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Recommended language text books to supplement your studies
1. English in Context Grade 12 (new CAPS edition) by J. O Hendry et al. (Maskew Miller Longman). ISBN: 978-0-636-14002-8. [An excellent chapter-by-chapter approach to CAPS, e.g. Chapter 1: Comprehension; Chapter 3: Summary; Chapter 5: Creative Writing etc.]
2. The Teacher’s Guide for English in Context is also available, and contains the answers to the exercises. ISBN: 978-0-636-14594-8
3. English Handbook and Study Guide by Beryl Lutrin and Marcelle Pincus. (Berlut Books). ISBN: 978-0-620-32583-7. [An excellent reference book for all aspects of grammar, and also includes sections on Writing, Oral and Literary Essays.]
4. Reader’s Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder. (Reader’s Digest Association in conjunction with Oxford University Press). ISBN: 0276421019. [This combines a dictionary (which includes etymology of words, as required in the language syllabus) and a thesaurus.] OR a Cambridge dictionary, or any other recognised dictionary. Avoid the pocket dictionaries and others that don’t have etymology for the words.
5. Macrat is an organisation that publishes study guides for English Home Language – written by teachers, for teachers. You can contact them via their website at www.macrat.co.za or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacratPublishing
6. Previous Department of Basic Education Grade 12 National Exam papers are available at: http://www.education.gov.za/Examinations/PastExamPapers/tabid/351/Default.asp x. Remember that this is the first year that Paper 3 consists of only two sections, the Essay (50 marks) and Section B (2 pieces marked out of 25 marks each). Previous papers have Section B (30 marks) and Section C (20 marks).
