Really Riley 4 English

06/13/2025

Found some old name tags. At the time I looked a lot like Topher Grace from That 70s Show.

06/07/2025

Any fellow fans of the show? I find it challenging to adjust to Ted's strong Southern accent amidst the array of British accents, but they certainly have a blast analyzing the differences and intricacies of English usage.

Incidentally, it's also one of the MOST UPLIFTING shows out there right now.

I'm really digging my new (to me) thrift store find, both the shirt and the act of finding it. It was one of those killing-time-before-the-next-appointment afternoons and there, inside of a poorly-lit random clothing resale store across town: first rack, first section, one blind single grab. The pastel color stood out among all the other shirts.

A real 'it-was-waiting-for-me' kind of moments. The magic of thrifting. I love to thrift when I travel as well, always finding good stuff I'd never find elsewhere.

06/03/2025

I just can't stand it anymore! Moving back to more lessons and content creation, I'll be changing the game up soon and leaning on others for support. Gaining new perspective is always king in this changing technological landscape.

This message is brought to you by levitating cats.

09/06/2024

Look who joined me for a lesson this morning.

Professor Etta James, resident howler reporting for duty.

08/09/2024

Just a helpful little tongue twister tip have a great weekend experimenting with mumbling words or phrases you can't think of.

08/05/2024

Made some updates to the wall courtesy of a birthday gift from the roommate. I think it's a nice touch. A little in the nose tho, it the shoulder.

We found this beauty at

03/12/2024

I finally bit the bullet and decided to start learning Russian. my level of Italian has helped a great deal with those students, and just a weeks worth of alphabet lessons has greatly expanded my understanding of the struggles that my Slavic language speaking students experience in learning English.
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В конце концов я стиснул зубы и решил начать изучать русский язык. мой уровень итальянского языка очень помог этим ученикам, а всего лишь несколько недель уроков алфавита значительно расширили мое понимание трудностей, с которыми сталкиваются мои славянскоязычные ученики при изучении английского языка.

In other news, I'm working with a new partner to help me produce actionable content and manageable resources in my telegram channel.

Link in the comments.

Pictures of dogs, because... Dogs.

02/06/2024

What is the point of communication? How and why do we say the words we say, and I'm what order. Things matter.

01/28/2024

Come join my telegram channel while it's free. I've only just started it and I'm adding things everyday. I'll also be fleshing out these ideas around time in an extended video and a class.

I am REALLY RILEY and I'm here to make English learning 'a breeze.'

I'd love to have you!

I also have a special announcement coming later today for you 'would be' sports fanatics.

01/03/2024

AI is coming for dubbing! I'm here for it.
I plan to use it for teaching in other languages, but i think voice actors should be fine for a while at least.

Startup Flawless AI studies how actors move their mouths and swaps the movements out according to the dubbed words in different languages. ...