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Historically grammar translation, auto lingualism, task based learning, communicative language teaching , community language teaching, the silent way, suggestopaedia and the lexical approach were among the traditional methods of teaching a language .The Engage, Study and Activate approach (ESA) is the basic methodology for EFL which heavily depends on eliciting. Eliciting is the ability to get students active in class by use of flash cards, pictures, drawing, real objects, question asking, just to name a few .The engage phase is the warm up phase students are encourage to say whatever they want to say coupled with games amusingly with the language. The study phase is focus on the delivery of knowledge it usually involves eliciting covering of language point, exercises group work and what have you? In the active phase students use role play activities or other games to practice and improve on their fluency and understanding of the subject matter. Some example Of the E.S.A lessons are straight arrow Boomerang and patchwork. This methodology is almost completed by giving students feedback to stimulate self-acknowledgement and development in the usage of the language. Their feedback depends on the test exams or exercises given to them by the teacher, the correction of these could be by the teacher or students themselves. Correction should be based on spelling , word order, wrong tense, wrong usage of singular and plural , something missing , something is not necessary, meaning is not clear , usage is not appropriate ,and wrong punctuation .
