Tshivenda First Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12 kavo-028

This is the Tshivenda First 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 Tshivenda First Additional 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, Tshivenda First Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12.pdf, is the full document.

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Tshivenda First Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 10-12 kavo-028

The document defines four core language skill areas for Tshivenda First Additional Language: Listening and Speaking (u Thetshelesa na u amba), Reading and Viewing (u Vhala na u Talela), Writing and Presenting (u Nwala na u Nekedza), 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 118 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 official languages and the approach to teaching a First Additional 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 Tshivenda First Additional Language, followed by a glossary of terms.

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 Tshivenda as an additional language, alongside sound knowledge of language structures and conventions.

Grade 10-12

Subject Tshivenda First Additional Language

Phase Further Education and Training (FET)

Curriculum South African (CAPS)

School Years 2026 and 2027

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