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Hi Denis,

Thank you so much for your helpful advice.

I'm also teaching Chinese students who have to reach an IELTS score of 5.5. at the end of the course.

The trouble is, that the class has mixed ability students, some are quite strong and outgoing when it comes to speaking, others are severely limited.

I had thought of having them prepare a topic and record it; I know that many of them would be mortified if they had to play their mp3 files in class.

I'll see if I can work my way around that.

Thanks also for the links, I will certainly make the class aware of them.

Best,
Emily.