ContentsChinese Abstract............…3English Abstract.....…3l.Introduction……41.1 Research Background........…41.2 Research Significance................…42.Literature Review..............…52.1 Analysis of ESA Teaching Model..................................52.2 Theoretical Basis of ESA Teaching Model............................................72.3 Review of ESA Teaching Model Abroad and at Home..........................83.ESA Teaching Model in English Reading Classrooms............103.1 Deficiency of Traditional English Reading Teaching..103.2 Current Implementation of ESA Teaching Model........104.The Application of Three Types of Lessons..................114.1 The Application of Straight Arrows Sequence..........114.2 The Application of Boomerang Sequence....124.3 The Application of Patchwork Sequence............................…135.C0 nclusi0ns…14References…l51ESA教学模式在初中英语阅读教学中的应用摘要英语阅读是巩固英语语言知识的重要途径，也是获取信息的重要途经，学习者在阅读课中的参与情况对学习效果有着举足轻重的影响。然而在当前的初中英语阅读课的学习中，学生往往处于一种被动的学习状态：阅读兴趣不高、阅读效率低下。在这种情况下英国教育家杰里米·哈默提出了SA教学模式，即在英语教学中投入、学习和应用三种要素必不可少，根据此三种要素顺序变换和不同组合，创造三种不同的教学模式。本文把SA教学模式结合在初中英语阅读课教学中的具体应用加以阐述，探究SA理论在实际阅读教学中的可行性。关键词：英语阅读；SA教学模式；初中英语The Application of ESA Teaching Model inEnglish Reading of Junior Middle SchoolAbstractEnglish reading is an important way of getting information as well as consolidating Englishlanguage points.Besides,in the reading process learners'motivation,participation,andautonomy have a critical influence on learning effect.However,in the current English readingteaching of junior middle school,students are often in the passive learning state:low readingmotivation and reading efficiency.Therefore,in junior middle school,it is exceedingly necessaryto create efficient reading teaching model and methods.Then Harmer's ESA theory holds that inthe teaching of English language:Engage,Study,Activate are the three essential factors involved.This paper illustrates the practice of ESA theory in junior Middle English reading with particularexamples,which further proves that this is really an effective and practical approach in languageteaching.Key words:English reading teaching;ESA teaching model;English in junior middle school3