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Step 1
Begin with the list of 12 vowels. Have students place vowels in the three standard places using upstrokes and down strokes for each vowel. Explain how to form dipthongs, triphones and diphones.
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Step 2
Introduce upward and downward strokes for consonants. Explain that some sounds represent compound consonants. Have students practice strokes for all compound consonants in the text.
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Step 3
Advance to the "S" circles representing "S," "SS" and "SW." Have students practice the "S" stroke when it stands alone and when used with vowels and triphones. Focus next on the "ST" and "STR" loops. Have students memorize where these loops and the "SW" circle are not used.
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Step 4
Continue with hooks. Have students practice the "L" and "R" hooks. Progress to the intervening vowels with their symbols. Spend several sessions on curved double consonants.
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Step 5
Teach halving in two parts. Show first how to decrease stroke length when adding "T" and "D." Then teach students not to use halving with certain vowels, triphones and compound consonants.
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Step 6
Move to the "doubling principle." Show students a list of sounds requiring double strokes. Have them memorize the short list of exceptions to the doubling strokes rule.
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Step 7
Devote entire lessons to the upward and downward strokes for prefixes and suffixes along with the consonants, "L," "H" and "W." Finish the entire series by introducing the grammalogue words that shorthand represents as a single sign.
Comments
cassyjanek said
on 8/28/2008 For an alternative to creating your own shorthand, you could visit the website:
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This deals with Keyscript Shorthand which is described as 'the alphabetical Pitman Shorthand'. Keyscript uses only the lower case letters of the alphabet, but saves on average 60% of the writing. It can be handwritten or typed and is much easier to learn than Pitman's.It is much easier to learn than Pitman's.
The 'Lightning Guide to Keyscript' explains the theory and gives lots of practice material.
cassyjanek said
on 8/28/2008 For an alternative to creating your own shorthand, you could visit the website:
http://www.freewebs.com/cassyjanek
This deals with Keyscript Shorthand which is described as 'the alphabetical Pitman Shorthand'. Keyscript uses only the lower case letters of the alphabet, but saves on average 60% of the writing. It can be handwritten or typed and is much easier to learn than Pitman's.It is much easier to learn than Pitman's.
The 'Lightning Guide to Keyscript' explains the theory and gives lots of practice material.
cassyjanek said
on 8/28/2008 For an alternative to creating your own shorthand, you could visit the website:
http://www.freewebs.com/cassyjanek
This deals with Keyscript Shorthand which is described as 'the alphabetical Pitman Shorthand'. Keyscript uses only the lower case letters of the alphabet, but saves on average 60% of the writing. It can be handwritten or typed and is much easier to learn than Pitman's.It is much easier to learn than Pitman's.
The 'Lightning Guide to Keyscript' explains the theory and gives lots of practice material.
cassyjanek said
on 8/28/2008 For an alternative to creating your own shorthand, you could visit the website:
http://www.freewebs.com/cassyjanek
This deals with Keyscript Shorthand which is described as 'the alphabetical Pitman Shorthand'. Keyscript uses only the lower case letters of the alphabet, but saves on average 60% of the writing. It can be handwritten or typed and is much easier to learn than Pitman's.It is much easier to learn than Pitman's.
The 'Lightning Guide to Keyscript' explains the theory and gives lots of practice material.
cassyjanek said
on 8/28/2008 For an alternative to creating your own shorthand, you could visit the website:
http://www.freewebs.com/cassyjanek
This deals with Keyscript Shorthand which is described as 'the alphabetical Pitman Shorthand'. Keyscript uses only the lower case letters of the alphabet, but saves on average 60% of the writing. It can be handwritten or typed and is much easier to learn than Pitman's.It is much easier to learn than Pitman's.
The 'Lightning Guide to Keyscript' explains the theory and gives lots of practice material.