PrimerPrep

PrimerPrep lets you quickly and easily perform the design steps of primer preparation.

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PrimerPrep: Letter Sequence Optimization for Literacy Instruction

Are you looking to create an effective and engaging language learning primer?

PrimerPrep is the tool you need! It allows you to load text files in any language and instantly provides you with the optimal teaching order of letters, and example words for each lesson. PrimerPrep eliminates the guesswork, ensuring you can focus on helping your students succeed. By automating the analysis of sample texts, PrimerPrep quickly performs all necessary calculations, offering a sequence that facilitates efficient learning. The software’s drag-and-drop functionality allows you to easily adjust the teaching order to meet your specific educational goals, and it verifies your lesson texts to make sure your students won’t come across any surprise untaught letters.

Acknowledging the importance of various factors in determining the best sequence for teaching letters, PrimerPrep provides numerous options for customizing your language configuration to fine-tune your results. Whether you need to identify and exclude specific words, or define work-breaking characters or digraphs, PrimerPrep is a versatile and indispensable tool for language educators. Experience the efficiency and customization of PrimerPrep today and elevate your language teaching with SIL International’s innovative tool.

Language Configuration

Fine-tune your language setup by defining word-building characters, digraphs, and affixes. Exclude specific elements from the analysis to tailor the results to your needs.

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Easy Reordering

Adjust the teaching order effortlessly with a simple drag-and-drop interface. All example words are recalculated in real-time to reflect the new order, making it easy to experiment with different sequences.

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PrimerPrep or Primer Pro?

Choose PrimerPrep for a straightforward and user-friendly tool. Opt for Primer Pro if you need advanced customization and detailed analysis. We’re working to bring more advanced features to PrimerPrep. If you have any requests, let us know via the Support tab!

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Common questions

What is the best thing about using PrimerPrep?

If you have a text in the language, you can literally be investigating the best teaching order in the language within a couple of minutes! It really is that easy!

Can PrimerPrep test my primer texts?

Yes! You can enter your texts for each lesson, and PrimerPrep will highlight in red all untaught residue, i.e. letters which the student has not yet been taught.

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