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157. Schwa – The BEST Vowel Sound in English

The InFluency Podcast

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How to Overcome the Challenges in English

The schwa is the most neutral vowel sound in English. To produce it, you basically need to do nothing. You want to relax your jaw, relax your lips, relax your tongue and release a very short quick sound. If you're struggling with a pronunciation or you're not sure if it's the right pronunciation, try to pronounce the consonant cluster, kig,. So it's a k, anig, kig. That sound in the middle between the k and the g is the schwa. And finally we are going to practice it together in words.

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