Breakout English Blog

Breakout English is all about making materials for exam preparation classes, but the Breakout English Blog is for when things don’t quite fit under the umbrella of materials. You’ll find information here about exams, but also about English language teaching in general.

There’s more to life than teaching exam classes, so the Breakout English blog brings you articles about making classes fun, error correction or even tools for teaching online. Take a look through the articles, leave a comment and enjoy!

Articles

Everything you need to know about the new 2025 PAU English exam in Andalusia

09/01/2025Grammar,Reading,Use of English,Writing

I’ve guided several groups through Selectividad English, and each year brings fresh challenges and surprises. This year, the powers that...

Cambridge English Scale – Cambridge Score

08/07/2022

Have you ever wondered how what the Cambridge English Scale is or how your score on a Cambridge exam converts...

The best First Certificate books

01/12/2021

Passing a B2 level Cambridge exam is a big deal and only the best First Certificate books will get you...

The best books for Cambridge Advanced preparation

05/11/2021

If you are taking the Cambridge Advanced exam soon or you are preparing a class of students to take the...

Why should advanced learners use Radio 4 in Four?

05/05/2021Listening,Reading

Radio 4 in Four is a fantastic resource for language learners, especially for those who are taking an exam, because...

10 minimal materials activities that work

24/03/2021

I’ve long had a “less is more” mentality, for better or for worse, and with teaching I’ve found over and...

5 ways to use Google Jamboard for online classes

31/01/2021

What is Google Jamboard? Google Jamboard is a program that creates a virtual whiteboard through Google Drive. The file it...

Reflections on teaching online

09/07/2020

If you’ve been a English teacher during 2020, you’ve almost certainly had your profession turned upside down and found yourself...

Online Teaching Games & Activities

17/04/2020

Online teaching has seen a massive growth and with that comes a whole new set of challenges, including how to...

The Entertaining Exam Enigma – Fun activities for exam classes

08/12/2019

Teaching exam preparation classes is a requirement for many teachers nowadays, but dull, dry and depressing don’t have to describe...

Language learning plateaus and how to deal with them

07/11/2019

Most language learners or teachers would agree that the path towards fluency is not always straightforward. There are ups, downs...

Cambridge Exam Changes 2020 – Updates for Preliminary (PET) and Key (KET)

13/06/2019

Cambridge Preliminary (PET) and Key (KET) are getting reasonably major overhauls in 2020. The changes to Cambridge exams in 2020...

British Council featured blog of the month

19/02/2019

A massive thank you to British Council TeachingEnglish for naming Breakout English’s post How to teach Cambridge exams their blog...

Error correction in the ELT classroom

06/02/2019

In English language teaching, error correction is something which is expected of teachers, so what error correction techniques are there...

How to teach Cambridge exam classes

12/01/2019How to

Cambridge English exams are taken by over 5.5 million candidates per year in 130 different countries. Since introducing the first...

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