Q&A VOWEL SOUNDS (American Pronunciation) Short & Long Vowel Sounds, Schwa Sound

[@LatreceTaylor]

Thank you so much for your post.. I have a kindergarten student and a first grade student and I really needed a refresher. I have also been volunteering in their class rooms and I wanted to make sure that I was helping each child correctly on their reading practice. You were a huge HELP....MUCH GRATITUDE!!

[@TheOldBoy101]

thanks! Been speaking english taking these vowel sounds for granted. You helped me understand explain this to my child.

[@jackparker9566]

Coach Shane, thank you for your vowels presentation which really helped me thoroughly understand the vowels sounds I never knew before. you are awesome !

[@ibanzicharles5467]

Hello sir! My name's Charles ibanzi. I'm an English teacher. I'm really elated to your lesson on vowel sounds. But I do practice British English but I also love American pronunciation.

[@mottahead6464]

Coach Shane, your video classes are simply amazing. Can't get enough of it. You got me really hooked on'em.

[@giulyprop776]

This was just amazing, the “drop” thing for the short sound helps a lot. I have been searching for videos like this one for the last couple of months trying to improve my bad English pronunciation, I hope I can practice with this tip and make it better.

[@RosaMayancela]

Hello! I am glad to find this video. I find it very useful for me as a foreign language learner and teacher. I am using this in my class with my students!

[@juncottonking2379]

I am learning it,and I will keep on watching it.Thank you for your videos.

[@sbsanni]

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[@jeylful]

Another great video! I am a Colombian guy following your lessons. I live in Australia so the pronunciation is different, however the principle is similar so it is very useful for me. Thumbs up and thank you for your effort!

[@uyennn27]

I really love the way you teach us. Clear to listen to and Easy to understand. Big thank from Vietnam :)

[@coachshanesesl]

uyennn27 Thank you very much!

[@duliriel]

Thank you so much your video actually did help me a lot. I just started as a interventionist for k-5 and I was always having troubles understanding long-short vowels.

[@gyros9162]

Thank you Coach Shane! This video is one of the best to recap

[@DarckAngel023]

It was really useful for me. Now I can understand where those sounds come from and I can study them by myself. Thanks a bunch.

[@epm2000]

Thanks coach Shane. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[@rafzibi9188]

More than excellent video. Really it is an excellent way for teaching English language. Great channel.

[@whataboutthis...3718]

You ought to be also giving the symbols that show a vowel is either long or short (ā, ă) so students can associate long & short within your growing list of words with more than your simply telling them, or with more than the word "long" or "short" in the heading.

[@coachshanesesl]

I love everyone's comments regarding pronunciation. But I warn you--while I LOVE my Webster dictionary, "real life English" often does NOT parallel the "proper pronunciation" presented in our beloved, lexical tomes. After teaching listening skills with American news and TV shows since 1993 (and I still do!), I can tell you that that's the sad fact! Also, I warn students, regarding the schwa sound, it often takes three different forms--but that's something I teach when we meet specific examples. The Prescriptive approach and Descriptive approach to language acquisition will rarely unite!!

[@crowder807]

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[@crowder807]

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[@johnsimpson5854]

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[@Waseem9919]

I've learned that there's a rule for when the vowel is long and when it's short. If the vowel comes before a voiced consonant (a consonant that the vocal cords vibrate when pronouncing it, like 'm', 'l', 'r') the vowel is long, whereas when it comes before a voiceless consonant (like "t', 's', 'f') it's short.

[@harlenrosario]

Your videos have helped me enhance my english a lot. Thank you very much.

[@amanda1amanda1]

You are a great teacher. You teachs in details how to pronouce words. I really hope you keeping on posting videos. I think you also might record new videos in a better resolution due the potencial to you became very famous between brazilian students.

[@coachshanesesl]

Hi, thanks for sharing that information, it's really helpful!!!^^ Don't forget to check out my other videos and channels!!!^^

[@ula58]

Thank you for the video:))). I have two questions. 1) to which vowel sound the "schwa" sound is the closest to? 2) are you going to make a similar lesson on vowel and r combination? Actually, the last question is more of a request. Thanks again for sharing you knowledge in such a superb way.

[@TatoCossío-y1e]

To short "u" like in "cup" according to native speakers. Short "oo" like in "good" but unrounded.

[@bhagyashreesonawane2409]

You're just a top-notch coach ❤️

[@stoneqr]

Thank you so much!! It really clarifies things for me. I reactivated my google account just so I can thank you through comments!! In my country we learned to pronounce words through phonetic symbols, but I really wish we could learn the phonetics instead. Hope you have more videos about that. :)

[@start6666]

Thanks a lot 🌹🌹🌹

[@josepvaz8827]

Thanks for this lesson. It clarifies me this confused (I am Spanish-Mother speaker: only 5 vowels) but important English thing.

[@coachshanesesl]

josep vaz I hope it helped you^^

[@shihabazadi2368]

Thank you, Master, may God grant you success, Dunya and the last

[@niks2081]

Thank you Shane for coaching on youtube channel it will really appreciable. I am Learning English With sounds so my question is that if in future i see new word so how will i pronounce?

[@leobertolira1583]

Bom dia professor Assistindo esta manhã no Brasil. Good morning teacher Watching this morning in Brazil.

[@furahamburugu2481]

Thank for helping about English

[@ablert3439]

Hi, Mr. Shane. Fine videos! From what I've noticed (I'm Brazilian and learned English on my own) you pronounce the long in sch-OOL as /uːəl/, is it? Could you also teach me the actual pronunciation of -OR- as in st-ORM because I feel it sounds like /stɔːərm/ rather than /stɔːrm/? THANKS

[@elianguerrero1568]

excellent video, I have a question, How can I know wich pronunciation to do (short or long) when I see I word that I´ve never heard the pronunciation?

[@coachshanesesl]

It's a major problem. For example, "gave" LONG A, "have" SHORT A. We do have "general rules" but they are often broken.

[@sbsanni]

You can use IPA, also check this kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipfFqGNuqr6SgNU

[@collinschijioke7734]

Thank you so much for this

[@jesusRodriguez-lr1eo]

Thank you ! please keep making videos

[@irismaldonadomendoza3490]

Thanks, Teacher, excellent video.😊

[@jessicathompson7198]

Thank you for posting this vid! I needed this tutorial for my medical terminology course!

[@mayralorenahernandezanchun3789]

Thank you for share, can you explain the other vowel sounds? Please¡

[@coachshanesesl]

I did a PIRF (speaking) lesson where I showed my students how the O VOWEL can have over TEN different pronunciations~ It's fun for me; a nightmare for my students!!

[@KAOLINET]

WOW! excellent! Do you have a video where you explain the difference for vowels in WHERE and WERE??? thanks a lot!

[@jagjitmander4901]

Really helpful to teach phonics to the beginners

[@coachshanesesl]

Thank you! And believe me, many of the "masters" need to learn these vowel sounds properly, too!!

[@floopy312]

Actually spanish vowels are extremely easy to learn, they have very distinct and separate sounds from each other and they are just five: (A) (E) (I) (O) (U): ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh. And that's it :)

[@alanisvberrios]

floopy312 i always like to remind people that, there are what we call diptongo, hiatos, triptongos, etc. That manipulate some words so we basically have 5 sounds for each vowel but in combination of other letters and whatnot, they change a bit, and also the influence of accents and pronunciation in each country. Good day! 😊

[@carlosprada4852]

thank you, spanish sounds are easy, even with diphthongs still we pronounce both vowels equally. We are not talking here about accents, only vowel sounds. English grammar is easy, but that's where the bucket stops.

[@touvu6154]

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[@gopalwelder6466]

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[@juancena2057]

I'm studying english but is difficult for me identify when I must use long sound or short sound?, there are some rule to identify. Please give me a answer, what happend when the vowels go together to other vowels??

[@felipepaz4306]

Just 5 vowel sounds for Spanish!!!

[@rogeriochamorro1146]

People think that Portuguese is similar to Spanish. That's only in the written part. The pronunciation is more complicated than in Spanish and make Portuguese sound completely different from Spanish. In Portuguese the pronunciation of vowels and consonants depend on the position of letters in a given word, diacritics and the previous and the following letter. In Portuguese, we have 14 pure vowel sounds, 9 diphthongs and 23 pure consonant sounds. English has 12 pure vowels sounds, 13 diphthongs and 24 consonant sounds. Spanish has only 5 vowel sounds, 6 diphthongs and 19 consonant sounds. That's the reason why most of the time Portuguese speakers understand Spanish speakers but not vice versa.

[@nikkoxy8986]

Yes only, 5 and all of then are easier because they are vowels with lips, and de shwa it dosent exist for us,

[@nikkoxy8986]

Other thing is, we have only 1 letter mute, h but in english there are more like talk, the l, walk, the l, whole, the w, etc, we only have psycology= psicologia with p mute, and tsunami

[@rogeriochamorro1146]

@Theris Valeu, meu caro!

[@eusouadilsonsantos]

Excellent !!! Thank you for share your knowledge!

[@C3saralejos]

Thanks so much! 👾

[@aaliyahforney9414]

This video really help me lot with my vowel sign.

[@KEEPUPWITHWILLIAMSERAPHIN]

thanks for sharing this. but if you could tell me why are short or long in any area, it would be better and even easier.

[@player-ct9tr]

Repected sir, please tell me, dimension of your white board Length =? Height =?

[@iancaldeian]

This was clear and concise. I shared it with my sixth grade students.

[@coachshanesesl]

Thank you very much!

[@julien23lastchristmas2]

a GOOD TEACHER thank you.

[@carlosjavier2374]

The first three short sounds for A,E, I, are very similar to the spanish sounds

[@skibitom]

This is it what I looking for. Learning Schwa sounds in American English.

[@samurai50062]

Thanks coach. As always very nice video

[@reaksmeyradi7160]

I like it so much, excuse me! can you please explain me more about which is the main part of long or short sounds? how can we note clearly and not getting confused? Eg long and short Mane and Man . i remember that most of the short vowels, there is not E.

[@fercko13]

Hello, great job, coach. Just a little info, in spanish we only have 5 vowel sounds. That is why english is so confusing to us, in many cases an obvious difference for you may sound the same to us. Its gonna take us practice, but what you do in these videos is just amazing.

[@sattawutwongwiangjunt1715]

Thank. I wish I knew this rule. Very helpful video.

[@TheSeksanful]

gracious for your good presentation

[@sucreke8497]

hi,Coach Shane,could you explain the difference between ɑ: and ʌ, I only know ɑ: has a bigger mouth,is that true, and some tutors say ʌ is the same as ə,is that true?

[@Punkrockaddicted]

Hi, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that the short form of O shown in the video, such as hot, shot, father, is a long O if you compare it to the shua. Compare cop and cup, hot and hut, and of course be careful with slot there.

[@mayannbaguhin9704]

thank you very much. this video really helps me a lot!

[@asmafaisal651]

Very useful video thanks a lot teacher

[@ChicoMds]

It's what I was looking for, Thanks a lot and greetings from Argentina!

[@computadorhumano949]

Note ten, very nice, anyone have to me another link this lession teach?

[@JigmayWangyal2020]

What are the rules for long and short sound, how to know whether its to pronounce short or long?

[@SameerTalar]

*Thank you* so much.

[@Javier90001]

Your a great teacher.

[@mahmoudfareed4245]

why I didn't learn English like that when I was a kid? I think it will avoid the difficulties I face today whereas they're principles of English. Thank you.

[@adairjosecassimiro5946]

The most difficult is to make difference between short "A" and short "E" as in "bad" X "bed" or "man" X "men". For me they are the hardest ones. Thanks for the tips!

[@Punkrockaddicted]

Thanks for the video. I found it interesting but I think it's not a very accurate description. To start with, what I understand as the short u (book, put, pull), and the vowel for word, burn, bird are not included. If it helps anybody this is how I deal with it: Short i: sit, bit, slip Long i: seat, beat, sleep. Short a: sat, bat. cat Long a : arm, bar, car Short e: bed, dead, lead Long e: burn, world, bird Short o: got, slot, dot Long o: bought, saw, law Short u: could, put, would Long u: cool, pool, tool Schwa: for unaccented vowels in normal speed english, and very similar to the pronunciation of but, cut, shut

[@luisg123v]

Punkrockaddicted Man, you're completely wrong. 1) your long i examples (like in sleep) are really long e sounds; A long i would be "price". 2) Your long a examples (like in car) are really "ar" sounds. Remember that when a vowel are before an r, the resulting sounds are completely different. The same happens with your long e examples (like in burn). 3) Your long o examples (like saw) are really a aw sounds. 4) Your short u examples (like in put) are really short oo sounds.

[@lindafortin7999]

Bonjour, c’est la même chose pour le mot obey et comme vous parler de la prononciation américaine, c’est seulement dans la prononciation britannique qu’il y a un schwa dans le mot obey????

[@yet384]

Thank you! It help me a lot.

[@edwinestofanero679]

The english has similar vowels, mainly for the vowels "a" and "e". I hope to understand, your video is very interesting and a little different that I watched before. Could you confirm the number de vowels in English?

[@alfredodixz]

El mejor sin duda, a pesar de no saber ingles perfectamente le entiendo muy bien

[@joanafigueroa8124]

Is funny... how foy you longs are easy and for me shorts are easier because my first language is Spanish. Thanks so much for your time, so helpful 😊

[@coachshanesesl]

They're all easy to me!! Interesting, though, I have MANY Spanish speaking students and they have the HARDEST times with the Short I, E and A. You're lucky!

[@slava_gost]

I gotta work on this. Thanks!

[@mamapeace7973]

good morning please can you help with all prefixes and all suffix in English and how to see it

[@استغفرالله-ش4ف5ح]

You're lesson is useful, understandable and exciting, especially in 4:23 🤣🤣

[@atikhomthienthong9310]

Can you tell me the phonetic transcription of 'Thank you' when they are combined?

[@johnyeon5323]

Thank you Shane

[@Arquimedes-g1p]

Still struggling with short A vowel.. it to me looks a big short E vowel.. any advice?

[@nghieply5328]

I VERY THANKS FOR YOUR TEACH I HAVE KNOWLEDGE I HOPE YOU HAVE A LOT OF VIDEOS

[@catanarchist25]

Fantastic, helpful video. Thank you!

[@ameentv7054]

thank you teacher

[@elmarbrigoli58]

cool video but its more interesting if you use the words with a same sound like whould and wood. its much better anyways i like it! thumbs up for you.

[@demetriomoisesparedesabreu3194]

Very good thanks, just a detail, in spanish always sounds in the same way, just an only one possible sound for each vowel.

[@ilhamkl7164]

very very useful!

[@РомаНагин-щ3т]

you are wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thank you

[@s.mudawarshams195]

Keep up the good work

[@asongwecliveacho5181]

Great teacher

[@tiagoscheidt8557]

Hi coach, what about the vowel sound as in "book" and "took"? As far as I know, they are a little bit different than the ones in good, food. Where would you fit them in that list? Thank you!

[@MrSpartyac]

Hi Coach! What is the difference between big and beg. Because American pronounce them same sound "bIg" "bEg". Thanks for your help

[@EasyENG4U]

Thanks a lot for sharing. I think I will use it in my ESL classes.

[@fcuenca92]

thanks for sharing this video I like the way explain, very helpful.

[@Valentino1781]

Great, Thank you very much Valentino Campinas- S.P. Brasil

[@mariadelcarmenhoyos2440]

I like your class thanks

[@romanchelsea8552]

Thank you! You explained it well.

[@nkaujhliyaaj9588]

like teaching. thank you

[@agyato]

To me the most difficult vowel to master is the short "i" (as in 'sit' or 'rid'). I can't distinct it from the "e"vowel (as found in 'bed' or 'get').What's worse when I try to make this sound it either sounds like "e" or "ee"(as in 'beat'or 'seat").Can somebody help me?

[@LittleMisSpringfield]

+pratap sahu It is all about the production of the sound. I can be a little confusing, for 'e' and 'i¨being both the front vowels. But, in case of 'e' in e.g. bed you just open your mouth and your tongue basically doesn't move upward from the jaw. On the other hand, in case of 'i' in e.g. bid, your lips are not round, but they are more spread (like if you were smiling) and your tongue goes upward. And your jaw goes up as well. Try it by yourself and you'll feel the difference :)

[@jetli4512]

Thank you. however, I have a question about the sound of orange or auburn , the first vowel of the words, o or au should belong to which catogory of the Long or Short vowels? As far as I know that it doesn't belong to the long O sound.

[@coachshanesesl]

Depends on the dialect! Google's first recommendation is with a LONG O + R but MW's first is with the AU sound. Long vowels CHANGE when they are influenced by an R. I talk about that in my classes.

[@jetli4512]

Colored Vowel is not correct in this case, the word orange pronunced as /ɔ/ ， and colored vowel sounds like /ɚ/ per your google's first recommendation that doesn't make sense. May I know which dictionary you applied exactly? Thanks@@coachshanesesl

[@coachshanesesl]

Hmm. I have NO idea where you are getting your information. Here are two links to help you. 1. www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1DKCZ_enUS789US789&ei=st0XXY_HMMX1-gTeu4_ICQ&q=orange+meaning&oq=orange+&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.35i39l2j0i131i20i263l2j0l5j0i131.2113.2113..3953...0.0..0.127.127.0j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.e5ADSJTzv-I 2. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%B4 The circumflex O is Google's recommendation and that is the same as a LONG O in standard American pronunciation.

[@بارونسوبتي-ظ3ي]

thank you very much

[@MikhailGianTLunas-ez5yy]

i really love this video

[@salamatakabre5252]

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