Welcome to the
Color Vowel Chart

This powerful visual tool enables teachers and learners to talk easily and accurately about the vowel sounds of English. Explore our website, and you'll see how The Color Vowel Chart can enrich what you already do in your language classroom!

 

 

What People are saying:

Lisa Richard"Teaching pronunciation in a training enviroment, I don't have the luxury of a full semester or school year to establish a common vocabulary for working with pronunciation. The Color Vowel Chart gets everyone speaking the same language quickly and provides a great mnemonic device for recalling specific sounds. The Color Vowel Chart has become an essential tool in my pronunciation training."

Lisa Richard
ESL Trainer
Alexandria, VA

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Upcoming & Recent Workshops and Conferences:
  • April 25: Santa Fe Community College TESOL workshop: "Teaching Pronunciation," Santa Fe NM (K. Taylor)
  • May 2: U.S. State Department Webinar, "Speaking Clearly: Activities for Improving English Pronunciation" (S. Thompson)
  • May 23: WEBS Building Capacity Conference, "Teaching Pronunciation for Literacy and Vocabulary Development," Albuquerque NM (K. Taylor)

Past Events

New and Notable:
  • Check our interactive Color Vowel Chart
  • Now available: poster-size version of the Color Vowel Chart
  • New free downloads.  See Explore for more information.
  • The Vowel Discovery Activity is a great way to inductively introduce learners to The Color Vowel Chart.
  • The Color Coded Word List is a way for learners to categorize new vocabulary according to the stressed vowel.