What is a frequency count?

A frequency count is the numerical tabulation of the number of times phonemes (letters) and syllable types appear in text material.

Some primer methods use frequency counts to determine the order of teaching the letters of the alphabet.

• Concept module: frequency count
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): F
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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