Educational Consultant, Author, Researcher
Educational Consultant, Author, Researcher
I offer training, professional development and consultancy through on-site workshops and also remotely via online learning platforms. All training and consultancy is tailored to the needs of the participants and your organisation. Click on the links below for more information:
A variety of online and in-person workshops are delivered throughout the year, typically on a weekend in the afternoon. Click below to read more about current workshops that are being run in the coming months. These workshops are practical and evidence-based. As part of these workshops, attendees are “students in my class” and will experience learning a new language through a comprehensible input and motivation-driven approach.
I’m Dr. Liam Printer and I host ‘The Motivated Classroom Podcast’ talking all things education, languages, teaching and motivation.
My educational consultancy work and conference presentations focus on my research around motivation, self-determination and comprehensible input approaches to language learning and teaching.

A podcast for language teachers and learners hosted by Dr. Liam Printer talking all things education, languages, motivation and engagement; linking current educational research to your classroom practice and providing a few ideas for some easy to implement, zero-prep, motivational strategies you can try out right away!
Join the conversation on social media using #MotivatedClassroom. I’d love to know what you think so please get in touch.
Full programme notes available on
www.liamprinter.com/podcast
Almost all SLA researchers agree on one core point: Comprehensible input is necessary for language acquisition… but, there is now widespread agreement that in a school environment, that input must also be compelling, interesting and engaging. Comprehensible alone is not enough to hold our students’ short attention spans in the current busy classroom – the input needs a narrative arc to engage our students and ensure they are paying enough attention to the input so that it can become acquired.
In this episode we explore the use of narrative and story in the language classroom as a way to maintain engagement and boost acquisition. So, what are your thoughts on this?
Keep in touch and share!
Enjoying the free content? Support the podcast here:
👉 www.buymeacoffee.com/liamprinter
👉 www.patreon.com/themotivatedclassroom
Don’t forget to subscribe & share with a fellow languages teacher!


Three-part online workshop:
Teaching with compelling, comprehensible inputs (CI)

Teaching proficiency through reading and storytelling (TPRS): A guide to co-created class stories

Two-day in-person workshop on Teaching with CI and TPRS co-created stories

Add your name and email address below to join my newsletter. Don’t worry, I only send 1 email every 2 months or so; containing links to free resources, podcasts and videos. You can opt out at any time.