The Color Vowel® Chart - A Teaching and Learning Tool
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- Learn about the Color Vowel® Chart* and how it can help English Language Learners and Teachers of English as a Second Language use a common vocabulary to discuss target sounds, as well as sounds heard and produced.
*developed by Karen Taylor and Shirley Thompson
For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds visit www.colorvowel.com and/or watch • The Color Vowel® Chart...
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All in all, that's a pretty good system. The only significant critique I could offer is that in many dialects the words 'sock' and 'dog' both use the LOT vowel (of John Wells' lexical sets) whereas the word 'auburn' begins with the THOUGHT vowel.
Another minor criticism would be that your system does not distinguish the FORCE vowel from the NORTH vowel, but those have merged in most dialects anyway. (In dialects without the hoarse-horse merger, the FORCE vowel is the rhotic form of the GOAT vowel whereas the NORTH vowel is the rhotic form of the THOUGHT vowel.)
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. This system (developed by Karen Taylor and Shirley Thompson) is used to teach the General American English accent. Agreed that the vowel sounds of English vary from country to country and from region to region within those countries. In the US, depending on where you are, you may hear the first syllable of the word COFFEE pronounced with the AH as in OLIVE sound or the AW as in AUBURN sound. Thanks for your feedback and thanks for watching!
@@VividEnglishUS You're welcome. The idea of using colours as more practical reference words would assist many learners. As such, I support the general concept. I comprehend all your examples because I'm familiar with the accents you're talking about. If you know, is the situation you mention in regards to the word 'coffee' a product of the cot-caught merger or is it a result of how some accents have always retained the THOUGHT vowel (what you call 'AW') in words which other accents have shifted to the LOT vowel?
By the way, I'm Australian. For us, and also the British, there is no 'AH' sound in 'olive' at all. The second vowel in 'olive' is the KIT vowel. The first vowel in 'olive' is the LOT vowel, whereas the 'AH' sound is the first vowel in FATHER. We use the latter vowel for words in the lexical sets of BATH and PALM, whereas I believe the General American accent would use the TRAP vowel for words in the BATH set.
The fact that you gave the example of 'AH' in 'olive' indicates that your own accent merges the first vowels in the words 'father' and 'bother'. As you said you're teaching the General American accent, that makes sense. If you interests you though, that merger doesn't exist in the Boston accent. Instead, the LOT vowel remains part of the THOUGHT lexical set, i.e. the sound of the vowel in THOUGHT is used in the word LOT (and also in CLOTH).
Interesting! For me, LOT and FATHER have the same /ɑ/ sound! Based on your message, it would appear that a clear comparison of accents (whether by country or by region) would best involve use of the IPA! Well, since my focus is on teaching the American accent, I guess the Color Vowel Chart still holds water! Regarding the Boston accent (as well as that of New York, England, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, etc) check out this great video entitled, "Is R a Vowel?" The most relevant content begins at 4:21. I think you'll enjoy this! th-cam.com/video/Tjf_MOyB0K4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sSIStKkNheIK4luD
@@VividEnglishUS Thanks for the link. Have you heard of how L is realised as a vowel in some accents too?
Makes sense --- particularly since the Dark L sound at the end of words like fool and school has a schwa-like quality, at least in American English!