For these two years, our students are encouraged to read with understanding and view a range of texts as prescribed by the IEB (Independent Examination Board). To start with, the focus is on enjoyment, with fun activities to motivate our students to enjoy Afrikaans. Basic core grammatical skills are focused on intensively and various themes and topical issues are explored. Students are prepared for their examinations by being provided with past papers, a focus on application of skills learnt as well as revision of core skills

All students who are studying towards the National Senior Certificate (‘Matric’) are required to study a First Additional Language unless they have been granted official immigrant status. At Dainfern College our High School students choose between Afrikaans and isiZulu. View Language Policy. 

In this phase the IEB Subject Assessment Guidelines are meticulously followed to ensure students are thoroughly prepared for their final Afrikaans IEB examinations in Grade 12.

Students explore different literary writing styles and the focus is on essay writing and developing insight. Although grammatical skills are still assessed, higher order thinking skills are encouraged in the form of debates. Students are expected to be able to apply syntactical skills learnt in Grade 8 and 9 and to produce essays of 200-250 words that range from reflective to narrative and discursive. The short story as a genre is taught as well as poetry, and students are encouraged to think for themselves in providing an analysis of literature.

In their final year of Afrikaans, students complete tasks during the year for their portfolio of evidence, in line with IEB criteria. Portfolio pieces are moderated in regional cluster groups as per IEB requirement, to ensure that standards are fair and compliant with national standards. All of our Afrikaans Grade 12 teachers have had experience of marking at IEB level and, in addition, have many years’ teaching experience.

The final Afrikaans mark for Grade 12 is made up as follows: 25% oral, 25% portfolio work and 50% for IEB examination papers 1 and 2. Oral marks are internally assessed, and every student is afforded the opportunity of being assessed by a panel to ensure fairness and appropriate standardisation.

Paper 1:  Comprehension, Poetry, Summary skills and Language are assessed (100 marks) in 2½ hours.

Paper 2: Transactional writing (2 pieces) as well as the setwork are assessed (100 marks) in 2½ hours.

The track record of our Afrikaans Department is excellent. Our consistent results speak for themselves and we have a zero failure to date.