![]() ![]() My son now learns to read by word recognition, associating the appearance of a word with a picture over and over until he knows it. Yet we make same mistakes again and again. I love ITA and have a book of famous quotes, speeches and poetry all "translated" into ITA, including Winston Churchill's war speeches. I don't think ITA damaged my ability to spell, but has sown a seed in my subconscious that acts as a hurdle. I have to think about how to spell some very simple words because they contain either a silent or mispronounced letter. I had a couple of Ladybird books written in ITA, including one about fishermen and their trawlers - lots of scope for unusual sounds like halibut and sturgeon. I don't think they'll ever unlearn ITA spelling. But - and the but is enourmous - some could not make the transition. ITA seemed to be a brilliant way of pushing the children on and they learned to read much earlier than usual. I was in my second year's teaching in Luton in 1968. Since moving to London I haven't found anyone I can pass ITA notes to during long meetings. We could write notes to each other without our parents or teachers in the grown-up children's classes being able read them. This was because when I wrote the words I knew to be correct I was told they were wrong. I was already able to read and write simple words when I arrived at school but ITA crippled me. Anyone used to hearing words pronounced with a Scots, Welsh or Scouse accent was completely lost. The sentence above reads: "The ice angel gave the owl a ring." It might be meaningless, but it illustrates some of the system's more unusual sound shapes.Ī big problem with ITA was that phonetic spelling doesn't account for regional accents. "People make up shortcuts as they go along, but these may not be understood outside their circle of friends."īut the enthusiasm for texting has made it clear that English speakers are frustrated with conventional spelling. Instead, they are keen to see consistency, with double letters dropped, and a cull of the many and varied spellings for "e" sounds.Īlthough e-mail and text messages have filtered shortcuts into the language, these are not necessarily the same from person to person, Mr Gledhill says. Texting has taken off in the past two yearsĪlthough society members may raise a glass in memory of ITA, few now champion its use, Mr Gledhill says. But it wasn't a long-term solution because the system was a bit messy." "It fully demonstrated that if you make it easier to read and spell, children will learn faster. John Gledhill, of the Simplified Spelling Society, says ITA was hailed as pioneering in its day. "Grandma couldn't understand the contents of the ITA letter, but put it in an envelope and posted it home all the same. His family still recounts the time when his sister went to stay with grandma in Northumberland, and wrote her first letter home to Newcastle. ![]() One former pupil has very strong views about it: "I suffered ITA for my first few years at school, with the consequence that at the age of seven I could barely read or write," he says.Īnd Edwin Robson, who was taught ITA in the 1960s, says many of his friends blame their poor spelling on being taught this system in their first year of school.īut he personally didn't have any problem, and can still remember it today. Learn the letters needed to spell your nameģ.The thinking went that as children became fluent in ITA, they would become aware of conventional spelling and move seamlessly into the normal alphabet.ĭid it work? Opinions vary, but the system was never successfully made mainstream. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.Ģ. ![]() The NATO phonetic alphabet is a combinations of letters and numbers are most likely to be pronounced and understood by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel. (a requirement of Air Activities Stage 1 & Communicator Activity badges) Resources Copyright Infringement View in OSM UK Description ![]()
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