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I.T.A.

American

Or i.t.a.

abbreviation

Initial Teaching Alphabet.

ITA ¹ British

abbreviation

Independent Television Authority: now superseded by the IBA

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i.t.a. ² British

abbreviation

initial teaching alphabet, a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading

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The I.T.A. has banned Romania, Thailand, Egypt and Malaysia from competing in Tokyo because of doping violations.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

In 2010, the Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against the I.T.A., alleging that its advertisements falsely assured customers that tanning was totally safe.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 7, 2014

Each of the 44 I.T.A. symbols represents only one sound, and children tackle I.T.A.-spelled words in full confidence that what they see in print is what they say in sound.

From Time Magazine Archive

At an I.T.A. meet last month in El Paso, Oldfield whirled and hurled the 16-lb. shot farther than anyone else in history.

From Time Magazine Archive

I.T.A. proponents believe that all this sabotages conventional ways of teaching reading.

From Time Magazine Archive

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