The Motivated Classroom Podcast

Click on the links below to listen directly to each episode and access the programme notes.
Are you enjoying The Motivated Classroom podcast and want to support it?
  • Become a patron on patreon.com to access bonus episodes and ask me your questions!
  • I'd really appreciate any support and help!

Episode 41:
What every language teacher needs to know about memory & motivation with Steve Smith

Episode 42:
The power of positive emotions in the language classroom

Episode 43:
From August to June: Structuring a language curriculum without a textbook

Episode 44:
From retrieval to review: Structuring a motivated language lesson

Episode 45:
Motivating multilinguals through inclusion, diversity & pride with Tan Huynh

Episode 46:
The motivational impact of decolonising our language curriculum with Maud Waret

Episode 47:
Q&A: Surviving as a student-teacher, the curriculum & writing notes in class

Episode 48:
Motivational Strategies: From research to classroom practice

Episode 49:
Motivational Strategies: The role of the teacher

Episode 50:
Translating second language acquisition research into motivational practice with Dr. Karen Lichtman & Dr. Bill VanPatten

Episode 51:
Using classroom jobs to provide more input & build relationships

Episode 52:
Setting up your language class in 12 zero-prep steps

Episode 53:
Q&A: Aligning an acquisition based approach within the curriculum and girls v. boys motivation

Episode 54:
Implicit and explicit knowledge in the language classroom

Episode 55:
Finding the common ground between language acquisition research & classroom practice with Dr. Florencia Henshaw

Episode 56:
Making homework motivational

Episode 57:
The impact of parental beliefs on language learning motivation

Episode 58:
Parental engagement and motivated language learners with Dr. Chris Martin

Episode 59:
Q&A: Student resistance, online translators and teaching spelling

Episode 60:
Going deskless and using classroom displays in the language classroom

Episode 61:
12 motivating, zero-prep listening activities

Episode 62:
Motivation and culture through music in the language classroom

Episode 63:
Classroom approaches for motivating young learners with Dr. Quint Oga-Baldwin

Episode 64:
Practical strategies to reach and teach young language learners with Marianne de Best

Episode 65:
Motivational lessons from the elementary classroom

Episode 66:
Q&A: Sharing classrooms, minimum contact time & creating a class motto

Episode 67:
Motivating, school-based professional development with Darren Leslie of Becoming Educated podcast

Episode 68:
Developing evidence-informed pedagogy through internal professional development

Episode 69:
Towards an evidence-informed school with Jade Pearce

Episode 70:
Six easy steps for an effective parent-teacher meeting

Episode 71:
Q&A: Starting class, taking notes & building on class stories

Episode 72:
Using the target language: When, why and how

Episode 73:
Language, identity and inclusion with Françoise Thenoux

Episode 74:
The languages classroom as a vehicle for social justice

Episode 75:
Centring our language class around Black and Brown identities with Ben Tinsley

Episode 76:
Q&A: Assessing writing, use of English and not overwhelming beginners

Episode 77:
Increasing uptake & decreasing dropout in our language programmes

Episode 78:
Setting, streaming and separating by ability

Episode 79:
Motivation & Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) with Dr. Gianfranco Conti

Episode 80:
Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI): Overcoming the obstacles

Episode 81:
Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI): Is it more inclusive but less authentic?

Episode 82:
Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI) Q&A: Inclusion, parents and missing class

Episode 83:
Language acquisition through compelling, comprehensible input with Dr. Stephen Krashen

Episode 84:
Comprehensible Input (CI) teaching with intermediate and advanced learners

Episode 85:
Motivating beginners through easy-to-read novels with Margarita Pérez García

Episode 86:
Eight zero-prep classroom activities to instil a love of reading

Episode 87:
Back to school: Eight strategies for a motivated year

Episode 88:
Q&A: Students new to a CI class, adult learners & difficult classes

Episode 89:
UDL: Access for all through a Universal Design for Learning

Episode 90:
Differentiation in the language acquisition classroom

Episode 91:
Error correction, motivation and examination

Episode 92:
Maximising your target language use with Alina Filipescu and Jason Fritze

Episode 93:
Why grammar instruction is impeding acquisition

Episode 94:
Advanced students: Keeping the inputs comprehensible through increased autonomy

Episode 95:
Trauma-informed teaching with illiterate students with Janique Vanderstocken

Episode 96:
Interrupting misogyny and toxic masculinity with Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez

Episode 97:
The motivation-engagement-acquisition cycle

Episode 98:
Three motivation-based case studies from the languages classroom

Episode 99:
Raising language learner motivation with Dr. Kimberly Noels

Episode 100:
Self-determination Theory, motivation and language acquisition with Dr. Richard Ryan

Episode 101:
Respecting and amplifying all languages in our multilingual classrooms with Dr. Eowyn Crisfield

Episode 102:
Maintaining motivation right until the end of the year

Episode 103:
Is Comprehensible Input enough?

Episode 104:
Starting strong: The first week back to school

Episode 105:
Relationships, relatedness and routines: The second week of the year

Episode 106:
Connections and competence: The third week of the year and beyond

Episode 107:
Reading a class novel in 11 zero-prep steps

Episode 108:
The power of Story Listening for acquisition and motivation with Dr. Beniko Mason and Alice Ayel

Episode 109:
Storytelling as pedagogy

Episode 110:
Story Listening: Lessons from classroom practice with Cécile Lainé