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What is the most common sound in English? What is the most important sound in English? What sound can be found in almost all English words with more than one syllable? Well, just watch the video for the answers!
Tags: #EC Pronunciation, schwa
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Comment by lily109 on May 15, 2012 at 4:39 thank Gabriel Sowrian so much. the video is very helpful for me and all
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 12, 2012 at 12:07
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 8, 2012 at 10:26
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 5, 2012 at 13:27
Hello Olasabra!
Nice to see you here. I trust you’ve learned a small but notable element that makes the English speech distint. Just for the info, I’ve a selection of similar pronunciation related videos for future postings. So, please watch for this space. Thank you! Bye for now my friend!
Regards,
~* GS *~
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 5, 2012 at 3:04 Hello Teacher, Nadiyah!
I must thank you for watching this video and “phonemic chart” the other day! Can I make a suggestion? Drop into my “video gallery” for more interesting videos: three different pronunciation of the ending ‘ed’ of irregular verbs, the pronunciation of a long list of irregular verbs, etc.
I’m pretty sure they’ll come in very handy as teaching aids in a classroom. Have fun!
Best Regards,
~* GS *~
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 4, 2012 at 16:52
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 4, 2012 at 16:25
Hi MCan!
Thank you for watching the video. Basically, the words we utter are made up of small units of speech sounds that are known as “phonemes”. Schwa /ə/ is one of them; it's very common and important as you heard. There are a total of 44 such phonemes and it’s worth learning them if one really wants to improve his/her pronunciation.
By the way, did you watch my other videos? I’m sure you’ll like them! Bye!!
~* GS *~
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 2, 2012 at 12:38 Dear Mr Josef,
I was dumbfounded seeing your appreciative comments. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, Sir! May God bless you and the entire team for your selfless service to the non-native speakers of English worldwide.
Warm regards,
~* GS *~
Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on April 2, 2012 at 12:28 Hi Galina,
You never fail to bring life to all the videos I embed here! Your attitude of making the most of the resource is exemplary and you do yourself proud.
As you know, I lay great stress on learning phonetic symbols and transcription – the key to correct pronunciation. We are blessed with the Internet and enjoying ourselves into the bargain, as a matter of fact. Hopefully, I could get more such videos on the Net. See you around!
Regards,
~* GS *~

Well done Gabriel for finding this. The schwa sound is indeed one of the secrets of speaking English :)
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