This is the Tshivenda Home 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 Tshivenda Home Language across Grades 4, 5 and 6, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. The document focuses on the development of listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing and presenting, and language structures and conventions skills in Tshivenda as a home language.
The following document, Tshivenda Home Language CAPS Document Grades 4-6.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
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The document organises Tshivenda Home Language teaching and learning around four core skill areas: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions. These terms describe the specific language competencies learners must develop and be assessed on in each grade.
The document runs to 126 pages and is divided into four sections plus a glossary. Section 1 introduces the national Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement and time allocations across phases, Section 2 introduces languages within the policy, Section 3 sets out the teaching plans for the four language skill areas across Grades 4 to 6, and Section 4 covers assessment requirements, programme of assessment, and moderation for Tshivenda Home Language.
The subject aims to develop learners’ ability to listen, speak, read, view, write and present confidently and correctly in Tshivenda as their home language, while building a sound knowledge of language structures and conventions. It also aims to help learners use Tshivenda for learning across the curriculum and to appreciate the language and its literature.
Grade
4-6
Subject
Tshivenda Home Language
Phase
Intermediate Phase
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027