Dr. Liam Printer • The Motivated Classroom

The Motivated Classroom with Dr. Liam Printer

Educational Consultant, Author, Researcher

Consultancy

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:

Recent examples of previous workshops, presentations and consultancy work

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Workshops

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.

Find out more about public, online workshops here

THE MOTIVATED CLASSROOM BOOK FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS TO BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2026

After over 5 years of analysing all the podcast interviews, coding them, drafting, re-drafting, editing and re-editing, my book for language teachers will be published through Hachette Education Publishers in November 2026

From the back cover:

In The Motivated Classroom: Practical Insights for the Language Teacher, Dr. Liam Printer, teacher, researcher and host of The Motivated Classroom podcast, weaves together the key insights and advice from interviews with 34 trusted voices in language teaching, research and motivation. Featuring educators, researchers and authors from a wide range of teaching contexts and cultural backgrounds, spanning five continents, this unique book pulls their diverse perspectives into one practical volume for teachers to draw on straight away.

The interview excerpts and Liam’s commentary sit alongside a host of low-prep, practical strategies, proven to raise motivation, support language acquisition and build lasting engagement. Whether you’re new to language teaching or looking to bring a more evidence-informed spark to your lessons, this book will help you understand and strengthen the critical link between language acquisition and motivation, ultimately resulting in a more motivated classroom for both you and your students.

Hello!

i’m Dr. Liam Printer

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.

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The Motivated Classroom

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?