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Grade 12 English Home Language CAPS past papers

Looking for the term-by-term CAPS programme? View the Grade 12 English Home Language syllabus page.

Grade 12 English Home Language past papers (NSC)

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English Home Language Grade 12 FAQ

What programme areas are covered in Grade 12 English Home Language?

The ATP covers Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions integrated across terms.

Which writing tasks are included in Term 1?

Term 1 includes essays (reflective, narrative, argumentative, discursive, descriptive, visual stimuli) and transactional texts such as letters, CV and cover letter, reports, reviews, articles, speeches, dialogues, interviews and obituaries.

What is assessed in the mid-year examinations?

Paper 1 covers language in context (comprehension, summary, advertisement, cartoon, prose). Paper 2 covers literature (seen poems, unseen poem, novel and drama).

How are the trial examinations structured?

Trial exams include Paper 1 (Language in context), Paper 2 (Literature), and Paper 3 (Writing: essay and transactional writing).

What happens in Term 4?

Term 4 focuses on exam preparation using past papers for language in context, literature and writing, followed by the final NSC examinations.