isiXhosa Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 1-3 kavo-138

This is the isiXhosa Second Additional Language CAPS Document (Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement) for the Foundation Phase, Grades 1-3, issued by the South African Department of Basic Education. It sets out what must be taught, learnt and assessed in isiXhosa Second Additional Language across Grades 1, 2 and 3, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. It focuses on the development of listening, speaking, reading, viewing, writing and language structure and use skills for learners acquiring isiXhosa as a Second Additional Language, taught for one hour per week in the Foundation Phase.

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isiXhosa Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 1-3 kavo-138

The document defines the Second Additional Language as a language learnt mainly for basic interpersonal communication, and it organises the curriculum around the core language skills of listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing, and language structure and use.

The document runs to 64 pages and is organised into three sections plus a glossary: Section 1 introduces the CAPS and its background and general aims, Section 2 introduces the Second Additional Language in the Foundation Phase, covering language levels, aims, literacy types and assessment, and Section 3 gives the term-by-term language skill content for Grades 1, 2 and 3, followed by a glossary of terms.

The specific aims are to enable learners to understand and use basic spoken and written isiXhosa for everyday communication, to build listening and speaking confidence as a foundation for reading and writing, and to develop vocabulary and simple language structures appropriate to each grade. The document sets out the language skills expected at the end of each term in Grades 1 to 3.

Grade 1-3

Subject isiXhosa Second Additional Language

Phase Foundation Phase

Curriculum South African (CAPS)

School Years 2026 and 2027

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