This is the Xitsonga 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 Xitsonga Second Additional Language across Grades 1, 2 and 3, and is relevant for the 2026 and 2027 school years. The document focuses on the development of listening and speaking, phonics and reading, writing and handwriting, and language structure and use as an additional language for young learners.
The following document, Xitsonga Second Additional Language CAPS Document Grades 1-3.pdf, is the full document.
CAPS Document Brief
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The document defines Xitsonga Second Additional Language teaching around four core skill areas: listening and speaking, reading and phonics, writing and handwriting, and language structure and use. According to its own table of contents it also closes with a glossary of key terms used in additional language teaching.
According to its table of contents, the source document runs to at least 72 pages plus a glossary, opening with Section 1, an introduction to the National Curriculum Statement and general aims of the South African curriculum, followed by Section 2, which introduces the teaching of additional languages and its specific aims, time allocation and resources. Section 3 sets out the detailed content to be covered per term for Grades 1 to 3. Note that the plain-text extraction used to prepare this brief was incomplete and broke off after page 20, so this structure description relies on the documents table of contents rather than a full read of every page.
The specific aims are for learners to develop functional listening and speaking skills, to acquire phonics and reading skills leading to independent reading, and to build basic writing and language structure skills in Xitsonga as an additional language. The subject aims to give learners access to a language other than their home language, building social and academic communication skills.
Grade
1-3
Subject
Xitsonga Second Additional Language
Phase
Foundation Phase
Curriculum
South African (CAPS)
School Years
2026 and 2027