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In this unit, I read about various TEFL methods, with the ESA approach being the one preferred in this course. The company I worked for focused mainly on the PPP method, which, as this unit stated, is good for lower level learners. I don't find too many differences between ESA and PPP as I applied it to my classroom, especially as PPP lessons are typically given a warm-up activity (effectively the Engage stage) and a consolidation/feedback activity. I also ensured that as we moved form P to P, student-talk-time increased accordingly.
I think that most ELTs use a mix of PPP, ESA, and the lexical approach in Japan. Typically, it is not our job to explain the grammar rules, but to show these phrases in real life, creating contexts and opportunities for the students to use the language. Certainly, Japanese English education focuses very much on grammar-translation at the junior and senior high levels, with some employment of audio-lingualism. Students are often seen translating passages from their English textbooks then reading the English passages, listening to a CD of them, and repeating the passages again and again. These two methods do not really translate into any useful language skill for the students, as students merely memorize the content without being able to adapt it for their own use.
