This is the Mandarin Second Additional 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 Mandarin Second Additional Language across Grades 10, 11 and 12, 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 Mandarin as an additional language.
The following document, Mandarin Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
Mandarin Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12 kavo-203
The document defines the Second Additional Language as a further language learners acquire beyond their Home Language and First Additional Language, intended to broaden communication and support multilingualism. Language content and teaching are organised around Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, and Writing and Presenting skills.
The document runs to 106 pages. Section 1 covers the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement in general. Section 2 introduces the languages and the Second Additional Language approach for the Further Education and Training Phase. Section 3 sets out content and teaching plans for language skills, and Section 4, beginning around page 85, covers assessment in Second Additional Language.
The document aims to enable learners to acquire the language skills needed to communicate appropriately in Mandarin, taking audience, purpose and context into account, and to listen, speak, read, view, write and present with confidence and enjoyment. It also aims to develop learners as independent and critical thinkers able to use the language to explore culture, access information and engage with a range of texts.
Grade
10-12
Subject
Mandarin Second Additional Language
Phase
Further Education and Training Phase
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027