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Thanks for the detailed reply. I will certainly take a look at the links. My problem with the way you set out the main activity here is this: from experience, I would expect the students rehearsing their arguments to face each other, come out with one or two lines each, then say "I can't think of an...

I have always liked the idea of role-plays, but I've never had much success with them. Does anyone have advice about how to set up a succesful role-play?

I feel a bit suspicious about this site. To make use of any of the materials on it (materials posted for free by other efl teachers) you have to earn download points by getting other people to register on the site. In other words it's a pyramid scheme. This ruins what could have been a very useful r...