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Some Applications Of Selected Linguistic Principles To The Teaching Of Gregg Shorthand, Ruth S. Taliaferro

Theses & Honors Papers

One leading authority in the business education field estimates that about one-half of the 800,000 students who enroll in Gregg shorthand each year either drop out or never attain job proficiency. Figures show that in the State of Virginia the enrollment in beginning shorthand is two to three times as high as in the important second year. Why should there be so many drop-outs? Why should there be so many who do not attain job proficiency?

There is a possibility that the whole problem revolves around the question of insight. Gregg shorthand is based on linguistic principles which become an …