This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 12 Siswati 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 NSC final examination.
The plan is organised around four skill areas: Listening and speaking, Reading and viewing, Writing and presenting, and Language structures and conventions. Each term is set out over 10 to 11 weeks.
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What the Siswati FAL Grade 12 ATP covers
Term 1
- Group discussions and listening comprehension
- Reading poems, short stories, novel or drama
- Reading cartoons and visual texts
- Writing a letter to the editor
- Writing narrative and descriptive essays
- Short texts: email, SMS, web page
- Summary writing
- Conjunctions, vocabulary and respect language (inhlonipho)
Formal assessment: Oral: listening comprehension (10). Writing: essay (50). Writing: longer transactional text (30). Controlled test 1 (40).
Term 2
- Listening to a job interview
- Role-play of a job interview
- Prepared speech, introducing a speaker, vote of thanks
- Reading advertisements and cartoons
- Literature study and film study
- Writing a CV and application letter
- Writing a dialogue and argumentative essay
- Language in advertisements and tenses
Formal assessment: Oral: prepared speech (20). Oral: prepared reading or unprepared speech (20). Literature task (35). Mid-year examination: Paper 1 (80) and Paper 2 (70), or a controlled test (55).
Term 3
- Debates and argument
- Reading a political speech
- Writing a letter to the editor
- Writing a formal letter
- Short texts: poster, flyer, CD cover
- Writing instructions and directions
- Critical language awareness
- Literature revision with past papers
Formal assessment: 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)
- NSC final examination
Formal assessment: NSC 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.