This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 12 isiNdebele First Additional Language. The year covers listening and speaking, reading literature and other texts, writing essays and transactional texts, and language structures, ending with the end-of-year examination.
The plan is organised around four skill areas: Listening and speaking, Reading and viewing, Writing and presenting, and Language structures and conventions. Terms 1 to 3 run 10 to 11 weeks and Term 4 is revision before the final examination.
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What the isiNdebele FAL Grade 12 ATP covers
Term 1
- Baseline assessment and Grade 11 review
- Group discussions and listening comprehension
- Interviewing about an autobiography
- Reading poems, short stories, novel and drama
- Reading cartoons and visual texts
- Writing a letter to the editor and a report
- Writing narrative and other essays
- Summary writing and respect language (isihlonipho)
Formal assessment: Task 1: oral listening comprehension (10). Task 2: longer and shorter transactional texts (25). Task 3: essay (40). Task 4: test, comprehension with summary or language.
Term 2
- Listening to a job interview
- Role-play of a job interview
- Formal speech, introducing a speaker, vote of thanks
- Reading adverts and cartoons
- Literature and film study
- Writing a CV and covering letter
- Writing a review, instructions and email
- Writing an argumentative essay
Formal assessment: Tasks 5 and 6: oral formal speech, and prepared reading or unprepared group speech (20). Task 7: literature assignment (35). Mid-year examination: Paper 1 language (80) and Paper 2 literature (70).
Term 3
- Reading for summary
- Argument and debate
- Reading a political speech
- Writing a letter to the editor
- Writing a formal letter of apology or request
- Short texts: flyer, poster, CD cover
- Literature revision
- Language in context
Formal assessment: Task 8: preparatory examination (250): Paper 1 language (80), Paper 2 literature (70), Paper 3 writing (100).
Term 4
- Revision of reading and language with past papers (Paper 1)
- Revision of literature (Paper 2)
- Revision of essay and transactional writing (Paper 3)
- End-of-year examination
Formal assessment: End-of-year examination (250 marks).
Source: Department of Basic Education, 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plans. DBE Circular S19 of 2025 keeps the 2023/24 ATPs in use, with some exclusions, so check with your school or district for any changes.