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The Audit option is available only to previous participants wanting to retake this course.


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Pay just $185 per course when purchasing all four Core courses at one time:
Sound Awareness, Color Vowel® Yoga, Spelling Exploration, Rhythm & Chants

About this course

Learn how to preview, lead, and close chants with learners using existing and modified chants.

  • Workshop Overview

    The rhythm of English is central not only to being understood, but to being accepted by the listener. Rhythm instruction should be integrated into daily instruction in ways that remain simple and sustainable for the teacher. Creating rhythmic chants and being able to lead them are essential skills for the teacher.

    Participants will need a Color Vowel® Chart poster and a set of Color Vowel Image Cards. (Visit our online Shop to order materials.)

  • 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.

  • Auditing Option

    Anyone who has previously taken a Rhythm & Chants course with ELTS may audit this course. Auditors may attend live or asynchronously; however, attending the live Zoom sessions will provide a more robust and useful experience. Auditors do not receive feedback on completed assignments.

    Spaces are limited.

Meeting dates and times
(Fall Session)

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

  • Saturday, November 5, 9:00 - 10:30 am

  • Saturday, November 12, 9:00 - 10:30 am

  • Saturday, November 19, 9:00 - 10:30 am

  • Saturday, December 3, 9:00 - 10:30 am

Meet your instructor

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.

Course objectives

Through your participation in this course, you will:

  • Examine

    Examine how chants support brain-based language learning

  • Practice

    Practice pre-teaching, leading, and closing a chant with clear gestures

  • Master

    Master three Color Vowel chants and their variations

  • Create

    Create three new chants

  • Learn

    Learn when and where chants are most effective in a lesson

Course curriculum

    1. Syllabus

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. How to Join Our Group in the Flip App

    3. How to Complete Video Assignments

    4. How to Record Your Video Responses

    5. Video Response Submission Document

    1. Zoom and YouTube Playlist Links

    2. The Prosody Pyramid: Highly Recommended Reading

    1. Week 1 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    2. Week 1 Resources

    3. Classroom Video: "Hi, my name is ..." Chant

    4. Task #1: "Hi, my name is..." Chant

    5. Task #2: Create a new Word-based Color Vowel® Warm-up

    6. Task #3: Create a 3-word Chant

    1. Week 2 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    2. Week 2 Resources

    3. Task #4: Create a Phrase-based Warm-up Chant

    4. Task #5: Create an AABA Phrase Chant

    1. Week 3 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    2. Week 3 Notes and Resources

    3. Task #6: English Stress Patterns Activity

    4. Task #8: Chant a Blue Canoe Sentence

    1. Week 4 Exit Ticket / Asynchronous Attendance Reflection

    2. "Too Many Questions" chant cards (Google Slides)

    3. "Too Many Questions" 1-pager with link to demo video

About this course

  • $205.00

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