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The Motivated Classroom — 137 episodes
137 ¦ Starting an instructional coaching programme in your school with Nick Pointer and Jeremy Lloyd
136 ¦ Teach the Teacher: Motivation, input & acquisition in advanced classes
135 ¦ Principle 6: Secure attention and run routines
134 ¦ Principle 5: The CI Class Yearbook
133 ¦ Principle 4: Effective pairs to boost engagement
132 ¦ Principle 3: Five-minute input blocks
131 ¦ Principle 2: Getting the Motivation-Acquisition balance right
130 ¦ Principle 1: Embedding and assessing a CI approach within the curriculum
129 | Back to School: Six principles for a motivated classroom
128 ¦ Part 2 with Jonathan McBride: What I learned from watching six weeks of CI classes in three different countries
127 ¦ Part 1 with Jonathan McBride: What I learned from watching six weeks of CI classes in three different countries
126 ¦ Turn and Talk: Tweaking a classic activity for maximum engagement
125 ¦ Supporting language teachers' sustained motivation until retirement with Prof. Åsta Haukås
124 ¦ Using a CI approach to boost motivation, acquisition and inclusion with Tina Abour and Grant Boulanger
123 ¦ Behaviour and the CI classroom: 9 practical tips
122 ¦ Connection, community and communication with Claudia Elliott
121 ¦ Nine low-prep strategies for a motivated school year
120 ¦ Instructional Coaching: Practice-focused professional development
119 ¦ Oral exams: Can we make them more motivating and less burdensome?
118 ¦ Joy, happiness and brain breaks in the classroom with Annabelle Williamson aka La Maestra Loca
117 ¦ Raising positive emotions through co-created stories: A research study - Part 2
116 ¦ Raising positive emotions through co-created stories: A research study - Part 1
115 ¦ Seven ways to use questions to maximise acquisition and build connections
114 ¦ Universal grammar: Our language learning superpower?
113 ¦ SLA research into practice: Is there a critical age period for language learning?
112 ¦ SLA research into practice: Is using CI enough in high-stakes exam classes?
111 ¦ Q&A: Online teaching, AI and stories in class
110 ¦ Story Listening: Lessons from classroom practice with Cécile Lainé
109 ¦ Storytelling as pedagogy
108 ¦ The power of Story Listening for acquisition and motivation with Dr. Beniko Mason and Alice Ayel
107 ¦ Reading a class novel in 11 zero-prep steps
106 ¦ Connections and competence: The third week of the year and beyond
105 ¦ Relationships, relatedness and routines: The second week of the year
104 ¦ Starting strong: The first week back to school
103 ¦ Is Comprehensible Input enough?
102 ¦ Maintaining motivation right until the end of the year
101 ¦ Respecting and amplifying all languages in our multilingual classrooms with Dr. Eowyn Crisfield
100 ¦ Self-determination theory, motivation and language learning with Dr. Richard Ryan
99 ¦ Raising language learner motivation with Dr. Kimberly Noels
98 ¦ Three motivation-based case studies from the language classroom
97 ¦ The motivation-engagement-acquisition cycle
96 ¦ Interrupting misogyny and toxic masculinity with Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez
95 ¦ Trauma-informed teaching with illiterate students with Janique Vanderstocken
94 ¦ Advanced students: Keeping the inputs comprehensible through increased autonomy
93 ¦ Why grammar instruction is impeding acquisition
92 ¦ Maximising your target language use with Alina Filipescu and Jason Fritze
91 ¦ Error correction, motivation and examination
90 ¦ Differentiation in the language acquisition classroom
89 ¦ UDL: Access for all through a Universal Design for Learning
88 ¦ Q&A: New students entering a CI class, adult learners & difficult classes
87 ¦ Back to school: Eight strategies for a motivated year
86 ¦ Eight zero-prep classroom activities to instil a love of reading
85 ¦ Motivating beginners through easy-to-read novels with Margarita Pérez García
84 ¦ Comprehensible Input (CI) teaching with intermediate & advanced learners
83 ¦ Language acquisition through compelling, comprehensible input with Dr. Stephen Krashen
82 ¦ Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI) Q&A: Inclusion, parents and missing class
81 ¦ Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI): Is it more inclusive but less authentic?
80 ¦ Teaching with Comprehensible Input (CI): Overcoming the obstacles
79 ¦ Motivation and Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) with Dr. Gianfranco Conti
78 ¦ Setting, streaming and separating by ability
77 ¦ Increasing uptake and decreasing dropout in our language programmes
76 ¦ Q&A: Assessing writing, use of English & not overwhelming beginners
75 ¦ Centring our language class around Black & Brown identities with Ben Tinsley
74 ¦ The languages classroom as a vehicle for social justice
73 ¦ Language, identity and inclusion with Françoise Thenoux
72 ¦ Using the target language: When, why and how
71 ¦ Q&A: Starting class, taking notes and building on class stories
70 ¦ Six easy steps for an effective parent-teacher meeting
69 ¦ Towards an evidence-informed school with Jade Pearce
68 ¦ Developing evidence-informed pedagogy through internal professional development
67 ¦ Collaboration podcast: Motivating, school based professional development with Darren Leslie
66 ¦ Q&A: Sharing classrooms, minimum contact time & creating a class motto
65 ¦ Motivational lessons from the elementary classroom
64 ¦ Practical strategies to both reach & teach young language learners with Marianne de Best
63 ¦ Classroom approaches for motivating young language learners with Dr. Quint Oga-Baldwin
62 ¦ Motivation and culture through music in the classroom
61 ¦ 12 motivating, zero-prep listening activities
60 ¦ Going deskless and using classroom displays in the language classroom
59 ¦ Q&A: Student resistance, online translators and teaching spelling
58 ¦ Parental engagement and motivated language learners with Dr. Chris Martin
57 ¦ The impact of parental beliefs on language learning motivation
56 ¦ Making homework motivational
55 ¦ Finding the common ground between language acquisition research and classroom practice with Dr. Florencia Henshaw
54 ¦ Implicit and explicit knowledge in the language classroom
53 ¦ Q&A: Aligning an acquisition based approach within the curriculum & girls v. boys motivation
52 ¦ Setting up your language class in 12 zero-prep steps
51 ¦ Using classroom jobs to provide more input & build relationships
50 ¦ Translating second language acquisition research into motivational practice with Dr. Karen Lichtman & Dr. Bill VanPatten
49 ¦ Motivational strategies part two: The role of the teacher
48 ¦ Motivational strategies part one: From research to classroom practice
47 ¦ Q&A: Surviving as a student-teacher, the curriculum & writing notes in class
46 ¦ The motivational impact of decolonising our languages curriculum with Maud Waret
45 ¦ Motivating multilinguals through inclusion, diversity & pride with Tan Huynh
44 ¦ From retrieval to review: Structuring a motivated language lesson
43 ¦ From August to June: Structuring a language curriculum without a textbook
42 ¦ The power of positive emotions in the language classroom
41 ¦ What every teacher needs to know about memory and motivation with Steve Smith
40 ¦ Active learning strategies: 12 zero-prep activities for the classroom
39 ¦ Q & A: Reluctant colleagues, what to prioritise and how to build confidence
38 ¦ Motivational strategies for teaching grammar
37 ¦ Demotivation: What is it and how do we stop it?
36 ¦ Teaching in the moment, professional development & language play with Diane Neubauer
35 ¦ Assessing and grading for proficiency whilst maintaining motivation
34 ¦ Q&A: School refusers, young learners and restructuring our syllabus for motivation
33 ¦ Getting them talking: Ten zero-prep strategies to increase spontaneous speaking
32 ¦ Unpacking language teacher professional identity with Dr. Ed Stevens
31 ¦ Language teacher beliefs: What are they and why we really need to talk about them!
30 ¦ What's the point? Re-invigorating our approach to language learning with 'Transform MFL'
29 ¦ Teacher motivation: What is it and how do we maintain it?
28 ¦ Error correction: Providing meaningful feedback that maintains motivation
27 ¦ Motivational strategies for teaching colours, numbers and letters
26 ¦ Q & A: Teaching culture, building confidence and differentiation.
25 ¦ Teaching with TPRS storytelling: The big questions (and answers!)
24 ¦ 11 zero-prep reading strategies for the language classroom
23 ¦ Motivation through reading & graded novels with Adriana Ramirez
22 ¦ I've started my TPRS story, now what?
21 ¦ Getting started with asking your first TPRS story
20 ¦ How teaching French through storytelling changed my class with Chloé Lapierre
19 ¦ The motivational pull of teaching languages through storytelling
18 ¦ Teaching language through compelling, cultural & historical content with Beth Skelton
17 ¦ Long-term motivation, exams and motivating activities for retrieval practice
16 ¦ Building motivation through autonomy, relatedness & student led classes
15 ¦ Creating compelling connections with 'The Star of the Week'
14 ¦ Maintaining motivation through effective classroom management
13 ¦ Technology tips to boost language learning motivation with Joe Dale
12 ¦ Rehumanising the curriculum by teaching through narrative
11 ¦ Providing compelling Comprehensible Input with 'Calendar Chat', 'Picture-talk' & 'Movietalk'
10 ¦ Comprehensible Input: What is it and why is it so motivating?
9 ¦ Q & A: Motivating young learners, classroom climate & teacher motivation
8 ¦ Talking multilingualism and motivation with Soukeina Mamodhoussen
7 ¦ Competence: What is it and how to build it in our learners?
6 ¦ Retrieval Practice: 11 zero-prep strategies for an engaged classroom
5 ¦ Relatedness: What is it and how do I do it in the classroom?
4 ¦ Creating an invisible character with the 'one-word image'
3 ¦ Autonomy-supportive teaching, what's that?
2 ¦ The first class of the year: Co-creating a class constitution
1 ¦ Motivation: What is it and how do we 'do' it?