Initial Teaching Alphabet

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:alphabet
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:ITA
i.t.a.
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:English_alphabet
gptkbp:category gptkb:syntax
education
phonetics
gptkbp:contains additional letters for English phonemes
gptkbp:createdBy Sir James Pitman
gptkbp:hasLetter 44
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Initial Teaching Alphabet
gptkbp:influencedBy phonics
gptkbp:introducedIn 1960
gptkbp:notableFeature one-to-one correspondence between sounds and letters
gptkbp:purpose teaching children to read English
gptkbp:replacedBy standard English alphabet
gptkbp:status largely obsolete
gptkbp:usedFor phonetic representation of English
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
primary education
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Pitman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7