English FAL Grade 12 Formal Programme of Assessment 2025
CAPS: PROGRAMME OF ASSESSMENT: ENGLISH FAL GRADE 12
TERM 1 Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
#Controlled Test 1: Language in Context
*Oral: Writing:
Comprehension & Summary /
Listening for Comprehension Transactional texts Writing: Essay
Comprehension & Language Structures &
120-150 words 250 - 300 words Conventions
Total: 130 10 30 50 40
Weightings 20% 8% 12% 18%
Date Completed:
TERM 2 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7 Task 8
Literature Assignment June Exam
*Oral: Shorter Transactional Paper 1: 80 2 hours
Prepared Speech *Oral: 80 – 100 words (20) Paper 2: 70 2.5 hours
Unprepared Speech / Prepared And Contextual Questions (15)
reading
Total: 225 20 20 35 150
Weightings 40% 40% 15% 22%
Date Completed:
TERM 3 Task 9
*Orals: Learners should do ONE Listening for Comprehension (Task 1), ONE Prepared speech (Task 5), and ONE Unprepared speech/ Prepared reading
Preparatory Exam (Tasks
Paper 1: 80 2 hours 6).
Paper 2: 70 2.5 hours Final Examinations:
Paper 3: 100 2.5 hours For more guidance on Papers 1 to 3 for the end-year exam, refer to DBE Exam Guidelines 2021 and the ATP
This paper can be written in #Test 1 could be set out of 40 marks or, if more, should be converted to 40 marks. While the Comprehension, summary, language structures and
August/September conventions combination is suggested, teachers are urged to design a combination of aspects that fits the character (test programme, time allocation, etc.)
of the school. A test in the Programme of Assessment should not be made up of several smaller tests. Each test should cover a substantial amount of
Total: 250 250 content, should be set for 45-60 minutes, and should represent the different cognitive levels as set out for exam papers.
Weightings 25% #Test : can provide a full scale 80-mark test as follows: 1 hour session testing Section A and B (40 Marks); 1 hour session testing Section C (40 marks).
Date Completed: Then divide by 2 to bring to a total of 40. This is necessary if we wish to ensure that learners get practice in answering a Paper 1 especially that there is no
June exam.
TERM 4 Task Final Weightings
10
English FAL Grade 12 Formal Programme of Assessment 2025
End of the year examinations
Paper 1 – Language in context (80 marks) – 2 hrs Tasks 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 form the SBA mark of which 40% is taken for the year mark
Tasks 1, 5 & 6 form marks for Paper 4: Orals (50)
● Comprehension (30)
Task 10 (250 marks) and Paper 4, the orals (50 marks) is taken for the year mark 60%
● Summary (10)
Promotion Mark:
● Advertisement (10)
SBA (40%) + Examinations and Orals (60%)
● Cartoon (10)
Orals (Paper 4):
● Language and Editing Skills (20)
● The marks attained for all the oral tasks will not form part of the final SBA mark, but will be used for
Paper 2 – Literature (70 marks) – 2.5 hrs the oral examination component Paper 4 for EFAL
Paper 3 – Writing (100 marks) – 2.5 hrs
● Essay (50) ● the oral mark will still be used for term reporting, but only accrue to the oral examinations
component as cited above
● Longer Transactional (30
● Shorter Transactional (20)
Paper 4 – Orals (50 marks)
Total: 300
