Initial Teaching Alphabet

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• Initial 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… …   Universalium

• initial 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Initial 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… …   Wikipedia

• initial — 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

• alphabet — Synonyms and related words: IPA, ITA, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, alphabetics, art, basics, beginning, blueprint, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, commencement, conventional representation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• initialteaching 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. * * * …   Universalium

• Augmented Roman Alphabet — noun Earlier name for Initial Teaching Alphabet (qv) • • • Main Entry: ↑augment …   Useful english dictionary

• alphabet — /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… …   Universalium

• Jawi alphabet — Not to be confused with Javanese script Arab World This article is part of the series: Arab Culture …   Wikipedia

• History 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 …   Wikipedia

• Vietnamese alphabet — The Vietnamese alphabet, called Chữ Quốc Ngữ (script of the national language), usually shortened to Quốc Ngữ (national language), is the modern writing system for the Vietnamese language. It is based on the Latin script (more specifically the… …   Wikipedia