The
Introduction Sheet
,
Speedwriting is a handy skill that sets you apart
from the others.
The K+
Speedwriting-game, an
educational game, teaches
sound-based speedwriting
using regular alphabet letters,
half a dozen line-based graphics, and two
(2) punctuation
marks called "stenographs".
The game
is divided into three (3) sections: A, B, and C.
Section
A covers the six (6) vowel-stenographs: two
(2) use
letters of the alphabet (Section A1), two (2) punctuation marks
(Section A2),
and two (2) "unique" stenographs
(Section A3).
Section B consists
of 19
consonant-stenographs: 16 use
letters
of the alphabet (Section B1) and three (3) use "unique"
line-based stenographs (Section B2).
Section C consists of 45
sound-combo-stenographs:
35 use
letters of the alphabet (Section
C1) and 10 use line-based
stenographs (Section C2): three (3) of which are grammatical;
one (1) indicates that the word is a pural word ending in "s" or
"es"; one (1) indicates an adverb ending in "ly"; one
(1) indicates
a past tense verb ending in "ed".
Note the two (2)
vowel-blends: the i-stenograph for the oy-sound
in
the words 11.1 "joy" and
11.2 "coin"; the o-stenograph for the
ow-sound in
the words 20.1 "flower" and 20.2 "doubt".
Each of the
70 rounds highlights one stenograph at a
time: on the
Game Sheet there is a line where the player
transcribes the word
s/he has chosen that illustrates the "featured"
stenograph that is
just
underneath
it; to the the right is the
"transcribed" example-
word that can be decoded thanks to the List of
Example-words;
to the right of that is the score area consisting of four (4)
lines.
Up to
six (6) players can
play at one time: each receives the 1-
page Introduction Sheet, the 1-page Instruction Sheet, the 1-page
List of Example-words, and the 6-page Game Sheet.
The
game is designed to prepare you for using the K+ Steno-
kit:
http://www.eh-ok.ca/speedwriting-kit.htm.