TEACHING BASIC LITERACY AS A SYSTEM OF ACADEMIC PREPARATION FOR LIFE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequency of use of letters in Albanian writing. Another goal of this study was to identify the letters with the highest frequency of use in different types of texts. The research argues that the ordering of letters according to the density of use in writing differs from their ordering during the teaching of initial reading and writing. The findings prove that the design of the initial book for teaching reading and writing, Abetare (alphabet book), is inconsistent with the principle of the density of initial teaching of letters. The frequency of the appearance of a sound and grapheme in speech and writing affects its easier acquisition, both from its appearance and from its sound and melody. Based on the name Alphabet, almost all languages ​​begin the teaching of literacy with this sound, letter A. Various texts with about 80,000 words, with over 300,000 letters, were used for the analysis. The order of letters according to the frequency of use was: E=11%, Ë=10%, I=9%, T=8%, A=7%, followed by the letters R, M, N with 6% of the frequency of use. The letter A ranks fifth in terms of frequency of use. The letters E, Ë, I and T are easier for beginners to write. Therefore, it is examined whether the order of learning letters should be done according to the frequency of use and the ease of writing and pronouncing them by beginners. This study will facilitate the work of the compilers of the initial book for teaching reading and writing, but also for teaching and easier acquisition of reading and writing by students.