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Many tradional teaching methods have brought to what we now call a successful teaching method ESA-engage study activate. The first approach originated in the 17th century with the translation of latin or greek documents and papers. this approach proved to be good at serving its purpose but no comunication skills were developed. Behaviourist came up with a more natural approach whose sub category is audio lingualism which consist of repetion of certain drills and it's also called the Army method. over the years other forms where developed like for example the silent way which used colored rods to teach students certain sounds and words. Suggestopedia is another method where music plays a key role because it tears down the effective filter which can be external and internal. Finally ESa approach can have multiple forms such as Straight arrow consisting of engage study activate phase with a final aim of teaching students a particular structure. for instance if the topic are the adverbs of frequency the engage phase could begin with basic talk about hobbies and passions. the study phase introduces the topic so there should be the explanation of what they are and what they are used for followed by some examples possible on the worksheet and finally in the last activate phase students would be free to practice this form with a variety of topics. for example i often go to the gym or i never play tennis. other forms of ESA method include the boomerang which is easa where the teacher moves back the phase to check for potential errors to be faced in the study phase and then practiced in the engage phase. finally the patchwork lessons uses a lot of mini phases to build a whole that will enable students to talk on a specific topic. it is suitable for longer classes.