Master the soft, unstressed “A” in English! This episode focuses on the schwa /ə/, the most common vowel in unstressed syllables. Through guided practice, you’ll learn to hear and produce the middle, initial, and final A schwa in words like banana, alone, and sofa. Contrast stressed vs. unstressed A, refine your ear, and practice naturally flowing English pronunciation with simple, repeat-after-me exercises.
Transcript: 
Middle Schwa: Banana, Family, Animal, Company, Chocolate, elephant , celebrate, personal, president, different, support, cinema.  
Initial Schwa: about - again - ago - around - awake - allow - alone - adapt - ahead - across - attend - attempt - amount - agree - apart - assist - achieve 
 Apple (/æ/) – about (/ə/)
 Agent (/eɪ/) – alone (/ə/)
 Army (/ɑː/) – again (/ə/)
 Actor (/æ/) – around (/ə/)
 Able (/eɪ/) – ago (/ə/)    
Final Schwa: sofa - comma -pizza - idea - agenda - extra - drama - algebra - camera - tuna - banana - umbrella - formula - opera


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 5 - A as a Schwa - Practice

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic fairy tale that helps children learn phonics. In this story, Goldilocks visits the house of three bears while they are away. As she explores, she finds three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds. Through simple words and repetition, children can practice sounds like "air," "are," "ear," and "ere." This engaging story helps kids improve their reading skills while enjoying a timeless tale."Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic fairy tale that helps children learn phonics. In this story, Goldilocks visits the house of three bears while they are away. As she explores, she finds three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds. Through simple words and repetition, children can practice sounds like "air," "are," "ear," and "ere." This engaging story helps kids improve their reading skills while enjoying a timeless tale.

Story Time for Kids with Teacher Amanda

Episode 7: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

In this episode we will look at the comparisons between learning a language and creating art. We look at the threshold between learning and creating in the privacy of our own mind and sharing our work with the public and how that relates to moving from static learning to active conversation.

Philosophical Friday

Philosophical Friday with a quote from Stephen King

ユニバ（Universal Studio Japan）へ行ってきました🎢
マリオが好きな人に、本当に本当におすすめです💓

SeikaのPodcast🎧

Ep.9 「ユニバ🎢」へ行ってきました🧸⭐️

Hoy viajaremos a Roma, la capital de Italia; conociendo su cultura, arquitectura e historia. 

Viajando con Facundo

Todos los caminos llevan a Roma

I want to speak English; this is the wrong goal!

Do you want to be more motivated to achieve your English-language-related goals but sometimes feel demotivated?

Do you feel the desire to achieve the goals faster but see yourself at a slow pace?

And do you believe there are methods to help you?

If you'll turn to psychology and look at solutions for your English language-related goals, you'll find something I am here to help you gain—the understanding of secondary gains!

In psychology, a secondary gain is when you benefit from a problem. It’s when you receive advantages from unwanted conditions, circumstances, or limitations. In other words, you benefit from not overcoming problems. 

It doesn’t mean the problem is positive, but the benefits of having the problem support you in keeping it rather than solving it.

Secondary gains are guides to help you get unstuck. They’re an invitation to understand the advantages you receive from retaining problems instead of solving them.

In simple terms, you crave attention and accidentally injure yourself. As a result, people care for you. You get what you want (attention), but at the expense of what you don’t want (injury).

Is it now clear to you? What are your secondary gains from not following through on your language learning goals that you benefit from?

This might be a game-changer for you in learning to communicate in English confidently and fluently.

Give it a go and allow yourself some space to think and resolve some uncommon issues. Good luck.

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

I want to speak English - this is a wrong goal!

Even my most advanced students sometimes find the simple present tense in English to be tricky! Learn the 5 most common ways we use the present tense in English, and start sounding more like a native today!

👉 Book class with me! https://italki.com/teacher/8476284 If you don't see an opening on my calendar that is ok for you, send me a message!

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

"Usually I am having breakfast at 7am." Don't make this common mistake! 5 ways we use the simple present tense in English

"Как зовут ...", "как называется", "как назвали"??? Oh, let's make the difference clear.

All about Russian language 🌟

Звать, называть/ся

こんにちは！
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このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今日もN3の漢字をやります！
収、をやります！　

音読み　しゅう
訓読み　おさーめる、おさーまる

意味は、おさめる、あつめる、とかそんな感じですね。

例えば、

・収集ーしゅうしゅう　あつめること

・収入ーしゅうにゅう　自分に入るお金や物

・回収ーかいしゅう　一度はなれたものをあつめること

・徴収ーちょうしゅう　ルールにそって、税や手数料を取ること

・収束ーしゅうそく　ある状態に落ち着く

こんな感じですね。
これを使って例文を作っていきましょう！

・彼はいろんな国の紙幣を収集するのが好きです

・収入が安定しないので、ドネーションでサポートをお願いします

・週に2回、ゴミの回収があります

・ではお伝えした通り、1人¥3,000を徴収させていただきます

・彼女とのいざこざは、ようやく収束に向かっている。



こんな感じです。



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