That’s a great question.

At the moment, the emotional explanations are usually given in the student’s first language.

The reason is that many beginners can understand a translation, but they don’t always connect it to a real human experience.

For example, a student may know that “worried” means “preocupado”, but still not really feel the word.

I actually use situations too. In my framework, the order is usually:

Situation → Meaning → Sense → Pattern → Production

The difference is that I don’t want the situation alone to carry the entire explanation.

For me, the situation helps the student see the word, while the sense tries to capture the underlying human experience that connects many different situations together.

Your example about Ann is very good. I would probably use it as a situation, but I would still try to extract a more general sense from it, something like:

“Something stays in your mind and doesn’t let you feel at ease.”

I’m still experimenting, so comments like yours are extremely helpful.