s/s/
Place your tongue tip near the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth. Push air through the narrow gap. No voicing.
How to pronounce schedules in American English
SKEH·joolz
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Americans pronounce schedules as SKEH-joolz (/ˈskɛdʒulz/). Stress falls on the first syllable — keep everything else short and quick.
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2 syllables, 7 sounds. Tap a syllable to jump to its row, then explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.
k/k/
Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate (velum). Stop the air, then release.
eh/ɛ/
Drop your jaw moderately. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and lift the mid-front part slightly toward the roof.
j/dʒ/
Touch the front of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then release into a 'zh' position. Add vocal cord vibration.
oo/u/
Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.
l/l/
DarkKeep the tongue tip down and pull the back of the tongue up toward the throat. The 'dark' sound comes from the back.
z/z/
Same position as S, but add vocal cord vibration. Feel the buzz.
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
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Stressing the wrong syllable.
Stress falls on the first syllable, not the others. Stretch SKEH — keep everything else short and quick.
skeh·JOOLZ→SKEH·joolz
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How is "schedules" stressed in American English?
Stress falls on the first syllable — say "SKEH" with a longer, fuller vowel and keep every other syllable short and quick. The respell "SKEH-joolz" marks the stressed syllable in capitals so the rhythm is easy to read at a glance.
Is the American pronunciation of "schedules" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "SKEH-joolz" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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