To avoid or loosen up the frustration, the teacher should be prepared with lots of different learning materials that fit the learners interests. Current pop songs, classical music, art, cooking, travel info, fairy tales, magazines, articles, horoscopes, letters, games etc make a lesson fun and stimulate different interests.
Considering we are learning a language we also learn about a culture and culture consists of history as well as current events, which can be included for every age.
(girl first drawing the city of Berlin, now building a wall with marshmallows)
(boy dividing the city of Berlin with a wall out of marshmallows)
A good teacher is also a good story teller, who catches the student's interests with stories evolving around events. Although you might think switching into the English Language to tell a story or report and event, it helps to bond with your students as well as to catch their interest.
Everybody loves a good fairy tale and just like in the times way back then, they help us remember routines and facts. To teach about German geography, I like to introduce the myth of the Lorelei (depending on the maturity of the audience it is going to be more or less detailed). Even if the story is told in English, all my learners remember (and memorize) the longest river running through Germany ...
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