{"id":82,"date":"2025-10-09T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/?p=82"},"modified":"2025-10-20T19:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:14:51","slug":"authentic-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/2025\/10\/09\/authentic-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"What Pupils and Teachers of German Say about the Materials they Use in their Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"320\"><strong data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"149\">Are you satisfied with the materials you use in the classroom?<\/strong><br data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"152\" \/>Perhaps you think they could be improved but aren\u2019t quite sure how. Or maybe you simply don\u2019t have the time to make any changes, so you stick with the same materials.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"538\">Don\u2019t worry \u2013 you\u2019re not alone. Take a look at the results of our survey of fellow teachers and learners, and find out what pupils and teachers of German really say about the materials they use in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-109 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1414\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/10\/What-Pupils-and-Teachers-of-German-Say-about-the-Materials-they-Use-in-their-Classroom-1-177x250.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you satisfied with the materials you use in the classroom?Perhaps you think they could be improved but aren\u2019t quite sure how. Or maybe you simply don\u2019t have the time to make any changes, so you stick with the same materials. Don\u2019t worry \u2013 you\u2019re not alone. Take a look at the results of our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/2025\/10\/09\/authentic-materials\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Pupils and Teachers of German Say about the Materials they Use in their Classroom&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,7,10,8,13,12,9,15,14,11],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-authentic-materials","tag-classroom","tag-daad","tag-german","tag-gi","tag-goethe-institute-uk","tag-learning-german-in-uk","tag-project-learn-german","tag-towards-an-authentic-classroom","tag-university-of-birmingham","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/germannetworknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}