PrimerPro

PrimerPro helps you make better primers with less effort by searching, counting and listing tasks for you.

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Welcome to PrimerPro – Primer Development Tool!

Creating educational primers for developing languages can be a daunting task. List words by their specific letters, ensure the teaching order makes sense, and track the progress – it’s a lot to juggle! This is where PrimerPro comes in to revolutionize your work.

PrimerPro is a specialized software tool designed to assist literacy workers and educators in the efficient creation of language primers. It focuses on the grammatical and phonological properties of languages, making sure you’re able to create primers that follow sound teaching principles, thereby easing the learning process for students. Whether you’re working on developing learners’ auditory and visual awareness or need to organize teaching materials systematically, PrimerPro has got you covered.

Why Choose PrimerPro?

Optimized for Literacy: It suggests the ideal sequence of letters for teaching and even checks stories to ensure all letters have been taught.

Buildable Words Feature: It searches for words that only contain previously taught letters, making your lesson plans more effective.

Automated Word Searches: PrimerPro can find words by part of speech and specific linguistic features, simplifying complex word management tasks.

Explore how PrimerPro can make a difference in your educational efforts and download it today to start making effective, meticulously crafted primers that make learning fun and engaging.

Smart Word Search

PrimerPro has the ability to search for words of a particular part of speech and specific linguistic features. For example, if you’re developing learners’ auditory and visual awareness of a tone or a particular vowel, PrimerPro can find all the nouns containing only that tone or vowel. You are then provided with a list of nouns which you can associate with pictures for keywords.

Help for Literacy Workers

Help for Literacy Workers: Henry Koroso, a literacy worker, uses PrimerPro to find words suitable for a Swahili primer. PrimerPro analyzes the words in a language, suggests an optimal sequence for teaching the letters, keeps track of which letters are included in each primer, and checks stories for any letters that haven't been taught yet.
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Finding Buildable Words for a Lesson

PrimerPro can suggest words that would be good buildable words for each primer lesson. It does this by searching a large word list and finding all the words that only contain letters which have been taught so far—an invaluable feature for creating effective lesson plans.

Common Questions

Can PrimerPro help me write pre-primers?

Yes! It can produce all the pictureable nouns containing only the vowel being taught, such as 'mbata', if the letter a is being taught, or 'kaana' if aa is being taught.

Is PrimerPro useful for writing transition primers?

Yes! It can search for minimal pairs for anything you need to contrast. It's proven especially useful for showing readers that two different tone marks make a big difference in meaning, for example.

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