INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET


Meaning of INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET in English

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 .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .