The Schwa /ə/ Sound - How to Pronounce the Schwa - How to Improve English Pronunciation

In this lesson you can learn how to pronounce the most common sound in English: the schwa /ə/.
The most common sound in English is called the schwa. Do you know what a schwa sounds like, or how to pronounce it? In this class, you’ll learn about the schwa, how to recognise it and how it can help improve English pronunciation. Keep practicing after you watch with a certified English teacher: bit.ly/ooe-teachers.
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Contents:
1. How Can You Recognise a Schwa? 2:37
2. How to Find the Schwa Sound in Words 3:35
3. How to Find the Schwa Sound in Phrases and Sentences 7:16
4. How You Can Pronounce the Schwa Sound 11:47
In this lesson, you will learn:
- What the schwa is and how it's pronounced.
- How you can recognize the schwa sound in English pronunciation.
- How to find the schwa sound in different words.
- Different ways to find the schwa sound in phrases and sentences.
- Some useful words to help improve pronunciation of the schwa sound.
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  • @karinabarros6457
    @karinabarros64575 жыл бұрын

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  • @sarahdeecreates
    @sarahdeecreates3 жыл бұрын

    So, I first learned about the SCHWA sound a week ago, even though I've been speaking my version of English all my life :). I am intrigued that even NATIVE English speakers can pronounce the SCHWA sound differently? Also the SCHWA sound can be found in words with different spellings! What a revelation! I'm open to learning so thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

  • @LaddySkcardocci
    @LaddySkcardocci5 жыл бұрын

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    @alybarbieq49384 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this great lesson. I really need to improve my schwa pronunciation. Have a nice day!

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    @user-isi11 Жыл бұрын

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    @asmziaurrahman17194 жыл бұрын

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    @rehamsherif27322 жыл бұрын

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    @dinithilochana18785 жыл бұрын

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    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @rachida65465 жыл бұрын

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    @Selma79094 жыл бұрын

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    @Luwiie6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sensei.

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    @nadyazulaikha96193 жыл бұрын

    Like how "an apple and a banana" is pronounced. sounds unique and cute 😄 Thanks Oli and Sam 🌹

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    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    5 жыл бұрын

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    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    5 жыл бұрын

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    @AyaAya-dy8bq4 жыл бұрын

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    @alesp.59086 жыл бұрын

    Sam rocks as always! :-) ! Oli speaks great english as well - of course! However this should be pronunciation lesson so I consider more suitable to present it by natives... :-/

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    @MeMe-lo2cx6 жыл бұрын

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    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @rahulsenglishtalk1336 Жыл бұрын

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  • @kidzumasstudio8217
    @kidzumasstudio8217 Жыл бұрын

    0:31 pronunciation 1:40 importance 1:51 usage 2:40 how to recognize 3:36 how to find it in new words 7:18 how to recognize in phrases and sentences 11:49 practice

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    @ricardovieirabertoldo88854 жыл бұрын

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  • @johnbrighton631
    @johnbrighton6315 жыл бұрын

    A cuppa tea sounds exactly like my Yorkshire dialect and there are more schwa sounds in my town name Huddersfield in Kirklees, Yorkshire. ə dəs fild

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    @uzochiabara7767 Жыл бұрын

    This is quite interesting.

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    @sunygildiaz17804 жыл бұрын

    thank you

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    @slashorysk3 жыл бұрын

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    @nhuque38536 жыл бұрын

    love british accent so much

  • @jamelahmae9808
    @jamelahmae98083 жыл бұрын

    Guys i've been repeating this video for about 5 times already and still can't identify the schwa sound. Tomorrow is the exam. I'm going to fail🙃🙃. Wish me luck.

  • @montanaranch6299

    @montanaranch6299

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good luck

  • @huilee6520

    @huilee6520

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @Abbyslikkle_space

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @guidomafic4085
    @guidomafic40854 жыл бұрын

    Hello! Thanks a lot for the nice lesson. As a non native English speaker I have a lot of problems with pronunciation and sound perception, even more if you think I’m Italian. Please, one important question: for sure I’m wrong, but the pronunciation of the schwa sound changes a lot from word and word. For example when you teachers pronunce temperature, celebration, happiness, favourite, the final schwa sound sounds different. In temperature is more towards a, in celebration towards o, in happiness towards e and in favourite towards i. So I’m very confused on it. Please help me to work out where I’m wrong in my sound perception of the final schwa in the words I have reported. Thanks a lot in advance

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Guido, thank you for sharing. In each of these words, the schwa might be pronounced slightly differently with different speakers. However, I recommend practicing in the way we've taught it and not worrying too much about the small differences you might hear. Use the 'uh' sound we've taught in the lesson and you will be good!

  • @azadagaev3888
    @azadagaev38883 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! Why I learned about existing of schwa only now? It turned my life upside down..

  • @zahoorkhan8861
    @zahoorkhan88614 жыл бұрын

    Best of best

  • @facilvenir
    @facilvenir4 жыл бұрын

    This is so difficult! I'm trying hard, but this is harder!

  • @EnglishwithJoe
    @EnglishwithJoe5 жыл бұрын

    Schwa is the most common sound in English, yet most native speakers dont know they use it :)

  • @juliekadams

    @juliekadams

    4 жыл бұрын

    I learned about it in 1970-71 when I was 6 years old, first grade. My teacher (Irene Thimm) taught phonetics, which I was later told was very ahead of its time for that time period. She actually used the word "schwa". I vividly remember her teaching it in a lecture. I have Mercury in Gemini. We are all about communication detail.

  • @thecallofdutygamer8769

    @thecallofdutygamer8769

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a native speaker and I don't know how to pronounce it correctly sometimes because I have a stupid speech impediment.

  • @marciamiller9656

    @marciamiller9656

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought the same thing.

  • @piyushpv

    @piyushpv

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here again we making mistake, In this video, Schwa have 2 different type of pronunciation, at 11.9 time "Do" sound like "DU" not like "DA" which is Schwa sound,

  • @gamingwithkenny2389

    @gamingwithkenny2389

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@piyushpv well ur kinda right

  • @sarraprincesse2387
    @sarraprincesse23875 жыл бұрын

    thank yoou

  • @jack01404
    @jack014044 жыл бұрын

    Good,I know how now!

  • @jeromegagnon5405
    @jeromegagnon54052 жыл бұрын

    dễ thương quá nè