Discover what's been missing from English language instruction.

The Color Vowel® Chart is the key that has unlocked the English language for millions of people around the world.

Our Level 1 Training provides you with an approach that will lighten your load and get your students talking.

What is the Color Vowel® Chart?

The Color Vowel® Chart is the perfect tool for teaching and learning spoken English. The shape of the Chart reflects how vowel sounds are produced— without the need for phonetic symbols that confuse so many learners.
Color Vowel Chart

Color Vowel® 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!

Level 1 Training will make you fall in love with teaching all over again.

Here are just a few of the ways that the Level 1 Practicum and Color Vowel® Basics will revolutionize your teaching:

  • Feel truly prepared to answer students' questions about English pronunciation.

  • Confidently integrate pronunciation into everyday teaching.

  • Teach pronunciation features that make an immediate a difference in learners’ comprehensibility.

  • Spend less time talking and explaining.

  • Provide learners with ways to organize, practice, and reinforce what they’ve learned.

  • Boost learner engagement, curiosity, and delight in your lessons.

  • Have access to a Digital Library full of materials and activities free for download to use in your classroom.

  • 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.

Earn your Level 1 Certification Today



With this bundle, you'll have access to a 5-week live course with personal Color Vowel® practicum coaching and feedback as well as our popular video-based Basics content, access to a wealth of teaching resources in our Digital Library, and membership in our exclusive online community!

What Teachers are Saying

“I am completely in awe of this teaching tool and the techniques that have been presented so far. I plan to go all the way through Level 3 in the training. I thought the r-controlled vowel explanations were brilliant.”

Nancy Reynolds, ESL Instructor, TX

“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

“The Color Vowel® Approach has transformed my classroom by giving students a fun, engaging, easy to remember way to improve their pronunciation, both in the classroom and their everyday life. I use it every day. I can't imagine teaching without it!”

Ruth Voetmann, Intensive ESL Instructor and Department Chair, Edmonds College, WA

“I feel good about what this course has to offer. The discussions of moving vowels and R-controlled vowels are invaluable. The Color Vowel® Chart itself is a stroke of genius, or SEVERAL strokes of genius all in one organized template.”

Christine Kassover, Coordinator and Instructor, Intensive English Institute, Florida Atlantic University

Here's Exactly What You'll Get with the Color Vowel® Level 1 Bundle

Color Vowel® Level 1 Practicum Course ($880 Value)

  • 7.5 hours of live Zoom instruction and sound awareness building 
  • Practicum tasks that reinforce fundamental techniques
  • Personalized feedback
  • Access to the DIgital Library of Color Vowel® materials
  • Course access for 1 year


Color Vowel® Basics Video Content ($399 Value)

  • Over 6 hours of detailed content
  • 4 easy-to-follow video modules
  • Quizzes to check your understanding
  • Course access for 1 year


Blue Canoe® Premium Teacher Access ($299 Value)

  • Mobile app for on-the-go teaching
  • Pronunciation games and lessons
  • Voice recognition with AI feedback
  • The Color Vowel® Dictionary
  • Access to the Blue Canoe Teacher support community.


Digital Copy of  Our Book: The Color Vowel® Approach: Resources for Connecting Pronunciation to Vocabulary, Reading, and Spelling ($49 Value)

  • Comprehensive overview of the Color Vowel® Approach
  • Lesson and Activity plans
  • Printable resources


Downloadable Training Material ($48 Value)

  • The Color Vowel® Chart
  • The Color Vowel® Organizer
  • The Color Vowel® Launch Pad
  • and more...