PROGRAMME OF

ASSESSMENT
LANGUAGES
INTERSEN
 Outline
1. Purpose
2. Current Status
3. Published Version
4. New Programme of Assessment
4.1 Nature of Formal Assessment Tasks
4.2 Marks and Percentage Allocation
4.3 Examination Format
5. Inclusion
 1. PURPOSE
• To outline the changes in CAPS Section
4 for both Home Language and First
Additional Language.
• To streamline the number of formal
assessment tasks together with their
corresponding activities per term.
• To determine the marks and percentage
per task.
• To outline the examination format.
2. CURRENT IP HL FAL
2. SP HL FAL GRADE 7…
 Analysis of Current POA
Phase Per Term Per Annum
IP 2 per term 8 per annum
SP Average of 3 per term 11 per annum
• One task in the IP comprises range of activities which can
generate 3 tasks.
• SP tasks are streamlined to match the FET.
• Uniform tasks across the phases.
 3. Published Version: Number of
Formal Assessment Tasks per Grade
Number of Formal Assessment Tasks
Grades 4-9

Grade SBA Year-end Exam Total

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Grade 4 3 1 3 1 8
Grade 5 3 1 3 1 8
Grade 6 3 1 3 1 8
Grade 7 3 1 3 1 8
Grade 8 3 1 3 1 8
Grade 9 3 1 3 1 8
 Grade 6 (Published version)
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Task 1: Task 4: June Exam TASK 5 Oral Task 8: Nov/Dec Exam
Oral Paper 1 - Oral Sec 1 Paper 1 - Oral
Sec 1: Reading Aloud Sec 1: Reading Aloud Prepared reading Sec 1: Reading Aloud
Sec 2: Listening and speaking Sec 2: Listening and Sec 2: Listening and speaking
Sec 2
speaking
Prepared speech Paper 2:
Task 2:
Sec 1: Writing: Transactional Paper 2: Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension • Sec 1 – Literary / Non-
Sec 2: Writing: Essay • Sec 1 – Literary / Non- TASK 6 Literary text
Literary text Creative Writing • Sec 2: Visual text
• Sec 2: Visual text Writes a story (project) • Sec 3: Summary
• Sec 3: Summary • Sec 4: LSC in Context
Task 3: • Sec 4: LSC in Context TASK 7
Reading Comprehension Response to literature test Paper 3
• Sec 1 – Literary / Non- Paper 3 Section A: Poetry Writing
Literary text Writing Transactional and Section B: Folktale Sec A: Transactional and Sec
• Sec 2: Visual text Essay B: Essay
Section C: Short Story
• Sec 3: Summary
• Sec 4: LSC in Context
4. New Programme of
Assessment
Grades 4-9
Home Language
First Additional Language
 Notes
• Uniform programme of assessment for both HL and FAL in
both IP and SP.
• What learners are assessed in Home Language should be
assessed in the First Additional Language within that
period.
• For example, if learners are assessed on reading
comprehension in their IsiZulu Home Language in Week 7-
8; the same concept should be assessed within the same
period in their English First Additional Language.
• Language teachers (Home Language and First Additional)
should plan their assessment programme together.
 Joint: Number of Formal Assessment Tasks (after comments)
GRADE TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 4 TOTAL
Grade 4 5 3 2 3 13
Grade 5 5 3 2 3 13
Grade 6 5 3 2 3 13
Grade 7 5 3 3 3 14
Grade 8 5 3 3 3 14
Grade 9 5 3 3 3 14
 Joint: Grade 6
TERM 1 MARK% TERM 2 MARK% TERM 3 MARK% TERM 4 MARK%
TASK 1 Oral TASK 6 (PAPER 1) ORAL TASK 9 Oral TASK 11 (PAPER 1) ORAL
COMPRISES TERM 2 ORAL MARK COMPRISES TERM 4 ORAL
Reading aloud 20 ONLY Oral Presentation on 20 MARK ONLY
(Un)Prepared reading / Creative Writing Project (Un)Prepared reading / 20
(Un)prepared speech / Listening 20 (Un)prepared speech /
Comprehension / Conversation Listening Comprehension /
/ Role Play / Interview / dialogue Conversation / Role Play /
Interview / dialogue
NB: There must be a variation of oral assessment tasks in terms 2 and 4.
TASK 2 Writing TASK 7 (PAPER 3) WRITING TASK 10 TASK 12 (PAPER 3) WRITING

Transactional text 10 WRITTEN BEFORE EXAMS Creative Writing Project WRITTEN BEFORE EXAMS
(5%) based on any ONE of
Instructional / Transactional text (10 marks) 30 the literature genres 40 Transactional text (10 marks)
information / poster / studied: poems /
letter AND folktales / short stories AND
/ drama.
TASK 3 Writing 20 Narrative / descriptive essay (20 Narrative / descriptive essay (20 marks)
Essay descriptive / (10%) marks) Note: There must be a
narrative variation of genres
3 paragraphs across the grades.
TASK 8 Mid-year examination TASK 13
TASK 4 Paper 2 Year-end examination
Reading Comprehension Response to Texts Paper 2
Question 1 Response to Texts
(Non)Literary / non- Literary / non-literary text Question 1
literary text 15 comprehension (15 marks) Literary / non-literary text
AND Question 2 comprehension (15 marks)
Visual text 10 Visual text comprehension (10 Question 2 40
(10%) marks) 40 Visual text comprehension (10
Question 3 marks)
TASK 5 Summary writing (5 marks) Question 3
Language Structures and Question 4 Summary writing (5 marks)
 Joint: Grade 9
Term 1 Mark% Term 2 Mark% Term 3 Mark% Term 4 Mark%
Task 1 Oral Task 6 Task 9 Oral TASK 12
Reading aloud 20 Paper 1 Oral Presentation on Creative Writing 20 Paper 1
9% Listening comprehension / 20 Project Debate / group discussion / unprepared 20
conversation / prepared speech / group speech / presentation
discussion
NB: There must be a variation of oral assessment tasks across terms and grades.
Task Marks 20 20 20 20
Weighting % 5% 5%
TASK 2 Writing Task 7 Task 10 Task 13
Paper 3 Paper 3
Transactional text (2 short or 1 long) 20 Writing Response to literature (contextual) Writing
3% Transactional text (2 short or 1 long) Transactional text (2 short or 1 long) 20
Blog / Interview / Brochure / Diary Entry Agenda and Minutes / Report / Formal Poem Review / Covering Letter and CV /
Letter / Newspaper Article Obituary / Direction
AND 20 AND
Narrative / Descriptive / argumentative 10 AND
TASK 3 Writing Drama / Short Stories / Folklore / Novel
/ discursive / essay Descriptive / Narrative / argumentative
40 8 paragraphs 40 / reflective / essay
Writes an essay 8 paragraphs descriptive
6% 20 8 paragraphs (40)
/ narrative / argumentative / reflective

40
NB: There must be a variation of different types of transactional texts and essays across terms and grades.
Task 4 Task 8 TASK 11 Task 14
Mid-year examination End of the year examination
Reading Comprehension Paper 2 Creative Writing 50 Paper 2
Reading Comprehension 15% Reading Comprehension Test 50
Literary / non-literary text (25) Question 1 Project based on any ONE of the genres Question 1
Literary / non-literary text (25 marks) studied: Literary / non-literary text (25 marks)
AND Question 2 poems / folktales / short stories / drama Question 2
50 Visual text (15 marks) / novel / documentaries / songs. Visual text (15 marks)
Visual text (15)
Question 3 50 Question 3
Summary (10 marks) Note: There must be a variation of Summary (10 marks)
AND genres across the grades.
Question 4 Question 4
Language Structures and Conventions in Language Structures and Conventions in
Summary (10)
context (20 marks) 20 context using both literary and visual
TASK 5 Paper 4 texts (20 marks) 20
20 Question 1 – Poetry Paper 4
Language Structures and Conventions in Poem 1 (Unseen) – 10 marks Section A – Poetry
context (20) Poem 2 (Seen) – 10 marks Poem 1 (Unseen) – 10 marks
Question 12– Novel (20) 50 Poem 2 (Seen) – 10 marks
Question 3 – Folklore (10) Section B – Drama (20 marks)
Section C – Short Story 50
Short Story – 10 marks
4.1 Nature of Formal Assessment
Tasks
Grades 4-9
 Listening and Speaking (Oral)
Grades 4-9
Nature of the tasks Form of Marking Tool
Assessment
 Oral task comprises Reading Aloud and Listening and Reading Rubric
Speaking.
Speaking Grid
 Total of 4 oral tasks per annum.
 1 oral task per Term. Memorandum
 Term 1 Reading Aloud comprises (un) prepared reading.
 Terms 2 and 4 oral tasks are used as Paper 1 for the Mid-
year and the Year-end examinations and comprise:
o (Un)Prepared reading / (Un)Prepared speech /
Listening Comprehension / Conversation /
Presentation / Role Play / Interview / Dialogue
 Term 3 oral task is an oral presentation on the project.
 Reading Comprehension
Grades 4-9

Nature of the tasks Form of Marking Tool

Assessment
 Total of 3 Reading Comprehension per annum. Test Memorandum
 Term 1 Reading Comprehension task comprises the
Rubric
following:
o Literary / non-literary text
o Visual text
 Reading Comprehension in Term 2 and 4 is Paper 2 for
the Mid-year and Year-end examination and comprises:
o Question 1: Literary / Non Literary text
o Question 2: Visual text
o Question 3: Summary
o Question 4: Language Structures and Conventions in
context
 Language Structures and Conventions
Grades 4-9

 1 Language Structures and Test Memorandum

Conventions in context in Term 1
 Language Structures and
Conventions in context in Term 2
and 4 are included in Paper 2 as
Question 4
 Writing and Presenting
Grades 4-9
 Writing comprises two tasks in Term 1 Project Rubric
o Transactional text
Assignment
o Essay
 1 Writing task in Term 2 and 4 as Paper 3 for the Mid-year and Year-end Test
examination
 Transactional texts: letters (formal & informal), instructional text, poster,
sms, e-mail, twitter, information text, advertisement, completing a simple
form, newspaper report
 Essays: Narrative and Descriptive

Creative Writing Project / Rubric

Assignment
 1 project per annum
 Project based on any one of the literature genres studied: poems /
folktales /short stories / drama
 To be done over a period of time in Term 3
 Oral presentation of the project marks will be used for Term 3 oral task
 Response to Literature Study Test
Grades 7-9

 Response to literature test comprises Test Memorandum

poetry, short stories, folklore, novel and Rubric
drama.
 1 Response to literature test in Term 3 for
Grades 7-9.
 Grade 9 Literature Paper 4: Term 2 mid-year
examination and Term 4 Year-end
examination (as part of Task 8 and 14
respectively).
 Notes
Note on tests and • Tests and examinations should cover a substantial amount of content.
examinations • Tests and examinations must be completed under strictly controlled and supervised
conditions.
• Each test and examination must cater for a range of cognitive levels.
Note on project • Projects are tasks in which learners illustrate or apply knowledge that they have gained in
class.
• There is one creative writing project per year per Grade in Term 3.
• Projects may involve aspects of investigation and/or research.
• Learners can do projects individually or in groups, but with some support and guidance from
the teacher.
• The teacher directs the choice of the project, usually by providing the learners with a topic or
brief for the investigation.
• Teachers can assess different stages of projects separately, or the entire project.
• Assessment of projects should be based on the understanding of content, application of skills
and values applicable in a relevant context and may vary in extent.
• Projects may be done over a period of time.
• Issues of inclusivity should be factored in.
• Assessment tools of projects could be a combination of rubric, memorandum, checklist, etc.
4.2 Marks and Percentage
Allocation
 Marks Allocation
Home and First Additional Language Grades 4-9

Grade SBA Examination Total Grade Mark

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 SBA Total Marks Term 4

Grade 4 90 90 60 240 90 330

Grade 5 90 90 60 240 90 330

Grade 6 100 100 70 270 100 370

Grade 7 110 120 100 330 120 450

Grade 8 110 120 100 330 120 450

Grade 9 150 200 100 450 200 650

 Marks and Percentage Breakdown per Task in Grades 4-6 for HL and FAL
GRADES 4 -5 Grade 6
Term Task Mark % Mark %
1 Oral 20 7.6% 20 7%
2 Transactional Writing 10 3.6% 10 4.4%

1 3 Essay Writing 20 3.6% 20 4.4%

4 Reading Comprehension 25 10% 30 9.5%
5 Language Structures and Conventions 15 7% 20 6.5%

6 Oral Paper 1 20 7.7% 20 7%

2 7 Writing Paper 3 30 7.2% 30 8.8%
8 Comprehension & Language: Paper 2 40 17% 50 16%
9 Oral 20 7.7% 20 7%
3
10 Project 40 3.6% 50 4.4%
TOTAL SBA 240 75% 270 75%
11 Oral Paper 1 20 8% 20 7%
4 12 Writing Paper 3 30 7% 30 8%
13 Comprehension & Language: Paper 2 40 10% 50 10%
TOTAL EXAM MARK 90 25% 100 25%
Marks and Percentage Breakdown per Task in Grades 4-6 for HL and FAL

Term Task
Marks and Percentage HL Mark
Grades 7-8
% Mark
Grade 9
%
1 Oral 20 4.% 20 3.7%
2 Transactional Writing 10 2.2% 20 2.4%
1 3 Essay Writing 30 2.2% 40 2.4%
4 Reading Comprehension 30 3.4% 50 2.5%
5 Language in Context 20 3.5% 20 3.5%
6 Oral Paper 1 20 4% 20 3.6%
7 Writing Paper 3 40 4.4% 60 4.8%
2
8 Comprehension & Language Paper 2 70 6.8% 70 6%
Literature Paper 4 (Grade 9 only) 50 2.5%
9 Oral 20 4.% 20 3.7%
3 10 Literature 30 3.3% 30 2.5%
11 Project 50 2.2% 50 2.4%
TOTAL SBA 330 40% 450 40%
12 Oral Paper 1 20 18% 20 16%
13 Writing Paper 3 40 16% 60 18%
4
14 Comprehension & Language Paper 2 60 26% 70 18.5%
Literature Paper 4 (Grade 9 only) 50 7.5%
TOTAL EXAM 120 60% 200 60%
4.3 Examination Format
 GRADES 4-5 Home and First Additional Language
Paper Description Marks
Oral
1
 Reading / Listening and Speaking 20
Completed during the term
Reading Comprehension
 Question 1– Literary / non-literary text
2  Question 2 – Visual text
2 Hours  Question 3 – Summary 40
 Question 4 – Language Structures and Conventions in context
Writing
3
 Transactional text
1 Hour 30 min 30
 Essay
Total 90
GRADE 6
Paper Description Marks
1 Oral
Completed during the term  Reading / Listening and Speaking 20
Reading Comprehension
 Question 1– Literary / non-literary text 50
2  Question 2 – Visual text
2 Hours  Question 3 – Summary
 Question 4 – Language Structures and Conventions in context
3 Writing
1 Hour 30 min  Transactional text 30
 Essay
Total 100
 GRADES 7-8 Home and First Additional Language
Paper Description Marks
1 Oral
Completed during the term  Reading / Listening and Speaking 20
2 Reading Comprehension
2 Hours 30 min  Question 1– Literary text 60
 Question 2 – Visual text
 Question 3 – Summary
 Question 4 – Language Structures and Conventions in context

3 Writing
1 Hour 30 min  Transactional text 40
 Essay
Total 120
GRADE 9
Paper Description Marks
1 Oral
Completed during the term  Reading / Listening and Speaking 20
2 Reading Comprehension
2 Hours  Question 1 – Literary text 70
 Question 2 – Visual text
 Question 3 – Summary
 Question 4 – Language Structures and Conventions in context

3 Writing
1 Hour 30 min  Transactional text 60
 Essay
4 Response to Literature
2 Hours  Question 1 Poetry 50
 Question 2 Novel / Folktales
 Question 3 Short Story / Drama
 5. Inclusion
• SA Sign Language HL is included in the current
POA.
• The terminology of the skills and texts might
differ.
– Listening and Speaking = Observing and Signing.
– News article = news item
 DBE Language Officials
Mr C Blignaut
[email protected]
012 357 4162
Mr M Nematangari
[email protected]
012 357 4127