Think the original post's second version about selecting recovery attitude is for gliders where power is not an issue. That wording is what we use when teaching in the Air Cadet VGS Organisation on Viking/Vigilant (I know Vig has power but we only stall train at idle power as all approaches are at idle power). As we are only going to first solo standard, giving the kid something simple like selecting a recovery attitude works OK. For SEP teaching I have always been taught as per BEagle's response - and it is normally the buffet that it the first sign of stall so you pitch forward sufficiently to remove that during the recovery.