The Motivated Classroom Podcast

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Episode 1:
What is motivation and how do we 'do' it?

Episode 2:
The first class of the year

Episode 3:
Autonomy-supportive teaching, what's that?

Episode 4:
Creating an invisible character with the 'one-word image'

Episode 5:
Relatedness: What is it & how do I do it in the languages classroom?

Episode 6:
Retrieval Practice: 11 zero-prep strategies for an engaged classroom?
Episode 7: 
Competence: What is it and to build it in our learners?

Episode 8: 
Talking multilingualism and motivation with Soukeina Tharoo

Episode 9:
Q & A: Motivating young learners, classroom climate & teacher motivation

Episode 10:
Comprehensible Input: What is it & why is it so motivating?

Episode 11:
Providing compelling, Comprehensible Input with 'Calendar Chat', 'Picture-talk' and 'Movietalk'

Episode 12:
Re-humanising the curriculum by teaching through narrative

Episode 13:
Technology tips to boost language learning motivation with Joe Dale

Episode 14:
Maintaining motivation with effective classroom management

Episode 15:
Creating compelling connections with 'The Star of the Week'

Episode 16:
Providing autonomy and leadership to advanced students through Government Ministries

Episode 17:
Long-term motivation, exams and motivating activities

Episode 18:
Teaching compelling, cultural & historical content with Beth Skelton

Episode 19:
The motivational pull of teaching languages through storytelling

Episode 20:
How teaching French through storytelling changed my class with Chloé Lapierre

Episode 21:
Getting started with asking your first TPRS story

Episode 22:
I've started my TPRS story, now what?

Episode 23:
Motivation through reading and graded novels with Adriana Ramirez

Episode 24:
11 zero-prep reading strategies for the language classroom