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This course is open to teachers who are currently taking the Level 1 Practicum or who have earned their Color Vowel® Level 1 Certificate.

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About this course

Discover how Readers Theater brings the written word to life while supporting English learner comprehensibility and speaking confidence.

  • Workshop Overview

    Readers Theater is a group read-aloud in which individuals perform level-appropriate scripts to tell a story cooperatively. Participants will learn how Readers Theater supports development of the learner’s external reading voice (rate, vocabulary, and pronunciation/ comprehensibility) as well as their “internal” reading voice (the voice they “hear” when reading silently), thereby strengthening both oral fluency and reading fluency.

  • Prerequisites

    This Level 2 course is open to Color Vowel® Level 1 Trained Teachers or teachers taking a Color Vowel® Level 1 Practicum course currently or synchronously.

    Prior completion of the Level 2 Core Rhythm and Chants course is recommended but not required.

  • Certificate

    Upon completion of this course, participants will receive a course completion certificate reflecting 6 hours of instruction. This course fulfills one of multiple requirements of Level 2 certification.

Meeting dates and times
(Fall Session)

No class on November 23rd due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.

  • Wednesday, November 2, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Eastern U.S. Daylight Savings Time
    (EDT • UTC-4)

  • Wednesday, November 9, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Eastern U.S. Standard Time
    (EST • UTC-5)

  • Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST

  • Wednesday, November 30, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST

Meet your instructor

Jennifer Campion

Color Vowel® Master Trainer

Jennifer Campion began teaching English over 35 years ago as a Peace Corps Volunteer and subsequently as an observer and trainer in Morocco. After returning to the U.S., Jennifer worked as a documentation specialist for a civil engineering firm and for NASA’s Office of Space Flight. She returned to ESL instruction in 2003 as an adjunct in the American Culture and Language Institute at Northern Virginia Community College. Inspired after attending a 3-day Color Vowel phonology retreat in 2016, Jennifer became a Color Vowel Trainer in 2018. She now works as Business Manager at ELTS. Jennifer holds a B.A. in French from Lynchburg College and an M.A. in TESOL from American University.

Course objectives

Through your participation in this course, you will:

  • Explore

    Explore ways that maximize the repetition and noticing necessary to improve fluency in both reading and speaking.

  • Review

    Review the suprasegmental skills of speaking: thought groups, focus words, linking, reduction, and intonation.

  • Learn

    Learn how to guide students through a Readers Theater project from preparation to presentation.

Course curriculum

    1. Syllabus

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    2. Zoom and YouTube Playlist Links

    3. How to Join Our Group in the Flip App

    4. How to Complete Assignments

    5. How to Record Your Video Responses

    6. Assignment Submission Document

    1. Week 1 Slide Presentation

    2. Video Links from the Week 1 Session

    3. Example Readers Theater Scripts

    4. Week 1 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    5. Pre-teaching Activities Assignment

    6. Readers Theater Project - Step 1

    7. Prepare for Week 2: Links to Resources on Thought Groups and Focus Words

    8. Prepare for Week 2: Downloadable Resources on Thought Groups and Focus Words

    1. Week 2 Slide Presentation

    2. Resources for Week 2

    3. Week 2 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    4. Prosody Feedback - Week 2

    5. Practice with Marking Thought Groups and Focus Words

    6. Reflection on Marking Thought Groups and Focus Words

    7. Readers Theater Project: Step 2

    1. Week 3 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    2. Video - Intonation in Statements

    3. Video - Intonation in Questions

    4. Video - Connected Speech (or Fast Speech): Linking and Reductions

    5. Practice with Marking Intonation and Linking

    6. Reflection on Marking Intonation and Linking

    7. Prosody Feedback - Week 3

    8. Readers Theater Project: Step 3

    1. Readers Theater Program

    2. Week 4 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    1. Course Evaluation & Certificate

About this course

  • $205.00

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