TeachingEnglish
      Strengths / Weaknesses of E.S.A. procedure (Engage, Study, Activate)

      I've just read J. Harmer's "How to teach English" where he has a fairly long section explaining his "E.S.A." procedure, and the individual engage, study and activate stages. I'm now looking for some evaluation of this way of planning/structuring lessons. On the web so far I've only been able to find more explanations of what E. S. and A. stand for, and long lists of criticisms of PPP. Can anyone contribute to a discussion / list of strengths and weaknesses of ESA?

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