Alphabets and reading: the initial teaching alphabet / by Sir James Pitman and John St. John

Pitman Sir, James

ISBN 10: 0273433431 / ISBN 13: 9780273433439

Published by London: Pitman, 1969

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SIGNED and inscribed with additional signed letter. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xviii,349p; 24plates; ill; 24cm. Notes: bibl p329-338Subjects: Reading (Elementary). Phonetic alphabet. Initial teaching alphabet. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 314453

Bibliographic Details

Title: Alphabets and reading: the initial teaching ...

Publisher: London: Pitman

Publication Date: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Well-illustrated

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The Initial Teaching Alphabet (I.T.A. or i.t.a.) is a variant of the Latin alphabet developed by Sir James Pitman (the grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, inventor of a system of shorthand) in the early 1960s. It was not intended to be a strictly phonetic transcription of English sounds, or a spelling reform for English as such, but instead a practical simplified writing system which could be used to teach English-speaking children to read more easily than can be done with traditional orthography. After children had learned to read using I.T.A., they would then eventually move on to learn standard English spelling. Although it achieved a certain degree of popularity in the 1960s, it has fallen into disuse.