Before revision: in making it easier for children to learn to read English was often offset by some children not being able to effectively transfer their I.T.A.-reading skills to reading standard English orthography, and/ or being generally confused by having to deal with two alphabets in their early years of reading.
After revision: in making it easier for children to learn to read English was often offset by some children not being able to effectively transfer their I.T.A.-reading skills to reading standard English orthography, or being generally confused by having to deal with two alphabets in their early years of reading.