Welcome to the
Color Vowel Chart

The Color Vowel Chart is a powerful visual tool that enables teachers and learners to talk easily and accurately about the sounds of English. On one level, the Chart is a simple visual aide, but when combined with the teaching techniques we've developed and perfected, The Color Vowel Chart supports a profoundly transformational approach to teaching spoken English. 

Used at the classroom level, the Chart enriches the teaching of vocabulary, grammar, spelling, reading, and pronunciation.  When integrated at the program or curricular level, The Color Vowel Chart provides teachers and students with a common language and a point of reference that enables them to forge meaningful connections between what they learn in one class and what they do in another, ultimately moving learners toward ever-higher levels of language proficiency.

Explore our website, and see how The Color Vowel Chart can enhance the way YOU teach. 

Click on EXPLORE to see and hear the Chart.

 

 

What People are saying:

RebeccaWilner"When I learned about it, I thought that The Color Vowel Chart would be a great autonomous learning tool for students of English pronunciation, but I didn't realize that so many English teachers in Central America would agree with me. When I presented it at local TESOL Conferences, everyone pulled out their phones to take pictures of the chart and the activities we were doing in groups. There was even applause on one occasion when I told them that there are free activites they can download from the website."

Rebecca Wilner
Senior English Language Fellow
Panama City, Panama

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New and Notable:
  • The U.S. Department of State's Office of English Language Programs will soon be distributing The Color Vowel Chart abroad through U.S. embassies and consulates.  If you teach English abroad, contact your Regional English Language Office for information about how to get low-cost posters of The Color Vowel Chart for your classroom!
  • We now have a blog featuring all of our newsletter articles, ear-training activities, readers' comments, and more.
  • Subscribe to our e-newsletter to receive monthly articles and updates about teaching with The Color Vowel Chart.
  • Check our interactive Color Vowel Chart, where you can hear Shirley introducing each color vowel!
  • We offer several free downloadable resources. See our LEARN page for a complete list.
  • Our new, full-color teacher resource book is now available, and it's better than ever! Resources for Teachers is the essential guide to teaching English with The Color Vowel Chart.  Visit our orders page to get your copy!

New Product: TEACHER RESOURCE BOOK