The Schwa Sound: How to Pronounce the Schwa in Words and Sentences (The Complete Guide)

Learn how to pronounce the schwa sound in English. The schwa is the most common sound in English. In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce the schwa in English as well as the rules and spellings for the schwa, so you know how to pronounce it the first time you read it in words.

// TIMESTAMPS ⏱️
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Download the free PDF
00:46 - Why is the schwa important?
01:12 - How to pronounce the schwa
1:44 - The schwa at the start of words
2:20 - The schwa in the middle of words
2:51 - The schwa at the end of words
3:10 - Rules for schwa in words
4:11 - Rules for schwa in sentences
6:38 - Spelling rules for the schwa
6:44 - Word endings with schwa
9:29 - How to know when to pronounce the schwa?
10:04 - Letters with the schwa
11:41 - Read a story with the schwa sound (shadowing)
15:10 - Remember your free PDF!
15:30 - Outro

// RELATED VIDEOS 🎥

// FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA 📱

// IMPORTANT

I teach using just one of many accents in the world. Please only learn it if you like it and if you are interested in learning it. I do not believe there is one “correct” accent or manner of pronunciation and I fully encourage EFL/ESL learners to expose themselves to as many varieties of English around the world to become accustomed to the beautiful variations of this world language. I focus mostly on teaching “Modern RP” (I may just say “RP” in my older videos, but to clarify, I do specifically mean “Modern RP”), however, you will hear a lovely little Yorkshire twang to my accent from time to time too. Please LOVE and BE PROUD of your accent. After all, it is part of your identity and makes you unique. 💚

#englishpronunciation #englishteacher #englishlesson

[chantalida]

Hello Emma, I am from France, you are helping my english, learnt in London 50 years ago, to refreshing.😂 Thank you so much.
Chantal

[Otarmy_Butterfly]

Thanks from Bangladesh for teach us english.🇧🇩🇧🇩

[Wise_ksa]

I am from Saudi Arabia and I learned a lot from your clips. My English has improved a lot

[S.S.]

I can say since when I started to study phonetic and whatching Brtish teacher's video like you I have improved my pronunciation from 30% to around 80%.Thank you.

[kundalini]

I’m learning from you Emma more than I did from all the other teachers before and you explained everything so far so good👍👍👍thanks again.

[pratyakshkamboj]

I am a linguistics enthusiast and it is relishing to study Phonetics. Thank you ma'am

[БобуржонМаксумов]

Thank you very much. I love you!UZBEKISTAN ❤️ 😍 💖

[richardkuasi]

Hi Emma, I'm from Malaysia. I can pronounce it well, but I'm still learning the accent and trying to mimic it.

[mywwwow]

Im German 65 years old man.😊
Thank you so much, it’s very good to learn and also very good to relaxe because your warm voice and peace you give to me❤ Also I did like this little romantic story - it’s my feeling in my favorite cafe as well. 😊❤
I wish you a happy day and… for everybody:

Live now and today ❤

[Shazaantaimoor]

One of the most extraordinary bri ishh English teacha in Youtube⭐🤡

[kvo]

What a wonderful story at the end..❤❤❤ Thank you so much for this lesson- now i have more clarity of the British pronunciation

[aimabiz]

Hello dear Emma, am hopeful you're doing well, am still gaining in English speaking better than before cz without having amazing pronunciation skills, imagine someone sounds like he/she is speaking broke English. Fortunately, since I found out your Chanel am better than before. Am still enjoying your pronunciation course. Have a great day, I love you more ❤️

[mdrajsultan]

I am watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 .
So Thank you for speaking English very well and learning English

[salehtunc]

Teacher what does it meaning.she is was.l thinking this is wrong.why two auxiliary together.please.

[EdgardoAlexanderGarcia]

I love it how do you teach this language, You're my favorite teacher. Greetings from 🇻🇪🇻🇪

[cris]

I was trying to repeat her on the google translate and what it understood was: " let's firstly talk about why the SHOWER is important for you"

[MdAshrafulIslam-ebxw]

Very helpful videos, ,
Thank you from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[Educationwithkamesh]

I m teaching since last 5 years. I have not seen such a perfect teacher like you Emma. Lots of love from India ❤

[UniqueEnglisheasyway]

Fantastic teaching! Subscribed without further delay👏

[ingridmarianarodriguez]

Definitely the best video about how to recognise this particular sound.
Lots of love from Argentina 🖒