This is the French Second Additional Language CAPS Document (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) for the Intermediate Phase, Grades 4-6, issued by the South African Department of Basic Education. It sets out what must be taught, learnt and assessed in French Second Additional Language across Grades 4, 5 and 6, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. The document focuses on developing learners’ listening, speaking, reading, viewing, writing and presenting skills in French as an additional language.
The following document, French Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 4-6.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
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The document defines the Second Additional Language as a further language, beyond the Home Language and First Additional Language, that broadens communication and promotes multilingualism. It organises language content and teaching around the four core language skills of Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions.
The document spans 100 pages. Section 1 covers the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement in general. Section 2 introduces the languages and the Second Additional Language approach specific to the Intermediate Phase. Section 3, the largest section, sets out content and teaching plans for language skills term by term, and Section 4 covers assessment in Second Additional Language.
The document aims to enable learners to acquire the basic language skills needed to communicate appropriately in French, and to listen, speak, read, view and write with growing confidence and enjoyment. It also aims to help learners use language to explore their own and other cultures, access information, and communicate for a range of everyday purposes.
Grade
4-6
Subject
French Second Additional Language
Phase
Intermediate Phase
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027