Hadar Shemesh breaks down how to say 'schedule' two ways: the faster 'SKED-jl' and the slower 'SKED-jool.' She walks through each sound, where your tongue goes, and which syllable gets the stress.
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2020-10-30
Welcome to the Influency Podcast, and this is your how to Pronounce Friday, where I share with you the pronunciation secrets of tricky and confusing words.
Hello there. It's Harar. And this is the accent Sway. Today we're going to talk about how to pronounce the word schedule.
Schedule.
In this video, I'll be answering Got's question. Jyoti is from India and her name means light. Beautiful name. So let's begin with the fact that there are actually two ways to pronounce this word. Schedule, two syllables and schedule, three syllables.
Schedule. Schedule.
We'll start with the first pronunciation, the two syllables, because there are less sounds here, which means easier to pronounce. Let's begin with an S sound that shifts to k. And then you open it to the E as in red. Make sure not to add any vowels before. So it's not a schedule. But start with s. And then we have. It's a J sound, a schwa, and a dark L. The dark L is created here.
Right?
It's not. You don't just bring the tip of the tongue up. You have to create this tension. And this tension makes it sound as if there is an O sound right before the l, almost as if we're adding the letter o. And if it's still not clear, go ahead and watch my video how to pronounce the l sound in. In English.
Schedule.
The first syllable is the primary stress, so it's higher in pitch and longer.
Schedule.
Let me look at my schedule. The other option is adding another syllable right there in the middle. So we begin with ske. Then it's ju, a jump in the tense U as in food. And then at the end. But when we connect the second and third syllable we have, we have an intrusive sound because it's an oo sound that shifts to another vowel. And then we add a W. Skew.
Schedule. Schedule. Schedule.
The last two syllables have to be really, really quick.
Schedule. So schedule or schedule.
By the way, this is the American pronunciation of the word schedule. Let's turn it into a fun practice and write down in the comments below one sentence with the word spell.
Schedule.
That way, we'll create a bunch of sentences for us to practice together. Because, you know, first of all, practice makes better. So we always want to practice. But also, you can't just practice the words separately. You always want to use it in context. Okay, Same thing for sounds. If you're practicing the dark L here, then of course you want to use it in words and not just create that l sound over and over again. Okay. And the word always needs to be in context because we use sounds and words always in context, and that creates the fluency and flow. Okay? So write down your creative sentence right.
Here below the video.
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