ESA Teaching Methodology

1. Read the short section below:

“ESA” Engage, Study and Activate

Roughly equivalent to PPP, ESA is slightly different in that it is designed to allow movement back and forth between the stages. However, each stage is similar to the PPP stages in the same order. Proponents of this method stress its flexibility compared to PPP and this method, as defined by Jeremy Harmer, uses more elicitation and stresses the “Engagement” of students in the early stages of the lesson. Both elicitation of students’ knowledge and ideas and their engagement are excellent ideas in any lesson regardless of the methodology.

ESA is superior method to PPP when both are looked at from a rigid point of view. But, EFL is not rigid and you should not adhere to any one viewpoint or method. PPP is often an easier method for teacher-trainees to understand quickly and can easily be used as flexibly and in as much of a student-centered manner as ESA.

2. Click the video below to watch a short Power Point slideshow that compares PPP and ESA.