// TESL-EJ, September 2007. Volume 11, Number
2. P. 1-10.The intention of this response to Azar is two-fold: (1) to discuss from an academic's
perspective the main points raised in her paper and, (2) to encourage a more concept-based approach to grammar instruction.
Azar's first point pertains to the polarization between practitioners and academics. Her suggestion (this volume) to Do both! is a pragmatic attempt to synthesize the practitioner's dynamic processes with the theoretical perspective of the academic. Practitioners are by trade experience and action-based. They are hands on in the
dynamic language instruction-development process.
