The present
My name is Dr. Liam Printer and I host The Motivated Classroom podcast. I am a passionate language teacher, lecturer, educational consultant, workshop leader, coach and author with over 15 years teaching experience. I speak English, Gaelic Irish, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German. I currently work as an International Baccalaureate (IB) Spanish teacher and 'Leader of Pedagogical Innovation and Approaches to Learning' at The International School of Lausanne in Switzerland. I am also an experienced and fully qualified French and English as an additional language teacher. I lecture on the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) delivered at The Ecolint Institute of Education in Geneva in conjunction with The University of Durham.
I completed my Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) through the University of Bath with my doctoral research focusing on the motivational impact of teaching languages through storytelling for both teachers and students, specifically relating to the Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) approach. Click here to read more about my research and publications or go to my ResearchGate profile. My first book, "The Motivated Language Classroom: Learning from the experts", with John Catt publishing is due to be published early in 2024.
I deliver consultancy and training to schools, organisations and individuals across a wide range of areas in education including motivation, active learning strategies, comprehensible input approaches to language teaching and many others. Click here for full details.
I completed my Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) through the University of Bath with my doctoral research focusing on the motivational impact of teaching languages through storytelling for both teachers and students, specifically relating to the Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) approach. Click here to read more about my research and publications or go to my ResearchGate profile. My first book, "The Motivated Language Classroom: Learning from the experts", with John Catt publishing is due to be published early in 2024.
I deliver consultancy and training to schools, organisations and individuals across a wide range of areas in education including motivation, active learning strategies, comprehensible input approaches to language teaching and many others. Click here for full details.
The journey
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Over the past 15 years I have designed, developed and delivered language courses in France, Ireland, Spain, New Zealand, Switzerland and Canada. In 2009 I set up The Learning Curve Institute with my business partner and was both Managing Director and Head of Languages at the Institute from 2009 until 2013.
I have been invited as the 'Keynote Speaker' at:
I have also been invited as a guest speaker and trainer to deliver presentations and lead sessions at the following conferences:
Some of the schools I have worked with:
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ECIS Conference 2019, London
With the ATS Ireland Committee 2019, Dublin
Keynote address, The Dynamic Language Learning Conference, 2023
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The other
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I am also a fully certified Snowsports Instructor with the highest level international qualifications (ISIA, NZSIA Level 3). I have taught snowsports through French, Spanish and English as an instructor in Switzerland, Canada and New Zealand. In 2010 I also became the Irish National Snowboard Champion after winning 2 gold medals at the Irish National Ski and Snowboard Championships in the French Alps.
Additionally, I am a passionate basketball coach and have been the coach of the Varsity Basketball team in The International School of Lausanne since 2015 when we started a brand new Girls Team. Read more about my basketball coaching experience here. Click here for an article by Basketball Ireland in June 2018 about the amazing story behind this team and the incredible successes we have had in its first 3 years. 
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Snowboarding 2010
2017 Swiss Group of International Schools, 'A' Category Champions
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