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Pedagogical is pronounced ped-uh-GAH-jih-kl in American English and ped-uh-GOJ-ih-kl in British English. It has five syllables with the stress on the third. The first g is hard and the second g is soft, like j.
pedagogical
adjective · relating to teaching and how people learn
IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. The recording is American English.
Each sound in the IPA, with a word you already know that has it.
US American English/ˌped.əˈɡɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
ped
uh
GAHstressed
jih
kl
UK British English/ˌped.əˈɡɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
ped
uh
GOJstressed
ih
kl
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What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say ped-uh-GAH-jih-kl.
NotPED-uh-goj-ih-kl
Keeping the stress of pedagogy. With -ical, the stress moves to the third syllable.
Notpee-duh-GOJ-ih-kl
Saying ped with a long ee. It is the short e of bed.
Notped-uh-GOJ-kl
Dropping a syllable. Keep all five: ped-uh-GOJ-ih-kl, or GAH-jih-kl in American English.
Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.
Her pedagogical approach puts students' questions first.
The course covers pedagogical methods for language teachers.
There were good pedagogical reasons for the change.
On the third syllable, and that is the surprise, because the stress moves around in this word family. Pedagogy is stressed at the start: PED-uh-goj-ee, or PED-uh-gah-jee in American English. Add -ical and the stress jumps to the syllable just before the ending.
This is a strong rule. Words ending in -ical or -ic almost always stress the syllable just before it: logical, political, psychological.
The word goes back to Greek, to the name for the person who took children to school. Its two g's sound different. The first, before a, is hard. The second, before i, is soft: GOJ.
Say the last three syllables first, GAH-jih-kl, then add ped-uh in front.
Rhymes and words that share its tricky sound. Open any of them in the checker and say it.
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