![]() This saves time in writing when the consonants alone make clear what the word is. Vowel sounds are optional and are written with small dots, dashes or other shapes next to the main strokes. Using very simple strokes of the pencil, sounds are written down and not the letters themselves. For Sale in Indiansubcontinent only Pitman&'s system has a number of useful features: It is phonetic. No other system of shorthand designed for theEnglish language has been subjected to tests so prolonged, sodiverse, and so severe as those which Pitman Shorthand ? as thesystem is now generally styled ? has undergone since itsintroduction, with the result that it has been most successfullyadapted to the practical requirements of all classes of shorthandwriters. The system of shorthand wasinvented by Sir Issac Pitman, who in 1837 published his firsttreatise on the art. ![]() No other system of shorthand designed for theEnglish language has been subjected to tests so prolonged, sodiverse, and so severe as th Description Pitman Shorthand hasbeen briefly defined as "the art of representing spoken sounds bycharacter a system of shorthand". ![]() Description Pitman Shorthand hasbeen briefly defined as "the art of representing spoken sounds bycharacter a system of shorthand". Others issues covered in this book include The Nature of Transcription: What should be taught in transcription, What transcription is not, Transcription Principles An Integrated Strategy in Shorthand Instructions (Listening techniques, homophones and homographs, syllabic intensity, etc.). ![]() The book also discusses teaching aids, speed development equipment, Theory Review (Student's review of Pitman Shorthand, New phonographic phrase book, Guide to phrasing in Pitman New Era Shorthand), First Course Review/Students Review, The Phrase Book (2000 and New Era), Monthly Magazines. The book also discussed "Making Progress in Shorthand", Skills For Mastering Shorthand Theory, Reasons for Learning Shorthand, The Shorthand Teacher, Teaching Shorthand Theory, Proper Tools for Students, English Words that Cause Errors in Transcription, etc. This Book provides an in-depth guide on the origin and meaning of shorthand, types of shorthand, Features of Pitman New Era Shorthand such as consonants (explodents, continuants, nasals, liquids, coalescent, and aspirates), Vowels (long vowel sounds, short vowel sounds, diphthongs) Vowel Combinations (diphones, triphones) shortforms, circles and loops, distribution of circles and loops, halve-lengths, double lengths, hooks, abbreviated and medial "W", Compound Consonants, Figures, Intersections, Position Writing, Vowels and Position Writing, Preceding and Following Vowels, Consonants and Position Writing, Problems of Shorthand: achievement of penmanship, lack of dedication/concentration on the part of both the learner and the practitioner, shortage of qualified teachers, poor retentive memory, inconsistency in the regulation of speed, irregular sizes of consonants, problem of identification, inability to memorize short forms, poor hearing, lack of interest, poor knowledge of English, dialectical differences in Nigeria, inadequate teaching/learning equipment, etc. ![]()
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