The SCHWA Sound! English Pronunciation Lesson

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  • @katarinakovacevic5982
    @katarinakovacevic5982 3 роки тому +16

    Hi Emma. My name is Katarina. I am Australian. Original I come from Croatia. I am pensioner over 70 and want to improve my English. I love your way of teaching. Thank you for your help.

    • @SydurRahman21
      @SydurRahman21 7 місяців тому

      Hi Katrina, Can we collaborate to improve English? I believe it will be helpful for both of us.

    • @JimmyYuen-n5n
      @JimmyYuen-n5n 6 місяців тому

      My petsonal experience has beeneverything in english see english movies tslk and jokes on english and english speaking enviroment read writes english with similar surroundings so immersed in it is more like second nature

    • @Anthony77-l
      @Anthony77-l 5 місяців тому

      You are very sweet Katarina, greetings from Costa Rica!

  • @paulinalcime-wd8oe
    @paulinalcime-wd8oe Рік тому +1

    Teach thanks for this lesson please,Jesus loves you so much.I got many difficulties about the schwa but today you revive me I love you!

  • @alihakan3012
    @alihakan3012 6 років тому +121

    Dear Mrs. Emma;
    I wanna express with all my heart,
    You're the best english teacher of all time. Also very pretty, always very polite, very intellectual, very understanding, always very sweet...
    You're an angel. God bless you and your family...

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +10

      Thank you, Ali. I hope that my lessons continue to help you improve your English skills. Best wishes to you!

    • @alihakan3012
      @alihakan3012 6 років тому +1

      @@mmmEnglish_Emma You're a very precious and clean-hearted person. Your face is very clean and pure heart. Many thanks for your efforts.
      One day somewhere in the hope of meeting you and your family. Respectfully yours, Princess Emma Jakobi... greetings from Turkey... (my dream countries are Canada, Australia, Norway and New Zealand)

    • @Mystery_Girl05
      @Mystery_Girl05 4 роки тому

      Hi Emma I have started your lesson from today I am good in English but while speaking fastly my words mix up and I stammer a bit like very little ,how to improve it and be fluent

    • @natalyabuttigieg4749
      @natalyabuttigieg4749 4 роки тому

      Ш

    • @felicytatomaszewska
      @felicytatomaszewska 4 роки тому +1

      @@alihakan3012 She is engaged

  • @imhabie
    @imhabie 3 роки тому +90

    I have been working on this video for almost an hour to note, to understand, to practice. This helps me a lot! Thank you, Emma

    • @juliandomingues5603
      @juliandomingues5603 2 роки тому +1

      Congratulations

    • @malehuseng8196
      @malehuseng8196 2 роки тому +1

      😂 👌 I'm making 💰 👉 here 💩 d. OK 😎 I

    • @ivanilsonjesus3765
      @ivanilsonjesus3765 2 роки тому

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  • @carriemcclung7374
    @carriemcclung7374 3 роки тому +19

    Brilliant! Thank you so much. I never realized that I was adapting my shwa sounds to adapt to accents! I now have to teach the shwa as an ESL teacher but had never, ever heard of it before. Your lesson was super comprehensive and I can easily adapt it to the US accent. Thank you, Emma! Absolutely brilliant!

  • @Bucanero95
    @Bucanero95 4 роки тому +2

    You are, without a shadow of doubt, the best english teacher in the whole world...!

  • @mmmEnglish_Emma
    @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +5

    If you are eager to improve your English pronunciation, 👀 watch this lesson next ua-cam.com/video/wCkONOv2JJM/v-deo.html to practise another tricky English sound!

  • @hurguler
    @hurguler 3 роки тому +2

    English is my second language. I have been learning English for the past 50 years. You are one of the best English as a second language teachers. You explain the schwa sound really well. You're a STAR teacher.

  • @zainulabdin14
    @zainulabdin14 5 років тому +23

    I really love the way you teach pronunciations. Your every lecture is superb.

  • @bruceevans56
    @bruceevans56 5 років тому +2

    Hello, Emma. I am a singing coach, American born and raised. I just taught a lesson to a chorus last week including the schwa. But we use two sounds for the schwa, ih and uh, mostly interchangeably. My favorite word for demonstrating this is the name of the city on the river in Michigan where cars are built - Detroit. Properly spoken the stress is on the last syllable - deTROIT. The schwa substitution can be either dihTROIT, or duhTROIT. Good video!

  • @pauls1224
    @pauls1224 3 роки тому +20

    I'm new to online teaching and I find your videos so, so helpful. The way you explain tricky concepts in such a clear and engaging way is incredible. Language learning should be fun but sometimes, as a teacher, it is hard to make it fun. Your lessons are a great resource and inspiration, thanks!

  • @kamaltaaavoni1896
    @kamaltaaavoni1896 4 роки тому

    After years i copmeletly understand what is the shcwa sounds...my teacher mever clared this for me...thnks a million...i feel better about pronounciation now⚘⚘

  • @ladybird7598
    @ladybird7598 6 років тому +7

    Hi Emma.I like to hear you.You teach casually and yet effective. Luv from Singapore.

  • @seneltemel
    @seneltemel 4 місяці тому

    I am from Turkey. Living in New zealand, i like to improve my pronunciation .
    most difficult part for me.but when i start to watch your video, i feel getting better. Please, more video 🙏🙏🙏

  • @violetajanelidze1952
    @violetajanelidze1952 6 років тому +90

    I can always listen to you Not as a teacher, you have a very nice conversation. Try everything very simply and beautifully give the listener😍❤️❤️

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +6

      I'm really please to know that you enjoy my videos, Violeta!

    • @Mystic-Journey
      @Mystic-Journey 6 років тому

      Hello

    • @minhtuanle3792
      @minhtuanle3792 5 років тому

      @@mmmEnglish_Emma Can I say "I'm really please to..." ? I think it should be "I'm really pleased to ..."

    • @IanEvans
      @IanEvans 5 років тому

      @@minhtuanle3792 I'm really pleased to.....(verb) know you/see you

    • @Milev123
      @Milev123 5 років тому

      You're right classmate😍

  • @mireillenurit6871
    @mireillenurit6871 4 роки тому +1

    Hi !
    This idea of a golden time is great. After many years of teaching English, I have come to the conclusion that the main difficulty with speaking a foreign language is that the students must get used to hearing themselves speaking this language, which means uttering different sounds. Their body is not used to it, their ears find these new sounds strange. It is the physical aspect of it which is a problem.

  • @pachilin
    @pachilin 6 років тому +22

    Best lesson ever, Emma. Thank you from all of my heart.

    • @rizwanfaruqi2704
      @rizwanfaruqi2704 4 роки тому

      Extravagance .extrovert.
      Really,abrain storming,session

  • @ulfahdirham8221
    @ulfahdirham8221 3 роки тому

    Hi Emma!
    You're such a very decent teacher.... I always look up to you. You're stunning, intelligent, & humble. All your videos are essensial for me as one of the English learners from Jakarta, Indonesia. You made me become a talented woman. Thanks a lot for everything, do appreciate that. May GOD pay you forward more than you've done to us Aaamiiin3x...
    Keep producing your videos, they're all useful for us as an English learner.

  • @MrAndreiZh
    @MrAndreiZh 4 роки тому +9

    I felt like a thousand schwa sounds after a hard day I'd had,but I was watching this particular lesson with increasing interest)))

  • @forgottennagatribe6651
    @forgottennagatribe6651 4 роки тому

    I often listen to every English teachers from every corner of the world, among them you are the one of my favorite teacher I learn a lots of things from your teaching, Love you Ma'am

  • @Gamma3
    @Gamma3 4 роки тому +4

    You are the best teacher ever

  • @amirpapan
    @amirpapan 5 років тому +1

    I normally don't place Comment, but I think it is the best lesson that I have ever learned in English. Thanks a lot

  • @susanlawless1168
    @susanlawless1168 6 років тому +45

    Hi Emma!! Magnificent lesson just like each and every one of your amazing lessons. Thanks for sharing.💗💗💗👌👌👌

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +1

      Thank you, Susan! x

    • @chiekhbrahim4312
      @chiekhbrahim4312 6 років тому +1

      Can we talk

    • @susanlawless1168
      @susanlawless1168 6 років тому +2

      Sure! We can talk!!

    • @chiekhbrahim4312
      @chiekhbrahim4312 6 років тому

      @@susanlawless1168 i am an etern i dont have a freind who intrested to learen english just me can you help me

    • @chiekhbrahim4312
      @chiekhbrahim4312 6 років тому

      @@susanlawless1168 i dont have any wrong idea about you be sure

  • @salaheldin00
    @salaheldin00 3 роки тому

    It has just been such lovely and profitable time I spent in learning the schwa sound . Thanks a lot for all your support

  • @oguzkapucuoglu2163
    @oguzkapucuoglu2163 6 років тому +3

    you are the greatest teacher all of the world
    thanks a lot

  • @laibabutt8724
    @laibabutt8724 5 років тому

    I am a student of BS but i did not like the subject english but now i just love it because of you emma Love you

  • @Flower-d4k
    @Flower-d4k 6 років тому +7

    Never realized the Australian accent is the most beautiful accent out of all accents! I enjoy learning IPA.. Keep making more pronunciation lessons

    • @humudmarhoon8044
      @humudmarhoon8044 6 років тому

      Sorry can I chat we u to improve my English plz

    • @flamingaish
      @flamingaish 3 роки тому +1

      @@humudmarhoon8044 bruh

  • @davidasgarcia385
    @davidasgarcia385 4 роки тому

    Mrs. Emma,
    You speak clearly the english language to learners. Easy to understand it. Thank you so much.

  • @todaywisdom7848
    @todaywisdom7848 6 років тому +14

    I am really happy to improve my speaking or pronunciation from your lessons and I have more confident during the talking with native speakers. Thank u too much Emma ❤❤🌷

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +3

      Fantastic to hear!! Keep up the hard work 😃

  • @peychodimitrov3836
    @peychodimitrov3836 5 років тому

    I'm not a native English speaking person and I learned so much from this channel. Thank you Emma.

  • @bocajr35
    @bocajr35 6 років тому +6

    Please Emma make more videos like that its was amazing

  • @isabelvalencia8422
    @isabelvalencia8422 6 років тому

    Hi Emma!! You're the best!! I'm a colombian girl, and I'm living in Melbourne one year ago. I just discovered you 2 months ago and i love every lesson. A big hug for you, happy new year. I'll continue seeing you, you're a great teacher and every lesson is awesome and really interesting!

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому

      Thank you Isabel and happy new year! 💕
      What are your English goals for 2019?

    • @isabelvalencia8422
      @isabelvalencia8422 6 років тому

      @@mmmEnglish_Emma at the moment I'm studying in the advance English classes, but my weakness is speak, I can't connect my brain with my tongue. I have learnt a lot of grammar and vocabulary but it's difficult for me speak correctly, for that reason improve my speaking will be my goal the next year. I'll need you to achieve it!!

  • @AsimAli-hk6qg
    @AsimAli-hk6qg 5 років тому +3

    I really like your way of teaching I have learnt a lot of things from you .

  • @reccinindi2191
    @reccinindi2191 6 років тому +1

    Hallo emma...im from indonesia.. 👋 actually i hated all about english when i was high school 😂. but now, im enthusiastic to watch all of your videos..n i just finished downloading some of your videos..now i can practice how to pronounce well from you. Youre my real teacher...I hope someday i will have a chance to speak english with a native speaker directly.. n get moreeee lessons about english 😂😂😂

  • @aparecidoferreiravais321
    @aparecidoferreiravais321 6 років тому +5

    Hi Emma as always your videos are excellent and very useful
    I love your accent thanks so much
    Have a lovely Friday my beautiful teacher 😉

  • @Zorroxyz123
    @Zorroxyz123 6 років тому +2

    So the SCHWA is never stressed; this helps with pronunciation. It is then a lazy sound. Thanks for the lesson.

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +1

      Yes it's like a 'lazy Friday afternoon' sound 😆

    • @Zorroxyz123
      @Zorroxyz123 6 років тому

      Thank you, Emma; On Fridays afternoons we are 'lazy' indeed.

  • @poopstar6091
    @poopstar6091 5 років тому +8

    I love everything about you. Your lessons, your look , your style etc. You are perfect.👍💞

  • @FirozKhan-ut1iq
    @FirozKhan-ut1iq 4 роки тому

    Good video on schwa is really important for learning how to pronounce words. Then the teacher's voice sounding like she had an opportunity for her voice to be observed by the listeners as an aesthetic asset that may be a rare experience, bringing together the class across the world to improve pronouncing English words correctly. This is where Emma is a must -listen. Moreober,. Australian accent attracts more than the others do and the reason is its soothing the ears.
    Islamabad Pakistan.

  • @cristinemackenzie2989
    @cristinemackenzie2989 5 років тому +3

    Thank you. I learned a lot in this lesson.

    • @vadivelperiyasamy4785
      @vadivelperiyasamy4785 5 років тому

      ஹாய் எம்மா சிம்ப்ளி சூப்பர்ப்
      (hi emma simply superb)

  • @lees8242
    @lees8242 Рік тому +1

    Native English speaker here! Trying to help my kids with phonics homework and had no idea that this was a thing ✌🏽☺️

  • @danielaphilips5670
    @danielaphilips5670 6 років тому +3

    Hi Emma! You ar absolutly amazing teacher. Thank You. Have a nice Day :)

  • @andreaguimaraes6376
    @andreaguimaraes6376 7 місяців тому

    Thank you Emma and friends for this very didactic and creative lesson on the schwa sound!

  • @Amro-Ot
    @Amro-Ot 4 роки тому +6

    Thank you miss Emma for this great lesson! 😍😇
    I was wondering about the difference between "except" and "accept" in writing using IPA charts .

    • @jbr84tx
      @jbr84tx 2 роки тому

      It seems to me that most people pronounce them pretty much the same. "Accept" is supposed to be pronounced with the short A like in "addition". But some people pronounce 'addition' and 'edition' the same too. Technically, they're different.

  • @ferdinandmunganga9219
    @ferdinandmunganga9219 6 років тому +1

    Thank you a lot Emma for your wonderful lessons. I'm from Democratic Republic of Congo. May God bless you...

  • @tamya8864
    @tamya8864 6 років тому +7

    Hi Emma ..My favorite lesson was the Schwa sound lesson, it helped me to understand many words I used to get confused when I hear them but now they’re pretty clear for me also it improved my pronunciation.
    Would you please add more lessons about pronunciation?
    Thank you 🙏🏻♥️

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому

      Really glad you liked the schwa lesson! I will definitely have more pronunciation lessons in 2019 ✨

    • @tamya8864
      @tamya8864 6 років тому

      mmmEnglish Many thanks and wishing you a happy new year

  • @erdemguven374
    @erdemguven374 6 років тому

    You are the most beautiful and best teacher of the world. I love you Emma. Greetings from Turkey. 😃👋

  • @imvyou96
    @imvyou96 4 роки тому +36

    Hi Emma! I've seen this video and others related to the schwa sound in other UA-cam channels and I see that there's something hidden that I still cannot get. I'm Spanish and for me this sound is kind of an unstressed "e" (what I consider the real sound of this vowel sound). However, I see that depending on where this sound is placed it sounds differently for me. Let me put you some examples: (when I refer "a" "e" "o" sounds I mean how these vowels are pronounced in Spanish, we only of one sound for each of them, much less complicated than English haha)
    In words ending with -er (better, butter, deeper ...) I hear the sound pronounced like an unstressed "a" sound (like the ^ sound). I think this is extremealy noticeable in British and Aussi acents since the final r sound is omitted.
    In words ending -al like chemical, principal the sound I hear is similar to an unstressed "o"
    There are more examples but I think you see my point. As I see it, depending on the vowel is being unstressed by replacing it with the schwa sound I find the pronunciación different. I would like know if this thing that I've mentioned is indeed real and if there is a reason behind. For me it makes no sense since the sound for the schwa must be unique.
    I am looking forward to hearing from you to gain insight into this topic.
    Thank you for your time reading me and your videos

    • @carriemcclung7374
      @carriemcclung7374 3 роки тому +4

      Ivan, that is some great insight. I am not Emma, but I also speak German and Spanish and can see where you are coming from. I hope you see this and this helps. In words like "chemical, principal, etc" think of the sound not as an "o" from Spanish but more like the sound you would use at the beginning of the words "class/clown/climb" the "cl". It might be easier for your brain to not try to hear any kind of vowel sound in this instance. The shwa is so short it nearly drops off entirely. I hope this helps.

  • @Robespierre-lI
    @Robespierre-lI Рік тому +1

    Apparently, according to linguists who have tried to correct English teachers on this issue, there ARE dialects/accent of English where schwa can be stressed. But for foreign learners, I suppose teaching it this way is helpful.

  • @9458567
    @9458567 6 років тому +18

    Hi Emma, great and useful lesson as always. Thanks for your efforts :)

  • @freshbreeze4684
    @freshbreeze4684 5 років тому +1

    I re-watch this and use the imitation technique with it. And it's very useful for understanding how to pronounce phrases and sounds. Sooner I just listened it and learned to recognize english speech. But now (with imitation technique) it works in another way. Thank you for this lesson.

  • @kamalabdo5719
    @kamalabdo5719 5 років тому +10

    Emma actualy i love your face expression.

  • @aliousene269
    @aliousene269 4 роки тому

    Thank of you i understand phonetics prononciation great Mrs Emma you're a kindest woman

  • @dugsikaabe100
    @dugsikaabe100 6 років тому +4

    You are the best teacher

  • @rosyramos7655
    @rosyramos7655 13 днів тому

    Thanks. Excellent content. A complete and clear explanation of the Schwa sound.

  • @Gabriel-gd7vf
    @Gabriel-gd7vf 6 років тому +5

    Very good,keep up my teacher. .✍️

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому

      I'm glad you liked it!

    • @azizadam7233
      @azizadam7233 6 років тому

      Hi Emma I love you someone's successful in your lesons

  • @ravishanker7502
    @ravishanker7502 4 роки тому +1

    I am Indian. Your pronunciation, accent and method is very very excellent.

  • @konradhalman5104
    @konradhalman5104 6 років тому +4

    In the word "principal" I can clearly hear 2 different sounds for the schwa. Do native speakers perceive it as the exact same sound?

  • @WaheedulHaq7
    @WaheedulHaq7 4 роки тому +1

    Emma you are an outstanding language teacher. Wish your enthusiasm grows with time!

  • @Michelle-ho1qx
    @Michelle-ho1qx 5 років тому +5

    Hi, Emma. I'm from China. First of all, thanks for all your great lessons, I've learned a lot from them. I really like your bonus practice part since it can help us practice in the real life situation. Besides, I hope that you could bring us more about grammar learning. I can understand almost every sentence you speak, but I just can't say something fluently in English. Often what I'm saying is grammatically wrong. I'm a little bit upset. Hope you can help me. Thanks again.

  • @hangsmotionless5935
    @hangsmotionless5935 4 місяці тому

    Hi, Emma. Thank you very much for your great, didactic videos and your bright smile.

  • @mr.shtazi8868
    @mr.shtazi8868 6 років тому +5

    Emma, I love you!

  • @yesidsanchezd598
    @yesidsanchezd598 3 роки тому

    Hy teach Emma, good morning. Again, thank you, fot this importante lesson, with every example help to understand schwa sound and the easy.

  • @salamanders6969
    @salamanders6969 4 роки тому +15

    “That’s not a knife”! “This is a knife”! 😂😂

  • @abdelrahmantallat1624
    @abdelrahmantallat1624 5 років тому +4

    My darling, I was in trouble.
    But now , I'm well ❤️

  • @kylie76562
    @kylie76562 3 роки тому +1

    Love you Emma. You are the my best teacher i have found

  • @63184258
    @63184258 6 років тому +13

    Can you make a video how to use english tenses?

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +4

      Here are a couple about the present perfect tense: ua-cam.com/video/XGw2-p2WuJk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/TVVn9MddtmM/v-deo.html

  • @arindanurulfanani1197
    @arindanurulfanani1197 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Emma. You are the best teacher, my English is getting better after watching your videos. Keep going!!

  • @i__use
    @i__use 6 років тому +3

    Hi Emma .great video. ..Love from India 🇮🇳

  • @eva-mm5fy
    @eva-mm5fy 2 роки тому

    It's helpful to listen to the schwa and stress words of the sentences, letting us easily comprehend the accent.

  • @MuzammilmranAulakh
    @MuzammilmranAulakh 5 років тому +3

    I just amazed to know that you're an Australian wow

  • @MLFL609
    @MLFL609 2 місяці тому

    Mrs. Emma. You're the cutest teacher there is!!!!!!!!

  • @anetlazurenko
    @anetlazurenko 6 років тому +20

    Hi, I from Ukraine.

    • @emranemran1619
      @emranemran1619 6 років тому

      I am from libya

    • @humudmarhoon8044
      @humudmarhoon8044 6 років тому +1

      Hi anna hope you are good can u chat with me coz I need to improve my English I'm from oman Asia.. check me here plz 255712704770

    • @Mystic-Journey
      @Mystic-Journey 6 років тому

      Hi

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +1

      Hi Anna! It's so nice to see you here 😊 I hope you enjoyed the lesson!

    • @IbarraAlejandro
      @IbarraAlejandro 6 років тому

      Anna Blog I'm from Argentina can we talk on WhatsApp

  • @adventurouswithmr.j4079
    @adventurouswithmr.j4079 4 роки тому

    I love the way of your execution of the topic, and I love to watch and listen your voice. Thank you

  • @NiranjanKumar-fi2dv
    @NiranjanKumar-fi2dv 6 років тому +3

    Which accent ur speaking

  • @hrhaydari
    @hrhaydari 6 років тому +1

    Thanks Emma. It was absolutely practical. It should be seen as much as we can.

  • @nolygaming6961
    @nolygaming6961 5 років тому +24

    I still have a difficult with pronunciation 😭

  • @deepakramalingam4760
    @deepakramalingam4760 6 років тому +2

    Hi Emma, the practice session is as good as it can be. Please go on continue more of it in the upcoming videos!

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +2

      Yes! I'll definitely still be doing the extra practice sections 😊

  • @darinhodasilva459
    @darinhodasilva459 6 років тому +4

    So where you from Emma?

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +2

      I'm from Australia!

    • @DarwinBoys1
      @DarwinBoys1 6 років тому

      mmmEnglish G’day mate! Love your video! Thanks for all it’s so useful

  • @marcosonnessa4871
    @marcosonnessa4871 6 років тому +1

    One of the best explanations of the schwa sound on UA-cam! 👍

  • @Barelo
    @Barelo 6 років тому +11

    I don't know how you native English speakers even know how to write something down if you hear a word for the first time. Let's say you watch a movie in the cinema and then want to write review about it and u ended up not knowing how to even spell the name of a mountain for example because your language isn't phonetic. LOL

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +1

      😂🤣

    • @Barelo
      @Barelo 6 років тому +3

      Can someone explain how You native speakers cope with that? It really blows my mind that one would create such a language. For a very long time I couldn't grasp an idea of spelling contests for kids in school and I was always confused how on Earth it would be a thing at all. For me it was so silly because spelling a word is a normal and super easy thing to do. You are almost always right with few exceptions of course. Then I started learning English and I finally understood the whole idea "why" but it was even more shocking because of this. It's sooo much easier to hear a word and have a set of letters which simply correspond with the hearing sound and voila you can write down what you hear and 100% of people will be able to pronounce it the correct way just from watching what they have written on paper. For me it's a basic rule of language so English is soooooo confusing to me. No wonder Americans on movies always ask a person to spell their name which also was so silly to me when watching movies. I was like - " why they ask that?! Isn't it obvious?!". Damn, I wish English was like my language, it would be much easier to learn. Now it's like a mystery code you will never be able to fully decipher 😥🙉

    • @modestofernandez4597
      @modestofernandez4597 6 років тому

      In my (h) opinion, it makes sense; look at it this way: firstly came language, any language, SPOKEN language; and later on, after a long long time, the group using it arrived at an agreed graphic way of representing sounds (the WRITTEN language); being those sounds either single letters, or groups of letters. From that on, it is taught, usually at early ages, and takes quite a while, to learn it. You learn to represent this sound: /'səːkəs/ in this way: "circus" that is it. You just find more 'natural' the system you already know (your native language), than other different. It may well be easier to use a system of 'one letter one sound', but that is not the case with English; it has 44 sounds, as Emma said, and they are represented graphically (written) with only 26 letters. That is why IPA came into existence, to assign one graphic symbol to one sound so there can be no confusion.

    • @Barelo
      @Barelo 6 років тому

      Modesto Fernandez I guess there is some truth in what you are saying here. Maybe I need to find a basic lessons for native English speaking kids that deal with learning how to read and by that I will comprehend more of a nature of English pronunciation. I hope there is something like that out there because I never stumbled upon such a course.

    • @TPLStaden
      @TPLStaden 6 років тому

      @@Barelo I think the reason they ask to spell names in movies is because some differently spelled names sound the same. For example, shawn, shaun, sean, etc..

  • @miriamcorneli4225
    @miriamcorneli4225 Рік тому

    What a lovely video! I am a long time ESL / EFL teacher and LOVE the schwa. You've nailed it! Brilliant! (and your banana cake looks great)

  • @carolinpeter7348
    @carolinpeter7348 5 років тому +6

    None of these words have schwa sounds. You're just saying eh and uh or ah.. I don't get it

    • @niltonsilva3307
      @niltonsilva3307 5 років тому

      I am brazilian. My name is Nilton. Eu moro em Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil. Queria conversar com alguém dos USA

    • @getrickrolled7614
      @getrickrolled7614 5 років тому

      She is just teaching u so pls appreciate 😊 thank you

  • @higiniorosario7710
    @higiniorosario7710 6 років тому +1

    Hello Emma
    I from the Dominican Republic. I love you. Thank you to teach this important topic.

  • @salaheldin00
    @salaheldin00 3 роки тому

    I have really enjoyed the lesson and I am going to repeat and watch it once again soon . Thanks

  • @thefunguagelearner7404
    @thefunguagelearner7404 6 років тому +1

    Hi Emma! I'm trying to learn to speak with an Australian accent so I've been watching your videos for some time now and they've helped me so much! I loved the last part of the video, it's great that you actually show us real-life situations and give us some sentences to practice with. I'm really looking forward to seeing more videos like this! Thank you so much for the amazing content! Greetings from Hungary :)

    • @mmmEnglish_Emma
      @mmmEnglish_Emma  6 років тому +1

      I really appreciate your comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the extra bonus practice, I hope I can continue to keep you motivated and passionate about improving your English! 😀

  • @erquierjch
    @erquierjch Рік тому

    Very very interesting lesson !! Teaching is a part of you ! sure ! Thanks a lot for sharing and best wishes. Merci encore !

  • @ivaneram8912
    @ivaneram8912 Рік тому +2

    Lovely and good teacher

  • @estebanestradagovea5331
    @estebanestradagovea5331 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Emma I'm from Mexico. I follow you videos. I've learned too much english with you.

  • @rashedpramanik717
    @rashedpramanik717 6 років тому

    Thank you teacher. I felt better today and Thank you sir. It was absolutely awesome lesson. I cleared all hesitation about schwa sound. Thank you so much.

  • @evasuser
    @evasuser 6 років тому

    Thank you Emma for the video, cleverly presented and superbly organised with problems and solutions in the end. Another one excellent video from mmmEnglish, tough stuff presented and analysed in simple terms.
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    ALERT: a tough lesson on advanced pronunciation, pause the video and listen again and again and practice.
    Schwa
    The following include the schwa
    amazing, adventure, carrot, complete, attack
    umbrellA
    celEbrate
    circUs
    carrOt
    princIpAl
    Unstressed structure words
    A At
    An And
    thE jUst
    In sOme
    On yOUr
    at 08:23 for normal stressed pronunciation
    at 08:36 for reduction to schwa sound (when they aren't stressed)
    Example: AN appLE A day keeps THE doctOR Away
    09:05 unstressed syllables
    thee following have the 1st syllable unstressed, the 1st sound is the schwa
    America Ability
    Another Allow
    Again Adventure
    Apply Ago
    About Accept
    09:42 unstressed syllables
    womAn sYringe
    studEnt elephAnt
    vegetAble initIAtive
    sUpply infOrmatIOn
    10:54
    extrA cultURE
    visA adventURE
    weathER hiRE
    nevER liAR
    aftER colOUR
    10:40
    going to --> gonnA
    want to --> wannA
    got to --> gottA
    should have --> shouldA
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    problem 14:11 are you feeling better today?
    solution at 14:50 aRE you feeling bettER tOday?
    problem 14:59 do you want a piece of banana cake?
    solution 15:14 dO yOU want A piece of bAnanA cake?
    problem 15:24 I need a knife
    solution 15:31 I need A knife
    Oh, it's under the toaster
    solution 15:38 Oh, it's undER thE toastER
    problem 15:42 I can't remember how much butter I need
    solution 16:05 I can't rEmembER how much buttER I need
    problem 16:19 Can you pass me some more water for the cake mixture?
    solution 16:38 CAn you pass me sOme more watER fOR thE cake mixtURE?
    problem 16:53 I've got to get this cake into the oven
    solution 17:00 I've got tO get this cake intO the ovEn
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Emma's imitation video ua-cam.com/video/T91p6pTPpSY/v-deo.html

  • @shahinnaji9814
    @shahinnaji9814 3 роки тому

    Awesome!
    I loved this video Emma...
    And I think that in your voice and beautiful manner all English accents sound wonderful.
    Shahin from Argentina.

  • @derickshadrack8102
    @derickshadrack8102 Рік тому

    It was a great lesson indeed, huge thanks to you Mrs Emma

  • @madhureshgupta3465
    @madhureshgupta3465 2 роки тому

    hi ma'am I feel relax when we pronouce
    father , again , culture
    in the last part er , a ,ure
    thank u maam for teaching us

  • @evandromp4277
    @evandromp4277 4 роки тому

    It's so good to listen you speak English everyday you are a love of my life!!!😍😘😍😘😍😘😍

    • @maybe1day869
      @maybe1day869 4 роки тому

      You should say " the love of my life"

  • @PatamaGomutbutra
    @PatamaGomutbutra 2 роки тому

    The best memorable schwa sound teaching I ever meet. Thank you so much!!

  • @rashedahmed6239
    @rashedahmed6239 4 роки тому +1

    Very helpful your videos, thanks for you, I'm Bangladeshi now at DUBAI

  • @MissGladiolus
    @MissGladiolus 2 роки тому

    When you said it's a lazy sound, I'm totally agree. English is not my first or second language. So when I tried to speak like "American", when they pronounce every "R" at the end of the word, it's actually more tiring. So I prefer using schwa.

  • @lakshanisamarasinghe8908
    @lakshanisamarasinghe8908 4 роки тому

    Thats great your practical part. It is most important to real accents. It is difficult to pronouncing 100% like you.🤗🤗 im already got day today practical session with you..When I'm feeling better with English further more.definitely will inform you👍👍👍

  • @piotrtarczynski3398
    @piotrtarczynski3398 4 роки тому

    I could listen to you till the end of the world and one day longer.( I was in Australia many years ago and I do like Australian people and their accent). Greetings from Poland.

  • @rodolfochavez7609
    @rodolfochavez7609 4 роки тому

    I love you're lessons please more intermedia and advance pronunciation lessons