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Preface

This Ketengban pre-primer series has been written to
teach pre-reading and pre-writing skills and the most
frequently occurring vowels in the Ketengban language.
These are: a e 0 u. The Ketengban language is spoken by
approximately ten to twelve thousand people living in the
Star Mountains of the eastern highlands in Kecamatan
Okbibap, Kabupaten Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

This book is the second in a series of three
pre-primers and is in turn a part of a total series of eight
books. This series of pre-primers should be taught prior to
the Primer series entitled, Ketengban Upu Pete~ Buku and
beginning with number 4. The method is adapted from Des
Oatridge and is similar to that followed in several other
languages in Irian Jaya, among them, Berik, Bauzi, and
Kwerba.
There are 20 pre-reading lessons introduced in the
pre-primer series over a time span of 4 weeks at the rate of
one lesson per week day. There are additional lesson
materials, including a writing lesson for each day, not
included in these student bo'oks but rather found only in the
Pre-Primer Teache~'s Guide.
These additional instructional materials and the
directions for teachers are given in the Ketengban teache~'s
guide entitled: Ketengban Upu Peteremna Lap Pena Buku 1.
The pre-reading skills taught in this series include:

a.) Holding the book right side up.

b.) Left to right and top to bottom orientation.

c.) Auditory discrimination excercises.

d.) Visual discrimination excercises.

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