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I read a blog post yesterday challenging TEFL teachers to choose between two possible scenarios for teaching the same material.  The interesting thing is that the sequence that appealed to me most was not the one that I would use with my current English class.  A healthy discussion about the pros and cons of the two approaches has developed (and is developing as I write this).  Now Jason Renshaw, the author of the post, is a skilled teacher and published author so it’s fair to say he knows what he’s talking about, but in posting a comment on his article my thoughts went off at a tangent.

Now I’m going to take a risk and suggest you read the article and the comments before you continue reading here… (Please come back!)

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