal and informal (daily) assessment as used to track learner progress in the subject.
The document runs to 102 pages and is organised into four main sections. Section 1 introduces the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement and its general aims; Section 2 introduces the languages and the approach to teaching a Home Language; Section 3 sets out the content and teaching plans for the four language skills, including separate term-by-term teaching plans for Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12; and Section 4 covers assessment in Home Language, followed by a glossary and a reference chart of language structures and conventions.
The specific aims are for learners to use language for communication in a wide range of real-life contexts, to use language to access and manage information for learning purposes, and to use language to express identity and feelings while responding to the aesthetic, affective, cultural and social values in texts. The document also aims to develop learners’ competence in listening, speaking, reading, viewing, writing and presenting in English as a home language, alongside sound knowledge of language structures and conventions.
Grade
10-12
Subject
English Home Language
Phase
Further Education and Training (FET)
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027