• The Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA or i.t.a.) is a variant of the Latin alphabet developed by Sir James Pitman (the grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, inventor...
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  • English-speaking world by means of an interim teaching orthography, known as the initial teaching alphabet or i.t.a. He was honoured with a knighthood in...
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    contain three more: ʩ, ʪ and ʫ.[citation needed] The Initial Teaching Alphabet, a short-lived alphabet intended for young children, used a number of ligatures...
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  • Unicase (redirect from Unicameral alphabet)
    seen widespread use. Another example of unicase Latin alphabet is the Initial Teaching Alphabet. Occasionally, typefaces make use of unicase letterforms...
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  • Other scripts, such as John Malone's Unifon, Sir James Pitman's Initial Teaching Alphabet, and Alexander Melville Bell's Visible Speech were invented for...
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    2024. Pitman, Sir James; St. John, John (1969). Alphabets and Reading, The Initial Teaching Alphabet (1 ed.). London: Pitman. ISBN 0-273-43343-1. Withers...
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    is used in some alphabets of African languages.[clarification needed] A ligature of ʈ with h was part of the Initial Teaching Alphabet to represent the...
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  • There are initial sounds, medial sounds and final sounds. Language education Phonics, Phonetics Phonemic awareness Initial Teaching Alphabet Literacy Gio-Key-Board...
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    alphabet Korean manual alphabet Cued speech International maritime signal flags Morse code Flag semaphore Optical telegraphy Gregg Shorthand Initial Teaching...
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  • improving spelling education. In 1961, this led to James Pitman's Initial Teaching Alphabet, introduced into many British schools in an attempt to improve...
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  • how they learn to read. His three main fields of study were the initial teaching alphabet, the psychology of reading and the comparison of reading methods...
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  • period when many different methods were practised, including the initial teaching alphabet, phonics, and whole language. Vera Southgate was a prolific author...
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    is limited to certain language tags: en, hup, kyh, tol, yur. Initial Teaching Alphabet "Unifon.org". www.unifon.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08. Everson, Michael...
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    the Cyrillic alphabet. Initial Teaching Alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet Łatynka for Ukrainian Leet (1337 alphabet) Romani alphabet for most Romani...
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    porcelain figurines. The tale has been published in braille and the Initial Teaching Alphabet, and has been translated into French, German, and Dutch. In 1971...
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  • question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters. The Hebrew alphabet (Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי,[a] Alefbet ivri), known variously by scholars...
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  • original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-07-17. "Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation - Initial Teaching Alphabet, i.t.a., ITA". www.itafoundation.org. "Unifon...
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    It is pronounced identically to Ш, and is often omitted when teaching the Cyrillic alphabet. Sometimes, Russian loanwords with Щ will be spelled with Ш...
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  • the 1980s and early 1990s but abandoned in favor of phonics. Initial Teaching Alphabet: this 1957 regularization of standard English spelling was intended...
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  • Íte of Killeedy (c.480–c.570), Irish nun and saint Initial Teaching Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet system formerly used in British, and some American,...
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    learning to read using the initial teaching alphabet and equally control groups of children who did not use the initial teaching alphabet. This unusual experiment...
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    ligatures, as opposed to one on top of the other) was used in the Initial Teaching Alphabet. The ligature, in both majuscule and minuscule forms, is occasionally...
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    Cyrillic alphabet. Early Cyrillic alphabet Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet Romanian alphabet Earlist known usage dated back to 1521 Neacșu's letter. Initial vs....
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  • attempts to eliminate particular irregularities (such as SR1 or Initial Teaching Alphabet) through more far-reaching reforms (such as Cut Spelling) to attempts...
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    Pitman was the grandfather of James Pitman, who developed the Initial Teaching Alphabet. His grand-daughter, Honor Isabel Salmon (b.1912, née Pitman)...
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  • ISBN 9781840225709. Wheeler, Edward Jewitt; Crane, Frank (1902). "Current Opinion". Harrison, Maurice. "Instant Reading, the Story of the Initial Teaching Alphabet"....
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    the 1960s used Ehrhardt as a base for printing in the Initial Teaching Alphabet. This alphabet system, intended to be used to teach children to read,...
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    orthography – Norms for writing the English language Initial Teaching Alphabet – Aid for teaching English reading List of phonics programs Phonemic awareness –...
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  • Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. Hanyu (simplified...
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    artist and architect Sir James Pitman (1901–1985), inventor of the Initial Teaching Alphabet Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), Viceroy of India...
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