This is the Annual Teaching Plan for Grade 12 Siswati Second Additional Language. The year covers listening and speaking, reading literature and visual texts, writing short and longer texts, and basic language structures, ending with the final examination.
Each week combines the four skill areas: Listening and speaking, Reading and viewing, Writing and presenting, and Language structures and conventions. Terms 1 to 3 run 11 weeks and Term 4 is revision before the final examination.
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What the Siswati SAL Grade 12 ATP covers
Term 1
- Baseline assessment and Grade 11 review
- Listening for information
- Oral presentation of a short report
- Reading a novel, drama, short story or poems
- Reading visual texts and simple summaries
- Writing a narrative or descriptive essay
- Short texts: message, invitation card
- Nouns, adjectives, verbs and conjunctions
Formal assessment: Task 1: oral listening comprehension (25). Task 2: writing a narrative or descriptive essay (40). Task 3: literature short questions (40).
Term 2
- Giving directions and instructions
- Prepared speech
- Group discussions
- Reading cartoons and adverts
- Dialogue and role play
- Writing a formal letter (application, complaint, thanks)
- Writing an email and diary
- Active and passive verbs, tenses
Formal assessment: Task 4: oral prepared speech (25). Task 5: oral group discussion (25). Task 6: mid-year examination, Paper 1 language and Paper 2 literature, or a test.
Term 3
- Reading aloud a prepared text
- Writing a book or film review
- Reading adverts and cartoons
- Literature: novel, drama, short story or poems
- Writing a narrative or descriptive essay
- Writing a friendly letter and invitation card
- Revision with past papers
Formal assessment: Task 7: oral reading (25). Task 8: preparatory examination, Paper 1 language, Paper 2 literature, Paper 3 writing.
Term 4
- Revision of reading and summary
- Unprepared group discussions
- Revision of literature texts
- Revision of language structures
- Exam practice with past papers
Formal assessment: Final examination: Paper 1 language, Paper 2 literature, Paper 3 writing, Paper 4 oral (100 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.