July 2025 Level 1 Certification Bundle
Save $$ by bundling! Register for the July 2025 cohort of our Level 1 Practicum WITH the Basics. You can complete the Basics before or at the same time as the Practicum.
About this bundle
The Color Vowel® Chart is the key that has unlocked the English language for millions of people around the world. Level 1 Certification courses provide you with the knowledge and practice in the techniques for the Approach that will lighten your load and get your students talking.
Level 1 Training gives you the knowledge and practical techniques to...
Build Confidence
You'll love what the Color Vowel Chart does for your teaching confidence, and your learners will, too! No more wondering and explaining. Say hello to clarity!
Teach What Matters
When you learn what matters most in spoken English, you'll teach with greater focus, and your students will be happier knowing they are on a path worth taking.
Engage Learners
Your knowledge and your confidence will actually create room for learners to engage, listen, and speak up. You'll be amazed at how much they have to say!
What You Will Learn
Through your participation in this course, you will revolutionize your teaching and ...
feel truly prepared to answer students' questions about English pronunciation.
boost learner engagement, curiosity, and delight in your lessons.
provide learners with ways to organize, practice, and reinforce what they’ve learned.
teach pronunciation that makes an immediate a difference in learners’ comprehensibility.
integrate pronunciation confidently into everyday teaching.
spend less time talking and explaining.
Who Should Get This Bundle
Color Vowel® Level 1 Certification means that you have mastered the fundamental whys and hows of the Color Vowel® Approach to teaching spoken English and pronunciation. Completion of this certification is required for enrollment in most of our Level 2 courses and practicums.
You can complete the on-demand Basics course prior to your Level 1 Practicum or you can complete them at the same time.
Non-native English-speaking teachers should have high intermediate or advanced skills. Those who wish to improve their own pronunciation and sound awareness are encouraged to enroll in Speak Confidently!
You should take these Level 1 courses if you want to:
- Fall in love with teaching all over again.
- Feel confident knowing that wherever you’re from, your accent is a legitimate model for teaching spoken English.
- Be part of a creative and supportive community of English language teachers just like you.
- Have access to a Digital Library full of materials and activities free for download to use in your classroom.
What Teachers are Saying
I took this course last autumn and it was the best PD I've had in the field over the last
20 years! I was able to implement these ideas and materials the next day in class. When does that ever happen?! I recommend this course to any English language teacher - it's really that good!
Christine Fiorite, EdD
ESL Instructor, English Language Institute, University Of Chicago
This bundle includes the following courses:
You can complete the on-demand Basics course prior to your Level 1 Practicum or you can complete them at the same time.
Color Vowel® Basics
July 2025 • Color Vowel® Level 1 Practicum
Taught by World Class Instructors:
Karen Taylor
Director, ELTS
Karen Taylor co-founded ELTS in 2011 in response to a popular demand for the Color Vowel® Chart, a teaching tool she created in 1999. She holds an MA in TESOL from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a BA in English Literature from Georgetown University, as well as an International Baccalaureate from the United World College (US campus). A former Fulbright TEFL Specialist, Karen was the Practitioner in Residence at American University for nine years. She received Ed Tech’s 2020 Visionary Leader award for her work as Head of Education at Blue Canoe Learning Inc.
Gemma Archer
Color Vowel® Level 3 Trainer
Gemma Archer has been an English language teacher for 18 years, working in the UK, Ireland, Italy, and the Middle East. Currently, she is an EAP teacher and programme co-ordinator in the English language unit at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, in her home country, Scotland. She is editor of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group’s bi-annual journal ‘Speak Out!’ and is joint SIG coordinator. She uses the Color Vowel® Approach with international Postgraduate students who want to communicate their research more confidently and intelligibly with others, and to explain the rich diversity of Englishes in their new linguistic environment. She earned her Color Vowel® Level 3 Certification as a Teacher Trainer in 2024.
Frequently Asked Questions:
No, you don't! The Practicum course is designed so that each week's live session is based on one of the modules in the Basics. Each week you watch OR review a module in Basics to prepare for the live Practicum session.
The Practicum is designed as a live interactive course where you build sound awareness and practice classroom techniques. Participants are allowed one absence but asynchronous attendance is not usually appropriate for this course.
We have a new cohort of the Practicum starting almost every month. We vary the day of the week and the time to accommodate a variety of schedules and timezones around the world. If your schedule changes after purchasing the bundle, we will be happy to move your enrollment to another cohort this year.
No problem! Just purchase the Practicum course on its own!
This bundle also includes:
- Course access for 1 year
- Sound awareness building
- Personalized feedback
- Certificates of Completion for each course
- Access to the Digital Library of Color Vowel® materials