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Level 3.3 Contractions: enough, in (wordsign)
Level 3.4 Contractions: be (groupsign) con, dis
Level 3.7 Shortforms: before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, because, conceive,
conceiving
Level 3.8 Contraction: ea
Level 3.9 Contractions: bb, cc, ff, gg
Level 4.1 Contractions (dot 5): day, ever, father, here, know, lord, mother
Level 4.2 Contractions (dot 5): name, one, part, question, right
Level 4.3 Contractions (dot 5): some, time, under, work, young
Level 4.4 Shortform: oneself
Level 4.5 Contractions (dot 5): there, where, ought
Level 4.6 Contractions (dot 5): character, through
Level 4.7 Contractions (dots 4-5): upon, word, these
Level 4.8 Contractions (dots 4-5): those, whose
Level 4.9 Contractions (dots 4-5-6): cannot, had, many
Level 4.10 Contractions (dots 4-5-6): spirit, world, their
Level 5.1 Contractions (dots 4-6): ound, ance, ount
Level 5.2 Contractions (dots 4-6): sion, less
Level 5.3 Contractions (dots 5-6): ence, ong, ful, ness
Level 5.4 Contractions (dots 5-6) (Fully contracted UEB): tion, ment, ity
S.A. Syllabus (UEB)
The "S.A. Syllabus" series is based upon the document entitled "Syllabus -- Order in Which Braille
Contractions Are Learnt", prepared by Reinette Popplestone for the University of Cape Town Disability
Unit, for teaching English Braille to students in South Africa. The contractions are introduced in the
following order:
Level 1.1 Alphabetic word signs: but, people, can, quite, do, rather, every, so, from, that, go, us, have,
very, just, will, knowledge, it, like, you, more, as, not
Level 1.2 Five contractions: and, for, of, the, with
Level 1.3 Initial-letter contractions with dot 5: day, part, ever, question, father, right, here, some, know,
time, lord, under, mother, work, name, young, one, there
Level 1.4 Two related contractions: these, their
Level 2.1 Short forms: about, good, above, great, according, him, across, immediate, after, little,
afternoon, letter, afterward, necessary, again, neither, also, paid, almost, quick, already, said, altogether,
today, always, together, blind, tomorrow, braille, tonight, could, would, either, its, friend, your
Level 2.2 Group signs: gh, ed, er, ow, ar, ing
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