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Retrieval practice: from low tech to high tech
Language in motion: improv theater strategies for tomorrow's communicators
From Practice to Proficiency: Making the Most of AAPPL
Maximizing teachers’ target language: considering curriculum content AND teachers’ diverse roles in managing all of classroom life.
Making noise! How to make your subject stand out
Past as Prologue: Using Archival Research in the Foreign Language Classroom
Owning My Learning in the Age of AI: Strategies to Foster Oracy Skills in Language Learning
From Idea to Creation: A Creative-Cerebral Perspective for Language Education
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Timeless Tales, Modern Minds: Language Learning through Fairy Tales
Creative incorporation of Grammar in Unit Planning
Future-Ready Fluency: Designing Language Classrooms for Every Learner
Igniting Language Learning: Creating Novel and Engaging Activities with AI - Flint
From Classrooms to Continents: Bringing Language Learning to Life Through Global Partnerships
Reading novels for language mastery
Engaging every Learner with Clip Chat
Raising the Profile of Languages - How to Survive in a STEM World
Walking in Their Shoes: Experiencing Language Acquisition from Day One
Structuring Sentence Level Responses: Building complexity while reducing cognitive load
Oh, my Listening! Turning a receptive Skill into the Driver of Language Learning
Joe Dale
Workshop Slides:
Keynote Slides:
Liam Printer
More resources from Joe Dale
Detailed Summary linked to the keynote presentation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YZERkad2agvegOAB0O2WBNkdqCI87Eyk/view?usp=sharing
Detailed Summary linked to the workshop
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u53DmvjE_lzQNRO5gkcksK0GfKgpvz4V/view?usp=sharing
More resources from Dr. Liam Printer
CI links and resources:
Here is my TPRS and CI resource document with many links to websites, books and resources that I mentioned.
Here is the document I've created with sample questions to use with Movie Talk, Picture Talk and Circling.
TPRS story scripts download:
I am working on a little e-book of story scripts that will be available to download in the coming months. As participants today, you have access here to three of my favourite stories to get you started.
For more check out The Comprehensible Classroom, Tripp Scripts and Look I can Talk.
Research:
Attached to this email are PDF versions of my recent published research in peer reviewed journals so that you can access them without having to go through a paywall.
Upcoming online Motivated Classroom workshops:
2-part online workshop on 'Reading strategies' for the language classroom:
This 4 hour workshop (comprising two x 2-hour sessions) focuses on Fostering a love for reading in the language acquisition classroom.
Saturday 15th and 22nd November 2025
16:00-18:00 Central European Time
I go into detail about how I teach a class novel, how to build a free reading library and a whole host of techniques and strategies to use in the classroom to keep reading engaging and motivating. This one is booking up quickly and there are just FIVE places remaining.
3-part online workshop on teaching with TPRS co-created stories:
I will be running my 3-part workshop focused entirely on Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) and co-created storytelling on three Sundays in March 2026.
Sunday 1st, 15th and 29th March 2026
16:00-18:00 Central European Time
It is 3 x 2 hour sessions, so a total of 6 hours. We develop a story from start, middle to end and delve deeply into how to use the TPRS technique. There are NINE places left on this one currently.
Two-Day In-person Motivated Classroom workshop:
2-day workshop on 'Teaching with compelling, comprehensible input and co-created stories':
This 2 day in-person workshop comprises a total of 12 hours of instruction spread over two days on Friday 6 March and Saturday 7 March 2026. It will be delivered at Institut Florimont in Geneva.
Day 1: Teaching with compelling, comprehensible input
Day 2: A guide to teaching languages with co-created TPRS stories
The last time this course was run in Geneva it was fully booked. It is advisable to request funding and apply for your place as soon as possible. Special, discounted, early-bird pricing is available until 31 January 2026.
My children's book:
If you'd like a copy of Captain Super Sleep please go to the website here or contact me directly.
Sharing on social media:
Please share your thoughts on social media and tag The Motivated Classroom so that we can get the word out about CI and motivation to as many people as possible.
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