How to pronounce SCHEDULE? | American English

Hello there, it's Hadar, and this is the Accent's Way. today we're gonna talk

about how to pronounce the word 'schedule', 'schedule'. in this video I'll be answering

Jyotee's question. Jyotee 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:

SKE-j'l - two syllables, and SKE-juw-w'l - three syllables. SKE-j'l - SKE-juw-w'l .

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 SKE - an S

sound that shifts to K, and then you open it to the EH as in 'red'. SKE.

Make sure not to add any vowels before, so it's not 'eske' 'eschedule',

but start with S, SKE. And then we have j'l. it's a /j/ sound, a

schwa, and a dark L. The dark L is created here: j'l, L, L. It's not, j'l (light L).

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. j'l. SKE-j'l. And if it's still not

clear, go ahead and watch my video "How to pronounce the L sound 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:

SKE-juw-w'l. So we begin with SKE then it's 'juw' - a J sound and the tense 'uw' as

in food, and then /uhl/ at the end. But when we connect the second and third syllable

we have an intrusive sound , because it's an /uw/ sound that shifts to another vowel

and then we add a /w/ - SKE-ju(w)-w'l. schedule, schedule. The last two

syllables have to be really really quick, 'schedule'. So: SKE-j'l

Or SKE-juw-w'l. By the way this is the American pronunciation of the word.

Let's turn it into a fun practice and write down in the comments

below one sentence with the word "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.

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. Thank you so much for watching.

Have a wonderful week and I'll see you next week in the next video. Bye.