River English Academy

11/03/2022

GCSE AQA Language Paper 1 Question 3: this resource uses a pop music video (Stay by Shakespears Sister) to help students grasp the concept of analysing fictional texts for structure. Many students struggle to get to grips with the idea of structure; this activity is designed to demonstrate how stori...

24/04/2020

For home learning/teaching:

Online resources and activities to help teachers, parents and students get the most out of learning at home.

01/04/2020

Link to the Oxford 3000 & 5000 Word lists - organised alphabetically or by CEFR level. This also contains a UK & US English pronunciation tool.

Oxford 3000 and 5000: the most important and useful words to learn in English | OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

04/03/2020

How English sounds to non-English speakers... Pretty cool video. 😀

French sounds pretty, German sounds tough, Italian sounds romantic. So how does English sound to non-speakers? It's always tough to know how your native tongue sounds ...

04/05/2019

04/05/2019

Putting it simply... :)

02/05/2019

/ fɔː ðə Ɩæŋgwɪʤ nɜːdz əmʌŋ əs / 😁

| əz ju ər ˈriːdɪŋ ðɪs | ju ər parˈtɪsəˌpetɪŋ ɪn wʌn əv ˈneɪtʃərz ˈɡreɪtəst ˈwʌndərz | ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ | ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ ɪz ə ˈmɪrəkl̩ |ˈɪt ɪz ˈbaɪ ˈfɑːr ðə moʊst ˈpaʊərfəl ˈtuːl ðæt hjuː ˈmænəti hæz | ˈæftər …

28/04/2019

Struggling with the spelling of their, there, they're? This might help...

Whoever did this is a genius!

23/04/2019

The most important phrases to learn in English - from Oxford Learner Dictionaries:

Oxford Phrase List: the most important and useful phrases to learn in English | OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com