IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card

Describe a teacher who has greatly influenced in your academic life

: You should say

who is the teacher
what subject he/she taught
how s/he taught
and explain why this teacher has influenced in your academic life

: Sample Answer

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 the 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