Rachel's English How to Pronounce the Schwa
Rachel's English How to Pronounce the Schwa is a video lesson on the schwa vowel, on the pronunciation site of Rachel's English. It shows the mouth position in close-up and in slow motion, explains that the schwa is always unstressed, covers how it is absorbed before the syllabic consonants L, M, N and R, and ends with six example words to repeat. The full transcript sits with the video.
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A short video lesson with its transcript. It gives the mouth position for the schwa, a relaxed jaw with lips, cheeks and tongue loose, and shows it close up and in slow motion. It explains that the schwa falls only in an unstressed syllable, so it is always fast and low in pitch, and that it is absorbed before the syllabic consonants L, M, N and R. Six words close it.
Watch the close-up and slow-motion views first and copy the jaw position, keeping everything else still. Then say the example words after the video: allow, extra, data, again, visa, about. For the syllabic consonants, try father both ways, once with a separate schwa and once moving straight from the TH into the R, so you hear which one sounds natural.
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