1. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) issued Circular E19 of 2018 (attached), pertaining to the prescribed literature texts for study for all official languages at Home, First and Second Additional levels for the Senior Certificate (SC) examinations to be written in May/June 2019.

2. The Grade 12 literature question papers for all official languages for the June 2019 SC examinations will be based only on the new literature, as listed in the attached DBE Circular E19 of 2018 - Annexure A to Annexure F.

3. Annexure A to Annexure F, lists the prescribed literature for the different genres for Home Languages (HL), First Additional Languages (FALs) and Second Additional Languages (SALs) for the May/June 2019 SC examinations.
3.1 Annexure A (pages 1 to 5) is a list of the titles of the novels to be studied for the May/June 2019 Grade 12 SC examinations for each official HL and FAL.
3.2 Annexure B (pages 6 to 10) comprises a list of the titles of the dramas to be studied for the May/June 2019 SC examination for each official HL and FAL.
3.3 Annexure C (pages 11 to 23) comprises a list of the titles of the poems to be studied for the May/June 2019 Grade 12 SC examinations for each official HL and FAL.
3.4 Annexure D (pages 24 to 30) lists the titles of the short stories to be studied for the May/June 2019 Grade 12 SC examinations for each official HL and FAL.
3.5 Annexure E (pages 31 to 40) comprises a list of the titles of the folklore to be studied for the May/June 2019 Grade 12 SC examinations for each official African HL.
3.6 Annexure F (pages 41 to 43) comprises a list of the titles of prescribed literature to be studied for the May/June 2019 Grade 12 SC examinations for SALs.

4. Please bring the content of this minute to the attention of all concerned.


SIGNED: PAD BEETS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2018:08:03

DBE Circular E19 of 2018  (size: 1 676 KB)