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Scotcher those are good examples - if English were a phonetic language, then 'laugh' would be 'laaf', 'women' would be 'wimin' and 'nation' would be 'nayshun' -

Some examples of the schwa vowel:

the 'e' in brother
the 'a' in postman
the 'o' in forget
the 'o' and the last 'e' in forever
the 'o' and the last 'e' in together

As for Russian not being...

Well, I've taught lots of different nationalities English (I'm a qualified TEFL teacher) and the one thing they have all agreed on is that English pronunciation is probably the most difficult part of...

That's exactly the point. Without being told how to pronounce a particular 'ough' combination, there is no way a non-native speaker can 'guess' how to pronounce it. With Russian, once you know the...

Actually, Russian pronunciation is quite easy because in the main, it's a phonetic language - once the script is mastered, pronunciation is quite straightforward. One of the most difficult languages...