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As a current esl teacher, I can summarize this course as being both a guide and a refresher to me. guide: The thing I will retain most from this course is the ESA lesson plan. Before I would just swing between the “open your books to page 20” type-class to “free-talking -the-entire-class-time-because-the-book-was-boring” class. The ESA lesson plan really moved me to structure my lessons efficiently, and I plan to continue to use it in my teaching. Now instead of just going by the book, I pick and choose what parts would be most applicable for the students, supplementing with other materials, and changing it into a working plan--all following the ESA. Since the course, my style of teaching has gone from formal to now being more focused on what the student's needs are. Indirectly you could say this course has also motivated me to get to know the student better, know their goals, their vision, and help them reach their dreams. Instead of them just being a customer, I now feel more responsibility to them as a student and an individual. I have always felt that I needed to do more with my teaching method, and after finishing this course, I can feel my classroom mood changing already. Refresher: As I mentioned above, this book really did help as a refresher course in teaching grammar. Being a native english speaker, sometimes we forget the fundamentals of the grammar rules because to us, it all comes naturally. It was always a bit embarrassing for me when I had a student ask me about some of the more technical side of grammar, and I found myself unable to explain or I would give a quick “I'll get back to you with something from Google” answer. I'm not saying I have the best grammar-explaining skills now (I wish), but I am able to explain a lot more clearly than before, and for me that is a bonus for any future teaching I plan to do. I have already put those two points into action in my class, and I'm happy to continue to do so in the future.
