Principle Three of Six for a Motivated Year in the 'Back to School' series:- Principle 3: Five-minute input blocksIn this episode you'll learn about how we limiting our listening input to 5-minute blocks relates to:🧠 Cognitive Load Theory🎯 The Four Types of Engagement👂 Maximising acquisition with Intent Listening🌀 The Zeigarnik–Ovsiankina Effect🧘♀️ Brain & Body Breaks📥 Input ➡️ Processing Tasks🔥 Strategies to keep learners engaged from start to finishWhether 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 rest of the six principles which are on the way every Friday for the next five weeks:4. Effective pairs to boost engagement5. Creating a class yearbook6. 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!
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131 ¦ Principle 2: Getting the Motivation-Acquisition balance right
Principle Two of Six for a Motivated Year in the 'Back to School' series:Principle 2: The Motivation-Acquisition BalanceThis episode is full of practical, research-informed tips to help you:✅ Give the right input for acquisition✅ Use output to boost motivation✅ Create powerful student interaction✅ Build learner confidence✅ Light that language-learning 🔥✅ Grow future fluent speakers 🌍✅ Focus on vocab first, grammar later✅ Start every class with reading Whether you’re just heading back to school or deep into prep, this episode will help you set the tone for a motivating, effective language classroom! 💪🎓Don't miss the rest of the six principles which are on the way every Friday for the next five weeks:3. The 5 minute block principle4. Effective pairs to boost engagement5. Creating a class yearbook6. 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!
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130 ¦ Principle 1: Embedding and assessing a CI approach within the curriculum
Principle One of Six for a Motivated Year in the 'Back to School' series:1. Aligning a CI approach to your curriculumIn this episode we lay the foundations for a motivated year in your language classroom by ensuring our curriculum aligns with a CI and comprehension-based approach in our practice. It is all well and good having loads of great CI strategies up your sleeve but for those of us who teach within a curriculum, we need to ensure our syllabus and scheme of work allows us to use these strategies and importantly, gives us time and space to implement them.In this episode we will look at how to backwards plan, using narrative as a backbone for into each unit and how to assess whilst teaching with a CI approach.Don't miss the rest of the six principles which are on the way every Friday for the next five weeks:2. The Acquisition-Motivation balance3. The 5 minute block principle4. Effective pairs to boost engagement5. Creating a class yearbook6. Running effective routinesKeep in touch and share widely!Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.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.Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook.Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com
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129 | Back to School: Six principles for a motivated classroom
The first in a Seven-part 'Back to School' series where I break down my Keynote speech from the Agen Conference 2025 on: Getting the Acquisition-Motivation balance right.In episode 129 I provide an overview of the six principles for a motivated language classroom this year:Aligning a CI approach to your curriculumThe Acquisition-Motivation balanceThe 5 minute block principleEffective pairs to boost engagementCreating a class yearbookRunning effective routinesThese are all principles or strategies that I've put in place in the last two years so this will all be new content for the Motivated Classroom podcast. I'm really looking forward to hearing 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 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, Spotify or Facebook.Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com
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128 ¦ Part 2 with Jonathan McBride: What I learned from watching six weeks of CI classes in three different countries
Almost a year after our first conversation for episode 127, Jonathan is back in the studio for Part Two of his 2-part series focusing on what he learned from six weeks of observing teachers in three countries using a CI and acquisition approach. In this episode, Jonny hones in how he translated all the things he learned about CI into his classroom practice in his school in Scotland.Another absolutely fascinating and insightful conversation with lots of really practical tips and ideas for teachers.Full programme notes are available on www.liamprinter.com/podcast.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.Enjoying the podcast? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Facebook.Become a Patron of The Motivated Classroom podcast on patreon.com.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!
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