A weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Liam Printer talking all things education, language teaching, motivation and engagement. Episodes focus on linking research to practice as well as giving teachers zero-prep comprehensible input activities to boost motivation that can be implemented into classrooms immediately.
In 2022, The Motivated Classroom podcast was in the Top 5% most downloaded podcasts worldwide of all podcasts across all domains and sectors. To date it has had over half a million unique downloads and has a spotify following of over 5,000!

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
This first episode in a special mini-series on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) focuses on what approach we should use with students who are preparing for a high-stakes test such as entry to university. Is CI enough on its own?
We take a look at various aspects and theories of SLA research including the output hypothesis, the interaction hypothesis, the noticing hypothesis and the Input-Interaction-Output model of instruction.
Please let me know what you think!
Keep in touch and share widely!

Be sure and check out the latest episodes of The Motivated Classroom podcast with Jonathan McBride who spent 6 weeks observing CI teachers in three different countries!
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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
This first episode in a special mini-series on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) focuses on what approach we should use with students who are preparing for a high-stakes test such as entry to university. Is CI enough on its own?
We take a look at various aspects and theories of SLA research including the output hypothesis, the interaction hypothesis, the noticing hypothesis and the Input-Interaction-Output model of instruction.
Please let me know what you think!
Keep in touch and share widely!


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
This first episode in a special mini-series on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) focuses on what approach we should use with students who are preparing for a high-stakes test such as entry to university. Is CI enough on its own?
We take a look at various aspects and theories of SLA research including the output hypothesis, the interaction hypothesis, the noticing hypothesis and the Input-Interaction-Output model of instruction.
Please let me know what you think!
Keep in touch and share widely!


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