Now that you have attended your first class, listen to the following words and sentences.
Practice pronouncing the vowel sounds as you learned in this lesson.

Please repeat after me…

Schwa Words- Slow Pace

Schwa Words- Normal Pace

 Schwa Sentences- Slow Pace

 Schwa Sentences- Normal Pace

Alex sat at his computer and focused on pronunciation.

Elementary school kids read magazines about elephants.

California’s economy depends on agricultural areas.

We ate chicken with lemon and salad with tomatoes.

Many humans communicate in English.

The police officer responded to the crisis alone.

Can you hear it?

A) Practice saying the difference between the stressed /^/ and the unstressed schwa.

1. apple ap ple
2. English en glish
3. around a round
4. water wa ter
5. return re turn
6. public pu blic
7. control con trol
8. parent pa rent
9. radical ra di cal
10. opinion o pi nion
11. incredible in cre di ble
12. invitation in vi ta tion

Answers to B

1. _ ple
2. _ glish
3. a _
4. _ er
5. re _
6. _ blic
7. con _
8. _ rent
9. _ di cal
10. _ pi _
11. in _ di ble
12. _ vi _ tion

An schwa story

Jason and Allison are the adult children of Michael and Alice Johnson. They grew up in Chicago, Illinois and lived with their parents until university. After college Jason went to Asia to teach English. He taught in Japan, China, and Korea for seven years. Allison moved to North Carolina and worked as a biologist for the government.

Next summer Jason, Allison, and their parents, Michael and Alice, and planning a holiday to Alaska. They will be arriving on the eleventh of August and staying until around the twenty-second. They hope to see a lot of native animals of the region and bring back wonderful knowledge and appreciation for the area.

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