I don't know how all of this is done in JAR land, but during my 1500+ hours of instructing "over there", straight and level flight, climbs, descents and turns were all taught in the first few lessons (is ex9 the same as flight #9?) together with the use and effect of controls.
So-called instruction 'over there' was once described to me thus:
12 exercises are taught - the same exercise 12 times.
Whereas in €uroland, a structured approach is used with specific lesson objectives. And students never 'play around with the controls a bit', they are taught to fly in a disciplined manner.