AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION- THE SOUND /ə/

The goal of this "american pronunciation" series is not to take your personality out of your speech. Indeed, mannerisms that give hints of your origin are charming in English. The goal is, rather, to speak so that people listen to what you say not how you say it. The goal is to be understood the first time you say something, and to be confident and pround of the way you speak.

This series is divided into five parts: Vowel Sounds, Consonant Sounds, Stress Patterns, Intonation Patterns, and Appendix. Each sound is considered separately, by sound rather than by spelling.

In today's lesson, we begin with the vowel sound /ə/ for several reasons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLLn8URwTkU

Continue to practice this sound while learning the rest of the vowel sounds!