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Engage, study and activate method was put forward by Jeremy Harmer. This method provides flexibility to the teacher inside the classroom. Teachers can do various activities to make the classroom more comfortable and enjoyable for the students and to learn in a much better way. It is much more appropriate for the new teachers or the trainee teachers to apply in the classroom. All the lessons comprises of the engage, study and activate stages. Engage stage is the first sequence in the lesson in which the teacher will try to arouse the students interests. This allows the students to get interested in what is being taught and they get involve in the lesson in a much better way. This is one way of starting the class and students find it much interesting and takes part in learning the lesson with great enthusiasm and fun. This sequence makes it more stimulating meanwhile reducing the restrictions and inhibitions and leading to a more conducive language learning phase. This phase is also known as the “warmer” Phase as it gets the students in thinking and speaking in English as much as possible before proceeding to the next phase. Various materials and activities are there which can be used in this phase like drawing, pictures, games, music, stories, etc. Indulging students in such activities make them think much more clearer and make a habit of communicating in English inside the classroom. Various games like hangman, i spy, pictionary, word making, mime etc can be used in this phase. There is no need to teach everything in this phase as this is just the warmer phase to indulge students. Next is the study phase where the activities used will focus more on the language learning and how they can construct it. These activities could range from practicing a single sound to examination and practices of verb tenses or parts of speeches. This stage usually starts with elicitation of information from the students as much as possible. This information can be used as basis of board work. Drilling exercises can be done to make the pronunciation correct. As one of the language point is covered, worksheets can be provided to the students to check their understanding of the language material. It will also reinforce their work. Students can work in groups to study vocabulary or can study different transcripts individually to discover styles of speech. Study stage is mainly concerned with the construction of the language. Activate stage is the final phase of this method in which students are encouraged to use any/all of the language they know. Communication is the main key point here. Students can freely speak and communicate with other students. No restrictions are done on the language usage and focus is mainly on fluency rather than accuracy. Role-plays, communication games, story writing, debates are various activities that can be used for this purpose. A dialogue between two or more people is also proven useful. To provide a balanced range of activities all the three phases need to be present in teaching a lesson. Many lessons have more focus on only one stage, but that is okay. All three elements need to present but not necessarily in the same order. There are three different styles possible. Straight arrow, boomerang and patchwork are those styles which provide flexibility in lesson planning process.
