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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 Federico Riva Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Sample ESA lesson: Patchwork ESA When using the ESA methodology, there are a number of lesson formats available. In the third of this series we look at a Patchwork lesson. What does a Patchwork lesson look like and for what level of student is it most appropriate? Table of Contents Watch the video about this topic Are you ready to teach English as a foreign language? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Watch the video about this topic Lesson aim: For the students to be able to discuss holidays using vocabulary and conducting a role-play.Student Level: Intermediate (Due to the complexity of Patchwork lessons they should only be used for Intermediate level and above) We...  [Read more]

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The ESA Methodology of Teaching - Sample ESA Boomerang Lesson In this blog post, we will take a look at a typical example of a boomerang lesson. Table of Contents Watch the video about this topic We start with an engage phase. Are you ready to teach English as a foreign language? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Watch the video about this topic First we will recap the structure E  A1  S  A2 We start with an engage phase. Here the students are just going to have a discussion about jobs, what happens at interviews and so on and so forth. During that engage phase what we would hope to do is to elicit some useful language...  [Read more]