Here are some examples of the schwa sound in words:ī a nan a – /b/ /ə/ /n/ /a/ /n/ /ə/ – The first and last ‘a’ in the word ‘banana’ are schwa. The schwa is often called the ‘laziest sound’ in English because the tongue, lips, and jaw are so relaxed that when you say this sound, it sounds as if you are letting out a teeny tiny ‘burp’-/uh/. If you have the habit of using a dictionary, you might have seen the schwa many times. Well, that might be because the sound you were trying to decode was probably the schwa sound! You tried the short vowel sound, the long vowel sound but nothing seemed to work? Have you ever tried to sound out a word but it simply didn’t make any sense? So keep reading! What is the schwa sound in English? So in this post, apart from helping you get familiar with the schwa sound, I’m going to share with you 5 simple activities to introduce this mysterious sound to kids!
Here’s how! Being aware of the schwa sound can empower kids to: Most schools, including popular phonics curriculums around the world, leave this sound out of the equation simply because it is such a hard nut to crack.īut the truth is, far from confusing kids, learning about the schwa sound can save them from a lot of headaches, especially if they are English learners.
Do you know that the schwa sound is the most common yet the trickiest sound in English?
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