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

I’ve guided several groups through Selectividad English, and each year brings fresh challenges and surprises. This year, the powers that be have changed the Selectividad English exam for Spanish Bachillerato students in Andalusia. These upcoming Selectividad changes in 2025 feel more relevant than ever, changing how students approach reading, grammar, and writing. Officially known as […]

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Fun writing activity: The consequences game

Are you struggling to make essay writing more engaging for B2 and C1 exam students with fun writing activities? Often, the challenge with teaching writing lies in making learning these skills enjoyable. That’s where creative writing activities like this one come into play. We’ve developed a dynamic activity called the consequences essay-writing game, designed to

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Uses of punctuation marks – Writing well-structured sentences

I have long suspected that students may not have ever learnt the correct uses of punctuation marks in their 1st languages. If they don’t know it in one language, why would they be able to transfer this skill to English? I recently asked a teenage student if they ever wrote essays or long writings in

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