Teeline Professional

The Teeline Professional training course is available at the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness Pitman Training Centres or via Online Distance Learning through our Pitman Campus.

Shorthand remains a respected and essential skill in professions such as Administration and Journalism. This course is designed to help you start your shorthand learning experience from the beginning and will guide you through a comprehensive lesson plan until you are able ultimately to write up to 80 wpm (words per minute).

Course Duration: 45 Hours

CPD Points: 45

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Course Content

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.

Plus:

Dictation material to develop your shorthand speed from 40 to 80 wpm over 5 modules.

Key shorthand outlines provided.

Exercises, quizzes and crosswords.

Designed For

This course is designed for those who want to learn this renowned shorthand system. Great if you are looking to work as a PA, EA or Administration Assistant and need to be able to quickly minute actions and tasks. It is also great for those looking to work as a journalist where shorthand is a vital skill.

Objectives

This course aims to teach you Teeline shorthand to a competent and useable level. You will learn all the theory behind the system and be able to write up to 80wpm.

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Prerequisites

It would be ideal if you have some word processing experience prior to starting this course.

Funding

Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF)

Claim up to £15,000 for Training your employees

This fund provides Levy Paying Companies an opportunity to up-skill or re-skill Employees and in turn, support economic growth.

Eligibility Criteria:

You must be a Levy Paying Employer
The Company must be based or operate in Scotland, wholly or partially
Employees must reside in Scotland

For more information on applying for this funding, contact our Course Advisors by clicking below:

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A funded training opportunity is now available to those facing redundancy or those who have been made redundant from March 2020 onward.

The National Transition Training Fund aims to tackle the rise in unemployment caused by Covid-19 by offering short sharp training opportunities for people to learn in-demand skills.

If you are currently under threat of redundancy, or have been made redundant at any time from the 1st March 2020 and are aged 25 or over, you can access an industry recognised qualification to help you gain employment.

For further information on how to proceed then contact us referencing the course(s) you are interested in.

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Designed For

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