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normally, we set a limited time for students to finish a composition concerning a certain topic. though some expert argue that a limited time would restrict students' writing ability, or perhaps the topic is not a familiar one for the students, we can not test their writing ability effectively. but ...

review of course should be introduced in the end of the class, but i think if you use review as the warm up to refresh students' old knowledge, it's no problem to put review at the beginning in the class.

In my opinion, the review part shoudn't be put at the beginning. If so, students will be lose interest in the new lesson and it will be difficult to draw their attention again.

well, first, i want to know that whether you are a foreign teacher, ie a native speaker or a chinese one, because it counts aa lot for chinese students. if you are a native speaker, i suggest you taught phonetics, pronuncation through various games by different themes, for example, food, clothes, or...