Afrikaans

The following information pertains to Afrikaans First Additional Language as subject:

In Grade 10 – 12 the content of the Afrikaans curriculum is designed to enable learners to meet the required standard for Grade 12. This standard should enable learners to use the additional language as a means of communication in further education or the labour market.

Specific aims of learning additional languages as set out in the National Curriculum Statement are:

• acquire the language skills necessary to communicate accurately and appropriately considering audience, purpose and context

• use their Additional Language for academic learning across the curriculum

• listen, speak, read/view and write/present the language with confidence and enjoyment

• express and justify, orally and in writing, their own ideas, views, and emotions confidently

• use their Additional Language to express their experiences and findings about the world orally and in writing

• use their Additional Language to access and manage information for learning across the curriculum and in a wide range of other contexts.

• use their Additional Language as a means of critical and creative thinking: for expressing their opinions; for interacting critically with a wide range of texts; and for reading texts for various purposes.

Overview of language skills and content

Listening and speaking

• Speaking: To have conversations, discussions, debates in formal and informal contexts. To do prepared and unprepared reading. Listening tests aim to assess understanding of different Afrikaans texts (also songs, poems) when read / played.

Reading and viewing

• Reading a variety of texts (literary and non-literary) to analyse, evaluate, compare, summarise, express opinions, and make deductions.

Writing and presenting

• The writing of various texts – creative and transactional.

• Creative: including narrative, descriptive and other essays

• Transactional: including emails, bogs, diary entries, dialogue etc.

Language structures and conventions

• Language structures and conventions are taught in the context of the above skills and also as part of a systematic language development programme.

Examination

Two papers of 2½ hours each:

• Paper 1:

Section A: Comprehension (30)

Section B: Summary writing (10)

Section C: Poetry (30)

Section D: Language and communicative skills (30) Total 100 marks

• Paper 2:

Section A: Prescribed set work (novel, short stories, drama) (70)

Section B: Transactional writing (30) Total 100 marks

Take note: This mark allocation and set up apply specifically to grades 11 and 12, and may differ in grade 10 and 9

Papers may be shorter and total marks may differ, eg. 1½ - 2 hour paper – 60 – 90 marks etc.

Continuous Assessment and Year marks (Portfolio in grade 12):

Combinations of work including tests, writing and other assessments as set out in the curriculum. (100 marks)

Oral:

Various oral assessments as set out in the curriculum, including: prepared and unprepared reading, speaking, listening tests, speeches, dialogues, role play, debates, discussions of literary works (100 marks)

Total marks: 400

Please note: the total of 400 marks adjusted to 100 marks only apply to grade 12.