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On this page, you will find charts with all American English consonant and vowel sounds. You can choose one of the two phonetic transcription systems - both use the symbols of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): Broad, or phonemic, transcription, for example, /ˈwɔtɚ/. Narrow transcription, for example, [ˈwɔɾɚ]
All the sounds of American English ( General American) with: consonants, simple vowels and diphthongs. The chart is interactive, click on the symbols and illustrations! The use of animals for consonants, and colors for vowels, makes this English phonemic chart easy to remember.
Instead of phonetic symbols, the Chart uses colors and key words to represent the vowel sounds of English. This provides students and teachers with an easy way to describe and practice spoken English at the word level and at the phrase level.
- The vowel sounds of spoken English
- Get to know each Color Vowel
- Identify the “color” of new vocabulary words and phrases
- The Shape of the Chart
- What is the “r” for?
- MOVING VOWELS
- NON-MOVING VOWELS
- How to Use The Color Vowel Chart in the Classroom
- Beginning through intermediate learners
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Each language contains its own unique set of sounds. American English has approximately 15 vowel sounds. However, the English alphabet has only five vowel LETTERS (a, e, i, o, u), and the letters “y” and “w,” which sometimes represent vowel sounds. Therefore, each letter (or combination of letters) can represent more than one vowel sound. As a resu...
Each color in The Color Vowel Chart represents a single vowel sound. Each sound has a color name and a key word. For example, GREEN is the color name, and TEA is the key word. GREEN represents the vowel sound you hear in both of those words: /i/. Similarly, BLUE MOON represents the vowel sound /u/, as in true, balloon and approve. Even though thes...
The Color Vowel Chart allows us to describe any English word based on the pronunciation of the primary stressed syllable in the word. Here, it is important to focus on a fundamental rule of spoken English: each word has exactly one primary stressed syllable, and that syllable has a strong, lengthened vowel sound at its center. Using The Color Vowe...
The shape of the Chart mirrors the shape of the vocal tract, with GREEN representing the high front vowel /i/, OLIVE representing the low central vowel /a/, and BLUE being the high back vowel /u/. The shape helps learners visualize the relationships between the various vowel sounds and how they are formed in the mouth, eliminating the need for desc...
The Color Vowel Chart enables you to use a visual approach in teaching r-controlled vowels. R-controlled vowels are vowels that, when followed by an “r,” have a modified sound. First, say the word and hold the vowel sound that precedes the “r.” Then locate the sound of the stressed vowel on the Chart. For example, the word car would start at OLIVE...
The sounds at the left are all moving vowels (tense vowels, diphthongs, and glides). That is, the jaw and/or tongue move from one position to another in order to produce these vowel sounds. The “y” and “w” featured in the Chart indicate the direction of the movement in these vowel sounds.
These are all non-moving (still) vowels (lax vowels and monophthongs). That is, each sound is produced with a single non-moving tongue-jaw position.
Strategy #1: Get to know the color vowels. Show The Color Vowel Chart to the class. Point to each color, and say the color name and the key word. Make sure you are producing the same vowel sound for both words, such as BLUE MOON. With beginning students, introduce and practice just a few colors at a time. Strategy #2: Study by color. Create a Color...
We recommend using The Color Vowel Chart with beginning learners. Most languages do not use stress the same way English does, so helping learners focus on stress is essential to a strong start in speaking and understanding English.
Select common words that have one of the following sounds in the stressed syllable. Here are possible words: o GREEN: me, seat, teacher, tree, feet, teeth, meet, meal, read o OLIVE: hot, box, hospital, doctor, knock, clock o BLUE: shoe, student, afternoon, spoon, food, noon Draw a blank Color Vowel Word List on the board. Have students draw a blan...
Make a Color Vowel Word List on the wall and add new words to it as you study new vocabulary. Have students keep their own word lists in their notebooks. Be patient. It will take students time to be able to correctly identify the color of the stressed vowel. In the meantime, they are learning that it is important for them to listen for and begin to...
Show students The Color Vowel Chart. Say each color and key word, and have students repeat after you. Invite students to identify the featured vowel sound in each color and key word. Make sure students are able to identify the featured vowel sounds before you move on in the lesson. Facilitate discovery by using the days of the week. Have students i...
Explain that you will use the Chart on a regular basis as an easy way to talk about the pronunciation of a word. For example, when a student comes upon the word receive in a text and asks you how to pronounce it, you might say “that word is GREEN; listen to how say it,” then model the word and have the student repeat it back: “receive, GREEN TEA...
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Apr 17, 2019 · 1. Vowel Sounds, 2. Consonant Sounds. Pronunciation and IPA Symbols. When it comes to learning general American pronunciation in English, I encourage all English learners to go back to the start and get a clear understanding of all of the sounds used in American English.
The phonemic chart contains the 44 sounds of spoken English. It is an excellent tool for both learning and teaching about English pronunciation, but there is no easy way to type the phonemes with a normal keyboard.
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The interactive IPA chart helps you identify the sounds of language. To use the phoneme chart, first familiarize yourself with each IPA symbol and the corresponding IPA pronunciation of the sound. For example, in the IPA vowel chart, click on each symbol to hear the corresponding vowel sound, and begin practicing pronouncing the sounds yourself.
