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Describe a teacher who has greatly influenced your academic life or studies. v.1

Describe a teacher who has greatly influenced your academic life or studies. v. 1
Describe a teacher who has greatly influenced your academic life or studies. You should say: who the teacher is/was what subject he/she taught how he/she taught the students and explain why this teacher has influenced your academic life/studies so much.   Model Answer 1: When I was growing up as a young boy, especially in my high school, I was more like a below-average student. On top of that, I was also not as energetic as the other boys of my age. So, it is fair to assume that I wasn’t really enjoying going to school as much as I should have. But, then came a teacher in my life who I would never forget. His name was Mr Mukit Kumar. Mr Kumar, teaching Geography, wasn’t like other teachers of my high school because he seemed more friendly with his students than his colleagues. Anyway, I still vividly remember the first day when he asked the names of each and every student of his class. Then, he asked all of his students one by one to tell a positive thing about themselves. But, when it was my turn to answer that awkward question, I simply put my head down and kept quiet because I just didn’t know what to say. I guess, he understood my situation, so he told the whole class in my defence that I had a lot of positive things to tell about me, but I just didn’t know where to start. After saying that, Mr Kumar looked at me with a smiling face as if to tell me that I was just fine. And, that was when I felt for the first time that I could be just as good as other students. Anyway, Mr Kumar has influenced my academic life immensely with his very easy and laidback approach to teaching. Besides, he always used to remind his students, but especially me, not to think in the terms what we couldn’t do, but what we could do, even if it was a very little thing. Finally, it was because of his continuous encouragement to act and feel strong, no matter how physically weak I really was, that I developed very high self-esteem in me. And, needless to say, it was that high self-esteem in me that helped me excelled academically at a later time.   Sample Answer 2: I have met and liked several teachers in different years of my academic life. Among them Mr. (. . . say the name of the teacher. . . ). He used to teach us history in our higher secondary level. The first attractive quality he had is his well-manner and eloquence. He was a great teacher and we all liked his style of teaching. We were very surprised to know that he knew a lot about history and when he taught us, he told lots of relevant stories which made the classes more interesting. He did not believe in homework so he always gave tasks which we had to finish before our classes end. Because of him, we did well in the board exam in History. Besides his great way of teaching, he taught us morality, the importance of education and how to value "morality" and "time". He influenced us to read books and history books outside our syllabus which turned out to be very useful later in our lives. He inspired us to read English newspapers, journals, watch history-related channels, technology and history related magazines. He was talented and very friendly to the students. He never turned down anyone whenever someone asked for his help and advice. He had an athletic body and we found him often participate in different outdoor games. He inspired us to do physical exercises and outdoor games. In short, he was an exemplary person and an ideal teacher whom most of the students liked and respected very much. I have been greatly influenced by his punctuality, honesty, talent and good behaviour. I still remember him and the advice he gave me.   Tips for answering the Cue Card Topic:   To answer this cue card take note on the following points:   Teacher name What subject did he/ she take In which class/ level he/she taught His / her teaching style Things I learned from him How s/he influenced me to do better in life. What motivation did I get from his teaching/ personality/ advice?   After you take notes on the above-listed points, you would be very easily able to talk about this Cue Card topic.   Teacher Name: Say the name of one of your teachers. Don't spend time on recalling a teacher's name. You can say a fictitious name as well.   What subject did he/ she take: The major in which you graduated should be a subject you liked in your academic years and a teacher who has influenced you should also encourage you to do your graduation on this subject as well. But there is a possibility that you liked a teacher who took the history class and later on, you did your graduation in Math. So, in this case, mention how the teacher has influenced you to learn more about history and how his/ her advice inspired you to explore the subject. There can be an entirely different situation when the teacher has influenced you on something else than the subject he/she taught. For instance, you might have learned about some moral lessons from your teacher that later changed your course of action. In which class/ level he/she taught: Usually we get some inspiring teacher at our school level and university level. Mention the exact class he took and how old you were then.   His / her teaching style:  Exemplary teachers usually have some unique way of teaching. A good teacher makes the tough subjects interesting. S/he must tell lots of interesting stories and references outside of the academic books and always inspire students morally and academically. Apart from that, the teacher would explain the importance of education, how education can help you explore yourself and the world, how education flourishes the human quality and your responsibilities as a student and human being. Apart from academic lessons, they talk about lots of interesting topics and issues. They usually make the lesson interesting and have a great way of delivering the lessons to the students. Finally, a good teacher does not pressurise the students to read around the clock and always patiently answer the questions of the students. They invite questions and do a friendly interaction with the students rather than only delivering lessons.   Things I learned from him:  A student learns many things from a good teacher. The first thing he/she learns is the importance of education and morality in life. S/he learns different information from the subject and outside of academic subjects. He learns the responsibility, essential quality of a good citizen, gets inspiration to become a good human being and finally learn the importance of education.   How s/he influenced me to do better in life:  Usually a teacher influences a student with his way of teaching, his/ her own personal characters/ morality/ honesty/ bravery, with the advice s/he delivers to the students and the information s/he delivers to the students. A student can be also influenced by the good advises he/she receives from a teacher.   While answering this cue card emphasise on the teacher’s great teaching style, motivational speeches, an interesting and easy way he/she adopted to explain intricacies issues, his/her own personality and morality and things you have learned from him/ her. You should also mention how you have applied the things you learned from him/ her or how those things have changed your course of actions in life.
Describe
a
teacher
who
has
greatly
influenced your
academic
life
or studies. You should say:
who
the
teacher
is/was what
subject
he/she
taught how
he/she
taught the
students
and
explain
why this
teacher
has influenced your
academic
life/studies
so
much.
 
Model
Answer
1:

When I was growing up as a young boy,
especially
in my
high
school
, I was more like a below-average
student
.
On top of that
, I was
also
not as energetic as the other boys of my age.
So
, it is
fair
to assume that I wasn’t
really
enjoying going to
school
as much as I should have.
But
, then came a
teacher
in my
life
who
I would never forget. His
name
was Mr
Mukit
Kumar. Mr Kumar,
teaching
Geography, wasn’t like other
teachers
of my
high
school
because
he seemed more friendly with his
students
than his colleagues.

Anyway
, I
still
vividly
remember the
first
day when he asked the
names
of each and every
student
of his
class
. Then, he asked all of his
students
one by one to
tell
a
positive
thing about themselves.
But
, when it was my turn to
answer
that awkward question, I
simply
put my head down and
kept
quiet
because
I
just
didn’t know what to say.
I guess
, he understood my situation,
so
he
told
the whole
class
in my
defence
that I had a
lot
of
positive
things to
tell
about me,
but
I
just
didn’t know where to
start
. After saying that, Mr Kumar looked at me with a smiling face as if to
tell
me that I was
just
fine. And, that was when I felt for the
first
time that I could be
just
as
good
as other students.

Anyway
, Mr Kumar has influenced my
academic
life
immensely
with his
very
easy and
laidback
approach to
teaching
.
Besides
, he always
used
to remind his
students
,
but
especially
me, not to
think
in the terms what we couldn’t do,
but
what we could do, even if it was a
very
little
thing.
Finally
, it was
because
of his continuous encouragement to act and feel strong, no matter how
physically
weak I
really
was, that I developed
very
high
self-esteem in me. And,
needless to say
, it was that
high
self-esteem in me that
helped
me excelled
academically
at a
later
time.
 
Sample
Answer
2:

I have met and liked several
teachers
in
different
years of my
academic
life
. Among them Mr. (.
.
.
say
the
name
of the
teacher
.
.
.
)
. He
used
to teach us
history
in our higher secondary level.

The
first
attractive quality he had is his
well
-manner and eloquence. He was a
great
teacher and
we all liked his
style
of
teaching
. We were
very
surprised to know that he knew a
lot
about
history
and when he taught us, he
told
lots
of relevant stories which made the
classes
more
interesting
. He did not believe in homework
so
he always gave tasks which we had to finish
before
our
classes
end
.
Because
of him, we did
well
in the board exam in
History
.
Besides
his
great
way of
teaching
, he taught us
morality
, the
importance
of
education
and how to value
"
morality
"
and
"
time
"
.

He influenced us to read books and
history
books outside our syllabus which turned out to be
very
useful
later
in our
lives
. He inspired us to read English newspapers, journals,
watch
history-related channels, technology and
history
related magazines.
He
was talented
and
very
friendly to the
students
.
He
never turned down anyone whenever someone
asked for
his
help
and
advice
.
He
had an athletic
body and
we found him
often
participate in
different
outdoor games.
He
inspired us to do physical exercises and outdoor games.

In short, he was an exemplary person and an ideal
teacher
whom most of the
students
liked and respected
very
much. I have been
greatly
influenced by his punctuality, honesty, talent and
good
behaviour
. I
still
remember him and the
advice
he gave me.
 
Tips for answering the
Cue
Card
Topic:
 
To
answer
this
cue
card
take note on the following points:
 
Teacher
name
What
subject
did he/ she take In which
class
/
level
he/she
taught His / her
teaching
style
Things I
learned
from him How
s/he
influenced me to do better in
life
. What motivation did I
get
from his teaching/ personality/
advice
?
 
After you take notes on the above-listed points, you would be
very
easily
able to talk about this
Cue
Card
topic.
 
Teacher
Name
: Say the
name
of one of your
teachers
. Don't spend time on recalling a teacher's
name
. You can say a fictitious
name
as
well
.
 
What
subject
did he/ she take: The major in which you graduated should be a
subject
you liked in your
academic
years and a
teacher
who
has influenced you should
also
encourage you to do your graduation on this
subject
as
well
.
But
there is a possibility that you liked a
teacher
who
took the
history
class
and
later
on, you did your graduation in Math.
So
,
in this case
, mention how the
teacher
has influenced you to
learn
more about
history
and how his/ her
advice
inspired you to explore the
subject
. There can be an
entirely
different
situation when the
teacher
has influenced you on something else than the
subject
he/she
taught.
For instance
, you might have
learned
about
some
moral
lessons
from your
teacher
that
later
changed
your course of action. In which
class
/
level
he/she
taught:
Usually
we
get
some
inspiring
teacher
at our
school
level
and university
level
. Mention the exact
class
he took and how
old
you were then.
 
His / her
teaching
style
:
 
Exemplary
teachers
usually
have
some
unique way of
teaching
. A
good
teacher
makes
the tough
subjects
interesting
.
S/he
must
tell
lots
of
interesting
stories and references
outside of
the
academic
books and always inspire
students
morally
and
academically
. Apart from that, the
teacher
would
explain
the
importance
of
education
, how
education
can
help
you explore yourself and the world, how
education
flourishes the human quality and your responsibilities as a
student
and human being. Apart from
academic
lessons
, they talk about
lots
of
interesting
topics and issues. They
usually
make
the
lesson
interesting
and have a
great
way of delivering the
lessons
to the
students
.
Finally
, a
good
teacher
does not
pressurise
the
students
to read around the clock and always
patiently
answer
the questions of the
students
. They invite questions and do a friendly interaction with the
students
rather
than
only
delivering
lessons
.
 
Things I
learned
from him:
 
A
student
learns
many
things from a
good
teacher
. The
first
thing
he/she
learns
is the
importance
of
education
and
morality
in
life
.
S/he
learns
different
information from the
subject
and
outside of
academic
subjects
. He
learns
the responsibility, essential quality of a
good
citizen,
gets
inspiration to become a
good
human being and
finally
learn
the
importance
of
education
.
 
How
s/he
influenced me to do better in
life
:
 
Usually
a
teacher
influences a
student
with his way of
teaching
, his/ her
own
personal characters/ morality/ honesty/ bravery, with the
advice
s/he
delivers to the
students
and the information
s/he
delivers to the
students
. A
student
can be
also
influenced by the
good
advises
he/she
receives from a
teacher
.
 
While answering this
cue
card
emphasise
on the
teacher’s
great
teaching
style
, motivational speeches, an
interesting
and easy way
he/she
adopted to
explain
intricacies issues, his/her
own
personality and
morality
and things you have
learned
from him/ her. You should
also
mention how you have applied the things you
learned
from him/ her or how those things have
changed
your course of actions in
life
.
27Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
223Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
40Mistakes

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