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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 extremely important when it comes to teaching, because it keeps the students interested, motivated, and eager to learn more. That is why all teachers, especially new ones, should learn the ESA method when teaching students a new language. The first phase that teachers should always start off with is the engaging phase. In the engage phase, that is when teachers engage the students to participate. Engaging the students can include showing pictures, realia, contrasts, discoveries, discussions with the whole class, miming and acting, prompting the students to answer, and using questions to get the students answering and engaged. The goal of the engaging phase is to get the student's attention and to elicit the meaning of a word or topic. This phase is extremely important because it gives the teacher a chance to include all the students in the activity. The engage phase also helps the students feel more comfortable and ready to learn more. After the teacher has engaged the students, it teacher moves on to the study phase. The study phase can consist of many activities, such as studying from texts and dialogues, example sentences, crosswords, gap-fill exercises, word searches, matching games, and drilling. The purpose of the study phase is for the teacher to actually teach the students a new word or topic. In the study phase, the teacher will teach the students a new word or overall topic and show them the correct way of using it. This phase is also where any errors may be corrected and discussed in a tactful way. The teacher can help students come to a better understanding so that the students learn in the best way possible. Lastly, the teacher will conclude with the activating stage. The activate phase may include discussions that are for the whole class, small groups, or even pairs, role-play, story building, tasks such as posters or advertisements, simulations, and debates. The activating stage is where students put to work the things they learned in the study phase. By activating the students, it will help the teacher to know how well the students understood the material that was discussed in the class. It is very important to make sure to always engage the student first and activate the students last. In conclusion, it is of utmost importance that teachers learn the ESA method of teaching. By learning this method, it will help teachers to stay on top of things in an organized manner. It will also helps students to learn in a fun, better way. The engage phase keeps students interested, the study phase helps students to learn, and the activate phase helps put into practice what they have learned. ESA can be structured in any way that is best for the teacher and topic she or he is teaching. The most common structure of ESA is the straight arrow method which just starts with engaging, then studying, and then concluding with activating the students. Teachers can also use a boomerang structure or patchwork structure. All that matters is that the teacher started off with engaging the students and ending with activating the students. When teachers learn about the ESA method of teaching, it will equip them to be more effective teachers. In turn, making effective students.
