Looking for the term-by-term CAPS programme? View the Grade 12 English FAL syllabus page.
The ATP covers Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, Writing and Presenting, and Language Structures and Conventions across all terms.
Term 1 includes transactional texts such as emails and letters to the press, as well as narrative/reflective/descriptive/argumentative/discursive essays and process writing.
Mid-year exams include Paper 1 (Language in context, 80 marks) and Paper 2 (Literature, 70 marks), or a controlled test as specified.
The trial exam includes Paper 1 (Language in context), Paper 2 (Literature), and Paper 3 (Writing), with the marks and durations listed in the ATP.
Term 4 focuses on revision using previous exam papers for all papers, followed by the final NSC examination.