Teeline Fast Shorthand

This course will take you from novice to a Pitman Teeline shorthand speed of 40 words per minute. Beginning with the basics we’ll lead you gently into shorthand Teeline style step-by-step.

This is a course to take you from novice to a Pitman Teeline shorthand speed of 40 words per minute. To be able to use Teeline Fast, you need to choose carefully among the Teeline shorthand courses - and you've found the very best. Beginning with the basics - the alphabet - we'll lead you gently into shorthand Teeline style step-by-step, moving on to give you full confidence in the workplace.

Why use Pitman Training to learn Teeline shorthand? Because ours is a self-study course and you'll have the flexibility to work at your own pace - and to make sure you stay up to speed, you can use online dictation exercises.

You'll complete your training with a workbook and at the end of the course you'll have all the benefits of the widely-recognised Pitman Training name on your CV.

There are fourteen lessons in this Teeline course: -

• Lesson One: The Teeline Alphabet from A to M.
• Lesson Two: The Teeline Alphabet from N to Z.
• Lesson Three: Join letters T, D and F, punctuation marks, short sentences.
• Lesson Four: Joining S, word endings, soft C.
• Lesson Five: Downward and upward short L, special use of L, joining the letter B to letters G and N, joining the letter J with B, C and K, outlines with R followed by M.
• Lesson Six: More common word outlines, writing outlines for words beginning WH, grouping words together to form one outline, transcribing a short passage from dictation.
• Lesson Seven: The use of vowels, more vocabulary using vowels.
• Lesson Eight: Outlines to represent double vowels, vowel indicators for word endings, simple word groupings.
• Lesson Nine: Blend letters, lengthening L, M and W to add R, extending the use of R, writing further special outlines.
• Lesson Ten: Words ending with –TION, more blends, common word groupings.
• Lesson Eleven: Words using the CM, CN and CNV blends, outlines for words ending –NCE, additional special outlines.
• Lesson Twelve: Shortened outlines for word beginnings, more special outlines and word groupings.
• Lesson Thirteen: Using full vowels to form word endings, abbreviations for different word endings, Teeline outlines for figures and dates, days of the week and months of the year.
• Lesson Fourteen: Further vocabulary, more simple and common words, additional word groupings, consolidation.

This course is perfect for anyone wanting to learn a shorthand system - Fast!

There are no pre-requisites required.

Shorthand is useful if you're in PA or Office Administration roles where you're required to take minutes or notes. It's also useful if you're an aspiring journalist.