waooo, I love this method of Color Vowel Chart, and I was surprised when in this video I see the name of my home country Venezuela, I am living here with my son, and from here we are both studying English, and I love the American pronunciation In fact, my son and I love the United States, thank you Professor Karen for sharing your ingenious methodology to learn pronunciation, I heard about you because I always watch Keenyn's videos with my son. Thank you, you are wonderful, a hug from Venezuela.
Thanks, Mary Ann! Hey, our next Level 1 training course is starting next week and it builds on powerfully to the Color Vowel Launch Pad -- please visit colorvowel.com/getstarted/ for dates and info. Please let us know you have any questions! -Karen
Hi ML, thanks for your question! The "open hand" may seem odd at first, but it's not that different from the more subtle gestures (hands, arms, raise eyebrows, etc) that English speakers subconsciously use when speaking. We formalize it into a standard gesture so as to draw conscious attention to word and phrase stress -- the prominent syllables that drive the rhythm of spoken English. By bringing a movement-based strategy into play with speech, we activate parts of the brain that facilitate noticing (where the stress is, what color it is) and performing stress (with adequate time on vowel). We explore these ideas in greater depth in our Color Vowel Basics and Level 1 Practicum courses, which you can learn more about here: learn.colorvowel.com/collections/level1 Hope this helps!
Hi Mario! "Cuba" is a BLUE MOON word, just as the word "you" is BLUE. I offer that comparison by way of saying that spoken English features an "invisible Y" sound that occurs in many BLUE words (music, cute, future) but also in vowel-to-vowel linking, as in "triangle" (triYangle) and "variation" (variYation). To explore "invisible Y" (and "invisible W"!), join our free Color Vowel Teachers Community at learn.colorvowel.com/products/communities/teachers-community To get trained in the Color Vowel Approach, please check out our Color Vowel Basics course at learn.colorvowel.com/courses/basics
waooo, I love this method of Color Vowel Chart, and I was surprised when in this video I see the name of my home country Venezuela, I am living here with my son, and from here we are both studying English, and I love the American pronunciation In fact, my son and I love the United States, thank you Professor Karen for sharing your ingenious methodology to learn pronunciation, I heard about you because I always watch Keenyn's videos with my son. Thank you, you are wonderful, a hug from Venezuela.
Thank YOU, Hector! I'm happy to know that you're watching our videos. Venezuela is a beautiful country. Abrazos desde los EEUU!
You are a good teacher! You made this easy to understand.
Thanks, Mary Ann! Hey, our next Level 1 training course is starting next week and it builds on powerfully to the Color Vowel Launch Pad -- please visit colorvowel.com/getstarted/ for dates and info. Please let us know you have any questions! -Karen
I really like this, but don't really get the value of opening the hand. Can you explain. Can we do something else?
Hi ML, thanks for your question! The "open hand" may seem odd at first, but it's not that different from the more subtle gestures (hands, arms, raise eyebrows, etc) that English speakers subconsciously use when speaking. We formalize it into a standard gesture so as to draw conscious attention to word and phrase stress -- the prominent syllables that drive the rhythm of spoken English. By bringing a movement-based strategy into play with speech, we activate parts of the brain that facilitate noticing (where the stress is, what color it is) and performing stress (with adequate time on vowel). We explore these ideas in greater depth in our Color Vowel Basics and Level 1 Practicum courses, which you can learn more about here:
learn.colorvowel.com/collections/level1
Hope this helps!
Great exercise. Congrats and thanks.
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I am really enjoying learning about this. Your link above is broken as is the classroom kit link. Thanks! :)
Thanks! 🤔 Is Red sound? 🙏
What color could we assign to the name of Cuba?
Hi Mario! "Cuba" is a BLUE MOON word, just as the word "you" is BLUE. I offer that comparison by way of saying that spoken English features an "invisible Y" sound that occurs in many BLUE words (music, cute, future) but also in vowel-to-vowel linking, as in "triangle" (triYangle) and "variation" (variYation).
To explore "invisible Y" (and "invisible W"!), join our free Color Vowel Teachers Community at learn.colorvowel.com/products/communities/teachers-community
To get trained in the Color Vowel Approach, please check out our Color Vowel Basics course at
learn.colorvowel.com/courses/basics
Thank you very much, your answer is very interesting, God bless you for all the help you provide.
low sound 👎