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700 BC-present

• From the transition of the Phoenician to Greek alphabet, the Romans used the Greek alphabet as a basis for developing their own system through the Roman script later on called Latin.

• The Latin alphabet became the basis of many other alphabets including the widely used today the English alphabet.

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• can be designed and prepared easily and quickly

Inexpensive Readily available Can be used individually or by group

• brings real life situations to students

• can be easily used as authentic materials

• helps students and teachers keep up with changes

• provide a wide range of various text types

and language styles

• arouses students’ curiosity

• portable

• offers wide range of topics that teachers can use in many

different subjects and occasions

• child friendly and may be used as a tool to motivate

students’ reading skills

• artistic variety

• portable

• provides information, pleasure, relaxation and inspiration to readers

• greater thoroughness and permanence compared to other

printed materials

• offers a wide variety of language styles

• portable

• content is static

• can last many years

• can be easily accessed

• can be used in a large group of students

• content can be easily corrected

• can last for a long time

• easy to keep and store

• teacher has control over the sequence

and pace of presenting information

Printed Materials

• shelf life is limited

• resource used (trees) is slow to renew

• require suitable reading ability by user

• cannot deliver sound and motion

Books

• needs storage space

• heavy to move

• updating can be expensive

• subject to wear and weathering

Electronics

• equipment needed is expensive

• some people are computer illiterate

• information and data can be easily

altered and manipulated

Factors:1. Typeface type design that matches with the

corresponding character of the text.

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