English Pronunciation - The Schwa Sound /ə/ (Part 1)

What is the most important sound in English? What is the most common sound in English? The answer to both of these questions is, THE SCHWA sound! The Schwa sound, which looks like this /ə/, is both the most common sound in English, and the most important sound for people who want to learn how to pronounce words correctly and speak fluently and quickly in English. The Schwa sound is the most common sound in both American and British English, but in British English it is even more common and appears in nearly every single word! The schwa sound appears in unstressed syllables, which means when you hear a vowel sound and it’s not stressed (louder or longer) in any word, then it’s probably going to be a Schwa /ə/ sound. For example, in the sentence; “The internet represents the best of us“ there are 6 schwa sounds! Thə intənet reprəsents thə best əf əs. Amazing right? If you use the Schwa sound correctly, it allows you