Course curriculum

    1. Course Overview

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    2. Color Vowel® Level 1 Practicum Course Syllabus

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    3. Important Links for Cohort 43

    1. Documents to Download and Print

    2. How to Join Your Cohort Group in the Flip App

    3. How to Record Your Video Responses

    4. How to Complete the Technique Practicum Tasks

    5. Technique Practicum Task #1: Introduce Yourself

    1. Week 1 Instructions

    2. Week 1 Live Session - Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    3. Technique Practicum Task #2: Introduce the Color Vowel® Chart

    4. Technique Practicum Task #3: Model 'Color it out!' in Blue Canoe

    1. Week 2 Instructions

    2. Week 2 Live Session - Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    3. Technique Practicum Task #4: Word-based Color Vowel Warm-Up

    4. Technique Practicum Task #5: Color Vowel Walkabout

    5. Technique Practicum Task #6: What Color is your life?

    1. Week 3 Instructions

    2. Week 3 Live Session - Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    3. Technique Practicum Task #7: Flooding Demonstration

    4. Technique Practicum Task #8: Color Vowel Warm-up, Redux

    5. Technique Practicum Task #9: Model Blue Canoe's Sentence-based Lessons

    1. Week 4 Instructions

    2. Week 4 Live Session - Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    3. Technique Practicum Task #10: Tracing R-controlled vowels

    4. Technique Practicum Task #11: Color Vowel Self-Assessment

    5. Technique Practicum Task #12: Course Reflection

Earn your Level 1 Certification

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Haven't taken Color Vowel® Basics yet?

Registration in the Level 1 Practicum requires previous or current enrollment in Color Vowel® Basics.

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Here's What You Get

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


But you get all of this...

FOR ONLY: $266

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.

The Level 1 Practicum provides you with practice in the techniques for the approach that will lighten your load and get your students talking.
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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!

Your Practicum Trainer

Lynn Swanda

Color Vowel® Level 3 Trainer

Lynn Swanda has extensive experience teaching English to non-native speakers of all ages and levels for over 25 years. She has a Master of Education in ESL and has lived and worked overseas in Belgium, Germany, Thailand, and South Korea for the majority of her teaching career. She has taught in both local and international schools as well as managed ESL departments. Currently residing in Oklahoma City. Lynn earned her Color Vowel® Level 3 Certification as a Teacher Trainer in 2024 and teaches the Level 1 Practicum and Speak Confidently! courses for ELTS.

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 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.

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

Complete the Level 1 Practicum and earn Level 1 Certification



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

Enroll for just $266