Cambridge Scholars Publishing Escaping Boredom in the Classroom: Breakouts, Breakout Boxes and Escape Rooms

Product Description Gamification is an entertaining, fun, and educational way to teach and learn English as a second or foreign language and escape boredom in the classroom. This volume presents the general premises of applying gamification to the learning experience and the advantages of implementing escape rooms, breakouts, and breakout boxes in the classroom. It also considers a wide range of practical proposals in varied subject areas, easily adaptable to any education level and perfect for the practice of lexical and grammatical content for students learning English. About the Author Madalina Armie studied English Language and Literature and earned a Master’s degree in the same field in 2014 from the University of Almería, Spain. In 2014, she received the Patricia Shaw Research Award, granted by the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies. She completed her PhD on the contemporary Irish short story at the turn of the twenty-first century at the University of Almería in 2019, for which she obtained the institution’s Outstanding PhD Degree Prize in 2021. Her current areas of research include the contemporary Irish short story, Irish contemporary women’s writing, women’s studies, and gender studies. She is currently teaching at the University of Almeria. Veronica Membrive studied English and earned a Master’s degree in English Studies in 2011. She completed her PhD on twentieth-century Irish travel writers in Spain at the University of Almería, Spain, in 2017. She has presented papers on Walter Starkie, Kate O’Brien, and Pearse Hutchison and their travels in Spain, and is currently teaching English at the University of Almería. Her field of research is Irish literature, with a particular focus on the relationships between Ireland and Spain. She was awarded the International George Campbell Award from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 2018 for her research on Hiberno-Spanish cultural relations.