A short spoken tutorial by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to pronounce the word “schedule” in American English. The speaker walks through initial consonant and vowel sounds, then demonstrates three common pronunciations (a j-centered two-syllable form, a reduced-schwa casual form, and the speaker’s preferred three-syllable form), with repeated examples.
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How to pronounce the word schedule in American English. You first start with an s sound, a k, and the e as in red. Then the second syllable has several different pronunciations. The first one is just a j sound, an u as in food, and an l Jewel ske jewel Ske jewel. If you want to get lazy, you can just pronounce it with a schwa, a j sound, a schwa, and an l Jol schedule schedule. If you want to get really fancy, and this is how I pronounce it, because I think it's the easiest, you can pronounce it in three syllables. Sk jew wool so basically you pronounce an u sound, then a schwa sound and a dark l. And when you connect the oo sound and the schwa, you hear a w sound. Schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule.