is a visual organizer spoken English. Each color represents a vowel sound.
For example, GREEN is the high front vowel /iy/, as found in the words tree and teacher. Similarly, BLUE represents the high back vowel /uw/, as found in the words true and student. In this way, each phrase serves both as a key word and a visual cue for a specific stressed vowel sound. Click on each color to hear the Color Vowel anchor phrase and its corresponding vowel sound.
Join Karen Taylor, Shirley Thompson and Robin Barr as they talk with host Jennifer Campion about how the Color Vowel Chart has evolved over the past 20 years. This webinar was recorded live on 11/4/20 and is now available on demand.
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Learn MoreBlue Canoe combines the Color Vowel® system with voice recognition and machine learning to provide learners with high-yield pronunciation practice.
With Blue Canoe, students can take their Color Vowel learning experience beyond the classroom. Blue Canoe is available for individual use or at the school level, providing teachers and administrators with a robust dashboard for monitoring student engagement.
Our 6-week course immerses you in the use the Color Vowel® Approach and our pronunciation app, Blue Canoe. Through this course, you will master powerful, brain-based strategies for teaching learner pronunciation, vocabulary development, and oral fluency. Completing Color Vowel Basics Online fulfills all requirements for Level 1 certification. Learn more about this course on our Get Started page.
Teachers, this is for you! Whether you’re new to Color Vowel or already part of the tribe, our Friday gatherings are wonderfully interactive, inclusive, and informative. The topic changes each week, but the sense of community is a constant!
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Join Karen Taylor for this participatory session of pure pronunciation practice demonstrating the Color Vowel® method. Teachers, invite your students! Learners, invite your friends!
Join us for this participatory exploration of Readers Theater with a Color Vowel twist.
Come with your language questions; walk away with answers and much more!
Designed exclusively for teachers who participated in a Color Vowel® Basics face-to-face workshop between 2015-2019, this online course guides you through a series of refresher videos and short tasks that you complete at your own pace over the course of six weeks.
Upon completion of this course, you will receive Level 1 certification as a Color Vowel Trained Teacher, providing you with access to our Digital Library and Level 2 workshops.
In this Level 2 elective workshop, participants will learn how to facilitate Readers Theater in the ESL/EFL setting.
Learn how taking a sound-based approach to spelling empowers learners to notice patterns and engage in life-long language discovery.
Our 6-week course immerses you in the use the Color Vowel® Approach and our pronunciation app, Blue Canoe. Through this course, you will master powerful, brain-based strategies for teaching learner pronunciation, vocabulary development, and oral fluency. Completing Color Vowel Basics Online fulfills all requirements for Level 1 certification. Learn more about this course on our Get Started page.
Course Instructor: Karen Taylor
In this workshop for certified Level 1 Color Vowel Trained teachers, participants will learn to lead and create variations on chants.
Instructor: Karen Taylor
Increase your phonological awareness and gain confidence in the use of this powerful brain-based instructional technique.
This course is for non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) who wish to increase their own confidence with English pronunciation.
In this 5-session practice-based course taught by a Color Vowel® Trained Teacher, participants will engage in a series of brain-based English pronunciation exercises that build awareness of the sounds and rhythms of English for the purpose of being more confident in their spoken English.
Learn how taking a sound-based approach to spelling empowers learners to notice patterns and engage in life-long language discovery.
Learn how to preview, lead, and close chants with learners using existing chants and modified chants.
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