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138 ¦ Is input alone enough?
Jun 19, 2026
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137 ¦ Starting an instructional coaching programme in your school with Nick Pointer and Jeremy Lloyd
Jun 17, 2026
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136 ¦ Teach the Teacher: Motivation, input & acquisition in advanced classes
Jun 15, 2026
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135 ¦ Principle 6: Secure attention and run routines
Jun 14, 2026
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134 ¦ Principle 5: The CI Class Yearbook
Jun 13, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | 138 ¦ Is input alone enough? | For over five years, this podcast has advocated for an approach to language teaching centred around compelling, comprehensible input to unlock natural language acquisition and simultaneously increase student and teacher motivation? But is input alone really enough? I first talked about this back in Episode 103 in 2023. In this episode I unpack and discuss my how view has shifted over the years based on research and conversations with educators, CI teachers and researchers. As always, I provide my take on things from what I've read and who I have spoken to. Your view will, no doubt, differ to mine. That reflective process and thinking deeply about the core principles of our practice is what moves everyone forward, and what ultimately leads to a more motivated classroom for our students, and ourselves as their teachers.Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.Keep in touch and share!Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom.I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom.Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook.Enjoying the free content? Support the podcast here:👉 www.buymeacoffee.com/liamprinter👉 www.patreon.com/themotivatedclassroomDon’t forget to subscribe & share with a fellow languages teacher! | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | 137 ¦ Starting an instructional coaching programme in your school with Nick Pointer and Jeremy Lloyd | Instructional Coaching: A highly effective and impactful method of professional development for teachers where they work 1-on-1 with a coach to focus on tiny tweaks to their practice based on evidence-informed insights. This episode follows up on episode 120 and focuses entirely on 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 from three separate but connected perspectives: Nick Pointer who was training our team of coaches and helping us to implement it school wide, Jeremy as the professional development lead responsible for instructional coaching within the school and then some snippets from me as an instructional coach on the ground in my first year in the role.This episode was the culmination of 2 years' of work at the International School of Lausanne, exploring the theoretical and practical details of setting up an instructional coaching programme - definitely worth a listen for anyone interested in this approach to teacher professional development!Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely!Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom.I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom.Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook.Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | 136 ¦ Teach the Teacher: Motivation, input & acquisition in advanced classes | How do we keep advanced language learners motivated and how do we meaningfully use a CI approach at higher levels? In this episode, we explore the expert-reversal effect and what it means for sustaining input, autonomy and progress as students become more experienced language users. I unpack how we can adjust our practice so that input remains compelling, challenging and supportive of continued acquisition even with the most advanced learners. I also present a detailed overview of my "Teach the Teacher Weeks", where my advanced students become the teachers for a few weeks ever year. A reflective and practical episode with ideas you can adapt straight away for your advanced classes.Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.Keep in touch and share!Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom.I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom.Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook.Enjoying the free content? Support the podcast here:👉 www.buymeacoffee.com/liamprinter👉 www.patreon.com/themotivatedclassroomDon’t forget to subscribe & share with a fellow languages teacher! | — | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | 135 ¦ Principle 6: Secure attention and run routines | Principle Six of Six for a Motivated Year in the 'Back to School' series:Principle 6: Secure attention and running routinesThe final episode in our six part series of principles for a motivated language classroom. In this last principle we focus on running routines in class and how we secure attention. I take you through my favourite and most used classroom routines, why they work well in my context and how it actually looks in the classroom. A highly practical episode with plenty of ideas to take away, adapt and apply in a context-appropriate way in your own lessons.I hope you have enjoyed these six episodes and that you will support the podcast, and share widely!Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.Keep in touch and share!Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom.I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom.Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook.💫 Enjoying the free content? Support the podcast here:👉 www.buymeacoffee.com/liamprinter👉 www.patreon.com/themotivatedclassroomDon’t forget to subscribe & share with a fellow language teacher! | — | ||||||
| 6/13/26 | 134 ¦ Principle 5: The CI Class Yearbook | Principle Five of Six for a Motivated Year in the 'Back to School' series:Principle 5: The CI Class YearbookThis episode builds on the previous principles about effective pairwork and input in 5-minute blocks by taking it further and each student having a notebook where every student in the class gets a page. Students write matching bullet points in pairs, filling in each person's page gradually throughout the year. Every time we have conversations, discussions and input tasks with PQA it gives us more info to put on their page! A great way to build community, raise feelings of autonomy and competence, and to provide you with a track record of everything you learned about each other all year.You'll learn about:📄 Building a class yearbook with a personal page for each student🧩 Add details in matching pairs🤝 Learn about each other, build real connection📈 Supports formative assessment🧠 Boosts autonomy & motivation (hello Köhler + Zeigarnik–Ovsiankina!)📆 Runs all year longWhether you’re just heading back to school or already half way through the year, this episode is another step towards a motivated language classroom! 💪🎓Don't miss the last of the six principles which are on the way next Friday6. Running effective routines🔔 Tune in every Friday right here or wherever you get your podcasts from:Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.Keep in touch and share widely!Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom.I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom.Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook.💫 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 language teacher! | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | 133 ¦ Principle 4: Effective pairs to boost engagement✨ | pair workstudent engagement+3 | — | The Motivated ClassroomApple Podcasts+3 | — | effective pairsKöhler Effect+3 | — | 25m 54s | |
| 6/11/26 | 132 ¦ Principle 3: Five-minute input blocks✨ | Cognitive Load TheoryEngagement Strategies+3 | — | The Motivated ClassroomCognitive Load Theory+2 | — | Five-minute input blocksCognitive Load Theory+4 | — | 26m 58s | |
| 6/10/26 | 131 ¦ Principle 2: Getting the Motivation-Acquisition balance right✨ | motivationlanguage acquisition+4 | — | — | — | motivationlanguage learning+4 | — | 18m 08s | |
| 6/9/26 | 130 ¦ Principle 1: Embedding and assessing a CI approach within the curriculum✨ | curriculum alignmentcomprehension-based approach+3 | — | The Motivated Classroomwww.liamprinter.com | — | CI approachcurriculum+4 | — | 23m 07s | |
| 6/9/26 | 129 | Back to School: Six principles for a motivated classroom✨ | motivation in educationlanguage classroom strategies+4 | — | The Motivated ClassroomApple Podcasts+3 | — | motivated classroomacquisition-motivation balance+5 | — | 22m 47s | |
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| 6/8/26 | 128 ¦ Part 2 with Jonathan McBride: What I learned from watching six weeks of CI classes in three different countries✨ | classroom practicelanguage acquisition+3 | Jonathan McBride | The Motivated Classroom | Scotland | CI classeseducation+3 | — | 44m 32s | |
| 6/8/26 | 127 ¦ Part 1 with Jonathan McBride: What I learned from watching six weeks of CI classes in three different countries✨ | language teachingclassroom observation+3 | Jonathan McBride | — | ScotlandSwitzerland+2 | CI classeslanguage education+5 | — | 34m 59s | |
| 6/7/26 | 126 ¦ Turn and Talk: Tweaking a classic activity for maximum engagement✨ | student discussionparticipation+3 | — | Captain Super Sleep | — | Turn and Talkstudent engagement+3 | — | 31m 07s | |
| 5/31/26 | 125 ¦ Supporting language teachers' sustained motivation until retirement with Prof. Åsta Haukås✨ | language educationteacher motivation+3 | Prof. Åsta Haukås | University of Bergen | — | language teachersmotivation+3 | — | 37m 30s | |
| 5/30/26 | 124 ¦ Using a CI approach to boost motivation, acquisition and inclusion with Tina Abour and Grant Boulanger✨ | motivationacquisition+3 | Tina AbourGrant Boulanger | The Motivated Classroomwww.liamprinter.com+3 | — | CI approachmotivation+3 | — | 1h 11m 11s | |
| 5/29/26 | 123 ¦ Behaviour and the CI classroom: 9 practical tips | This episode on behaviour comes with a big caveat. I realise completely that behaviour and classroom management looks very different in each of our different contexts. This episode centres around the educational psychology of behaviour, motivation and social norms. I am fortunate to work in a fantastic school with great students and in this episode I share some of the strategies that have worked best for me over the years based on the research.. but as always, this is just my take on it. I know your context may be very different to mine but hopefully you will still get something from it. Please let me know what you think! I'd love to hear from you.Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, X @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | 122 ¦ Connection, community and communication with Claudia Elliott | In this special podcast collaboration episode, Claudia Elliott and I discuss the importance of community and connections for communication in the language acquisition classroom. Claudia hosts the excellent Growing with Proficiency podcast and she had some wonderful insights to share including lots of easy-to-implement stategies to boost engagement and motivation in the languages classroom. Please let me know what you think! I'd love to hear from you.Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, X @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | 121 ¦ Nine low-prep strategies for a motivated school year | It is August, so that must mean The Motivated Classroom is back with it's start of the school year special. In this episode I give my Top Nine low-prep ideas and strategies for a motivated year. It could easily have been 29 and not nine, but these are the absolute essentials in order to allow both motivation and acquisition to flourish in your languages classroom this year! As always, this is just my take on it but I would to know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 |  120 ¦ Instructional Coaching: Practice-focused professional development | Much of professional development is useful, thought-provoking, interesting and even impactful.. but does it actually result in any changes in our practice or indeed on student's learning? Research suggests that most of it, sadly, does not. In this episode we explore an alternative type of practice-focused professional development called Instructional Coaching. As I start my role as an instructional coach next year, I provide an overview of its potential for pedagogical development here.Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/25/26 |  119 ¦ Oral exams: Can we make them more motivating and less burdensome? | After many questions about what the dreaded oral exams look like in my classroom and in my context, I've decided to do an entire episode on just that topic! Most of us work in systems where they are a mandatory part of student assessment. So how can we make them more motivating and less scary whilst also ensuring they take the least amount of learning time possible. As always, this is just my take on it, having learned over the years from some brilliant teachers. Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/23/26 | 118 ¦ Joy, happiness and brain breaks in the classroom with Annabelle Williamson aka La Maestra Loca | Leading on from recent episodes on raising positive emotions in the languages classroom, I am delighted to be joined by the inspirational educator, La Maestra Loca, in this episode. Annabelle talks to us about how to use a CI approach in order to build a sense of belonging, joy and happiness in the languages classroom. She also provides us with some brilliant, easy to implement, brain breaks that can be used immediately in class; providing more input and also fostering a feeling of joy and happiness in the class. This is an episode not to be missed!Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/23/26 | 117 ¦ Raising positive emotions through co-created stories: A research study - Part 2 | Part Two of the series focusing on my recent research on how using co-created stories in the language acquisition class can foster happiness, joy and other positive emotions in the classroom. In this second part of the study, we look in detail at the methodology and findings.Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/22/26 | 116 ¦ Raising positive emotions through co-created stories: A research study - Part 1 | This first in a mini-series on the importance of positive emotions in the language acquisition classroom. This episode introduces my recent research study on how using co-created stories in the class can help to foster happiness, joy and interest in the language classroom. Next week's episode looks more at the methodology and findings of the study.Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | 115 ¦ Seven ways to use questions to maximise acquisition and build connections | This episode focuses on classroom practice and, in particular, how we can use questions in order to both build connections and to maximise language acquisition. I take you through my favourite strategies in the classroom and those from the research about how to employ questions in the language classroom for maximum gain.Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com. | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | 114 ¦ Universal grammar: Our language learning superpower? | This third and final episode in the mini-series on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research and theory. This one looks at Chomsky's concept of Universal Grammar; the idea that we all possess an innate mechanism that allows us to decipher and encode language with ease.In this episode I try to look at both sides of the research on this and also at where the common ground lies. There is, always, lots of valuable practical implications for teachers too!Please let me know what you think!Keep in touch and share widely! Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast. Follow The Motivated Classroom on Instagram @themotivatedclassroom, Twitter @motclasspodcast and Facebook @themotivatedclassroom. I'd love to know what you think, please get in touch! Join the conversation with the hashtag #MotivatedClassroom. Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook. Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com. | — | ||||||
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