initial teaching alphabet
1Initial Teaching Alphabet — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbr.: I.T.A., i.t.a. Also called augmented roman. * * * alphabet of 44… …
2initial teaching alphabet — noun Etymology: so called because it is used only in the initial stages of teaching reading : a 44 symbol alphabet designed especially for children who are learning to read English * * * a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet,… …
3Initial Teaching Alphabet — The Initial Teaching Alphabet (I.T.A.) was developed by Sir James Pitman (the grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of a system of shorthand, who took up the issue of spelling reform with a variant typeface) as a tool for teaching children… …
4initial — adj., n., & v. adj. of, existing, or occurring at the beginning (initial stage; initial expenses). n. 1 = initial letter. 2 (usu. in pl.) the first letter or letters of the words of a (esp. a person s) name or names. v.tr. (initialled,… …
5alphabet — Synonyms and related words: IPA, ITA, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, alphabetics, art, basics, beginning, blueprint, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, commencement, conventional representation,… …
6initialteaching alphabet — initial teaching alphabet n. An alphabet with 44 symbols, each of which represents a single sound, that is used to teach beginning reading of English. * * * …
7Augmented Roman Alphabet — noun Earlier name for Initial Teaching Alphabet (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑augment …
8alphabet — /al feuh bet , bit/, n. 1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic… …
9Jawi alphabet — Not to be confused with Javanese script Arab World This article is part of the series: Arab Culture …
10History of the Arabic alphabet — The history of the Arabic alphabet shows that this abjad has changed since it arose. It is thought that the Arabic alphabet is a derivative of the Nabataean variation (or perhaps the Syriac variation) of the Aramaic alphabet, which descended from …
