Name: Learn to Pronounce the Short u Sound /ʌ, ə/ American English Ultimate Pronunciation Master Class
Uploaded: 2025-10-01T18:43:44.000Z
Duration: 8 min 4 s
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Jennifer from Tarle Speech with Pure Pronunciation lesson masterclass.

Today we are talking about the short U sound.

And today we are talking about the short U sound.

I get a lot of questions about this sound

of talk about stressed versus unstressed short U.

The schwa is going to have the upside down lowercase.

to be very confusing because of the spelling.

because so many of my students learn English

from reading and they don't listen as much

and they don't speak with others as much.

So then this sound becomes very confusing

because then once you are speaking with native speakers more,

because you're thinking, are they really saying this word

that I'm thinking, or is it something else?

your mouth is relaxed, your tongue is relaxed,

Your cheeks are relaxed, your jaw is relaxed,

your tongue is relaxed, your lips are relaxed.

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All right, A board about above Unsure Umbrella

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Non Plug substantial Monday the area tuna,

Alabama, California okay, and let's try each list a Board

Alabama, California okay, how did you do?

It's just you need to know this is a sound

you're going to really hear this a lot more.

And then when you start listening to other people speaking,

She attended schools in California, Alabama,

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Learn to Pronounce the Short u Sound /ʌ, ə/ American English Ultimate Pronunciation Master Class

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