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  Now an example of a straight arrow ESA lesson for our engage phase. What we're going to do is to show the students a video of animals and they are going to say what they like about those animals and try to create a list of some more. So, remember what we're trying to do here is to get the students talking and thinking in English. We're using a typical engage activity, which is to create a list and we try to make sure that all the students have been involved in some way in creating those lists. Moving on to the study phase, the first part is going to be the board work and the teacher is going to try to elicit from the students what each of those animals can and can't do. Typically, what the students will say is just single words, so "run," "jump," "fly," etc. What we would then...  [Read more]

  The next example is going to be that of a boomerang lesson and remember the structure is like this. So, again, we're going to start with an engage phase and for our engage, the students are just going to have a discussion about jobs. What happens at interviews and so on and so forth. So, during that engage phase, what we'd hope to do is to elicit some useful language about jobs and interviews and the types of questions that are being asked. Then, we're going to move immediately into an activate activity and this is going to involve a role-play. So, we'll break the students into pairs. One will be an interviewer, the other will be an interviewee and they'll generate the language that that role-play will produce. What the teacher can do whilst that is taking place is to go around...  [Read more]

  This particular methodology is known as a straight arrow ESA lesson. If every single lesson that we undertook with our students was a straight arrow ESA lesson then it is quite possible that the students would be able to predict what is going to come up next and whilst this is good for the lower level students, then it could potentially become a little bit boring for our higher level students. So what Harmer did in his ideas about ESA, was to generate two other types of ESA lesson that we can use to try and generate a little bit more interest. So, the other two types of ESA lesson that we can follow: The first is known as a boomerang lesson and the second is known as a patchwork lesson and what we're going to do is to have a look at those other types of ESA lesson in a little bit...  [Read more]

  A final example is going to be an example of a patchwork ESA lesson and remember we said the form of this particular lesson will start with and engage always and will finish with and activate and there'll be some variation of E, S and A within the brackets here. So we're going to generate our patchwork ESA lesson as follows. Starting with the engage, the students are going to look at holiday photos and talk about what they like and don't like from what they see. From that, we're going to move directly into an activate phase and what the students are going to do is to make comments about holiday brochures and try to act out a role-play between the travel agent and a customer. Again, as this is taking place, the teacher will be moving around and looking for gaps in knowledge in...  [Read more]

  And so on to the final phase of the ESA lesson, which is called the activate phase. What we have done so far, if you remember, is to engage the students, to get them talking and thinking in English, where possible we've elicited the teaching point from the students and covered any gaps in knowledge to make sure that the teaching point has been fully covered and then we've checked understanding of that teaching point by asking targeted and specific questions. Usually the types of activities that we've done for the study phase will involve using a single word in order to answer those questions correctly this, however, is not how language is actually used. When we use language, we always use it in some form of context. So the purpose of the activate activity is to put that teaching...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our ESA Methodology series. The ESA methodology consists of three stages. In this series, we look at the individual purposes of each stage and typical activities for each stage. This second video introduces the study phase of ESA. The purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check the understanding of that material.The second stage or phase of the lesson is known as the study phase and really the purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check understanding of that material. Typically in an ESA lesson, the study phase will have two parts. The first phase of the study is to cover the actual teaching component in what's known as the board work and what we try to do in the board work phase is to...  [Read more]

  This presentation is going to focus on the ESA methodology of teaching. In our teaching methodologies section, we briefly had a look at what ESA was about, but in this presentation, we're going to look in greater detail about that particular methodology. This particular methodology is accredited to Jeremy Harmer from his "Practice of English language Teaching" book. It's a three-stage methodology and what we're going to do is to look at the purpose of each one of these stages and some typical activities that take place during those stages. So, the first stage is known as the engage and its sole purpose, as the name implies, is to get the students talking and thinking in English. There is no reason whatsoever, when these students come to your class, that they should have said a...  [Read more]

  Our final methodology is accredited to Jeremy Harmer and it's known by the letters ESA. Around 1998, Jeremy Harmer produced a book called "How to teach English" and basically what Harmer did, is a background to this book is to do what we have done today and to work through all of the different methodologies that have come about over the last 300 years. He highlighted for each of those methodologies what was good about it, what was positive and what didn't appear to work and then put all of the positive things into a melting pot and came out with this methodology, which he called ESA. It's a three-stage methodology, where each of the letters represents a particular phase of the lesson. The first one being called the engage phase, the second the study phase and the final one the...  [Read more]

  So, let's have a look at a typical receptive skills lesson. The main focus of this lesson is going to be reading, although there will be some listening involved as well and it?s going to be a patchwork ESA lesson. As a patchwork lesson, it will start off with an engage and this engage what we're going to do is to play an extract about Elvis Presley and it's going to be an Elvis Presley song and we can ask the students if they know who it is and if they know anything about him can help generate the interest in this. We can also ask them what they'd like to know about it. What we can then do is just to introduce them to the text but they're going to read the detail later on but just at this stage we'll do a quick skimming or scanning exercise to find some information from that...  [Read more]

  So let's have a look now what might take place in a typical writing lesson and, again, we're going to use the format of a straight arrow ESA lesson. Our first stage is to the go to the engage stage and, if we think back to what we said before, what we need to do is try to generate interest. So, an example here could be we show a picture first of all taken from a newspaper or magazine and then we can ask the students some questions. From looking at the picture we can ask them if they can tell us what is actually happening now as shown by the picture. Then, we can generate a bit more interest by asking them to give us ideas about what they thought was happening before this picture took place and what happened after. So, here we're just trying to build up the idea of a sequence of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dangquka Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lasa Shi — Lhasa? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In unit 3, I learned language teaching methods that built up to the Engage, Study, Activate (ESA) teaching methodology, as well as ESA and its various configurations. I now know several activities and ideas for use in the engage phase and the importance of helping students become fully engaged at this starting point. I want students to be relaxed and having...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xixinzhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luliang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Through the TEFL course, what struck me most was the ESA learning methodology. I have decided to do my summative task on this subject. Teaching English as a foreign language is something that is very complex. It needs to be driven in a certain way for students to be implicated in order to learn without difficulties. James Harmour has developed a methodology...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Duowa Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huangnan Zangzu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In these lessons, I have learned one of the most important and effective teaching methods, which is ESA. ESA is a common methodology that teachers use when teaching students another language. ESA stands for engage, study, and activate. By using ESA, it gives teacher's the flexibility to conduct a classroom in an organized and productive way. ESA is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caobi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoji Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I've been teaching kids English about one year working for a small language center. The whole experience is good, i like the feeling with teaching kids English. However, I am discontent with my teaching skills which is still immature, my lesson plans are not good enough, even the teaching resources is limited. And recently, I asked advise from my co-worker about his...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bailiu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) is a methodology commonly used in teaching English as a foreign language. It was introduced by Jeremy Harmer and is presented in a number of his books, including "How to Teach English: An Introduction to the Practice of English Language Teaching (2nd Edition)". For further information on Harmer's publications, see...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaoshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Realizing the goals of a lesson, should be the target of every ESL teacher. Working abroad as an ESL teacher can be a little challenging for new teachers but very fulfilling as time is taken to improve and also ensure the target is being met. ESA, according to TEFL certification course, is a common methodology that teachers use when teaching students another...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Quhui Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayinguoleng Menggu Zizhizhou —? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this unit,I learnt a lot about different teaching methods as well as the ESA class.Now I'm clear about each stage of ESA class. And it doesn't have to always be ESA. We also have boomerang ESA and Patch ESA class.Examples of different ESA class help me know better about them. And I know the important and appropriate ways of corrections. In...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zigong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language.       Unit three dwelled on the 8different methods of language learning, describing and explaining each one of them as well as pointing out their pros and cons. The section however ended with the conclusion that it is difficult to ascertain which of them is the best method. Choosing a suitable method will depend on factors such as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beiji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ziyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Unit two starts out with an overview of the different kinds of theories, methods and techniques. It briefly talks about what they are and the pros and cons of each. Then it delves into the method that is recommended for new teachers. That method is the Engage, Study and Activate or ESA. Most of the learning in this unit was over the ESA along with different things that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tarong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lasa Shi — Lhasa? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Methods of teaching have always been around for the purpose of providing teachers with the most effective approach and techniques for teaching students. Jeremy Harmer studied these teaching methods and developed another method known as ESA. ESA stands for Engage Study and Activate and is the method that this course is based on. ESA is considered the most...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dafo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ziyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this part, we have learned theories,methods and techniques, including the definition and classification of methodologies. And it lists sevral typical methodology, such as ESA, how to conduct ESA and give us different and effective teaching methods respectively. There are three major patterns of ESA, such as straightarrow,boomerrang and patchwork.Finally, we need to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Geji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ali Dìqu — Ngari? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There are several teaching methods for learning a language, for example, The Classical Method, Audio Lingualism, The Silent Way, Suggestopedia, TPR, and ESA. We will be using ESA which has three phases, engage, study and activate. It starts by getting the students talking and thinking in English, continues to the teaching (study) phase with boardwork and...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review, Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey tells us how he took the ITTT 120-hour online TEFL course after teaching English for three years. As with many of our graduates with prior teaching experience, Fatih found that the course helped to improve his teaching skills. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. The unit gave me an idea of what one needs to bear in mind when selecting the kind of vocabulary you want to teach to students. It was also very...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShangzhuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In progressing through the course of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, I explored the concept of Engage, Study, Activate, or ESA, from multiple angles and with many examples of its application. Although I did not expect it, even with some teaching experience already gained during this past year and my two-year-long teacher training program before that, I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yakela Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Akesu Diqu — Aksu? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In Unit 3, I learnt the main method of Engage, Study, Activate that this course uses and most importantly, how it is effective because it satisfies all essential conditions of effective English language learning. Thus, unlike other methods which were briefly looked at, it doesn't focus on one condition or technique, which seems logical to me once I compared...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Songlin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Deyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit is on materials a teacher might need, or will need for a lesson. The extra focus on lesson plans as a material was much appreciated, but I would have preferred the lesson plans and test questions to be on the ESA method and not the Engage and Practice method. Since most of the ITTT courses have to do with ESA. I'm sure the webliography will prove invaluable...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiangzi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Rikaze Shi — Shigatse, Xigaze? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit was helpful in understanding the timeline and make-up of a lesson. Many of the language theories will depend on the learning style of each student. I am an auditory learner, I find communicative language teaching and audio-linguism the most helpful approach. Lessons should include diverse teaching styles from each one of these theories...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mali Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changdu Shi — Qamdo, Chambo? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. . Methods and techniques are very important in teaching a language especially when your students are learning the language as L2. Thus , this unit elaborates on the the teaching theories , methods and techniques .I learnt that the following teaching methods and techniques can be helpful though debateble but can give a positive result when teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dunkuotan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Akesu Diqu — Aksu? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. To become good teachers, they do not only have good knowledge but they also know theories, methods and techniques well how to apply suitably for each teaching or sharing situation. One of them, I appreciate the method ESA ( Engage, Study and Active) because I think it has most influenced to learners, especially young learners. In ESA, lessons often begin...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shiling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ziyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. From Unit 3, I learned theories, methods and techniques. From Methodologies, I learned different ways to teach students. For example: Grammar-translation, Audio-lingualism, PPP, Task-Based Learning, Communicative Language Teaching, Community Language Learning, The silent way, Suggestopaedia and The Lexical approach. From ESA, I learned a lot of ways to engage...  [Read more]