Describe a Teacher You Didnt Like (2)

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Prompt: 1

Plan Part 1

1. Who? 2. Why didnt youlike them?

3. What effect learning? 4. Good teacher or not?

Plan 2

1. Who?

Mrs. Brown..v. stern/strict.. v.

demandinghard taskmaster

2. Why didntyou like them?

Singled me out embarrassed me

in front of the other kidsamountain of homework

3. What effect learning?

More legiblestudy skillswork

ethics importance of

ownership

4. Good teacher or not?

In spite of+ gerund/the fact

that/pronoun

3rd

Cond. If I hadnt had, I would

(not) have + pp

Model Answer:

The person that I would like to speak about is Mrs. Brown. She was my French

teacher in secondary school. She was actually quite scary: she had a really stern look all

the time and was extremely strict. She was very demanding when it came to our written

and spoken work- I suppose you could say that she was a very hard taskmaster.

The reason why I didnt like her at first was that she singled me out all the time. Many ofthe students were not living up to her very high standards but she seemed to love to pick

Describe a teacher you didnt like at school. You should say:

Who they are (1)

Why you didnt like them(2)

What effect they had on your learning (3)

And say if this person was a good teacher or not.


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on me in particular. I also think that she used to kind of enjoy embarrassing me in front

of the other kids. She also would give us mountains of homework to do every night.

She really had a big impact on me. To begin with, she certainly made my writing much

more legible. I could hardly read my own hand writing before-haha. She also improved

my study skills and instilled in me a work ethic which would serve me well down the line.Yeah, she made a huge impression on me- made me.. mmm you know kind of take

ownership of what I was learning.

In spite of the fact that I didnt really get on with her and was really strict and all, I have

to admit that she was actually a really brilliant teacher. I actually think that if I hadnt

had Mrs. Brown as my teacher, I wouldnt have been such a successful language learner.

Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions:

a) Stern (adj) 1) a level of qualityb) Strict (adj) 2) make something your own responsibilityc) Demanding (adj) 3) can be read easilyd) (Hard) taskmaster (n) 4) to choose one person from a group for special attentione) To single someone out 5) strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wishf) (High) standards 6) severe, showing disapprovalg) Legible (adj) 7) valuing hard labourh) Work ethic 8) needing a lot of time, attention, or energyi) Take ownership of 9) someone who gives others a lot of work to do

Something

Collocation

Find the collocates of the words below:

High _________

Extremely ____________

Hard _____________

Mountains of___________

Brilliant_____________

Successful______________

To make a huge _____________

Grammar


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Without looking back at the script, try to match the sentence halves:

1) In spite of the fact that2) I hadnt had Mrs.Brown as my teacher,3) she certainly made my writing4) she used to kind of enjoy embarrassing me5) she seemed to love to

a) much more legible.b) in front of the other kids.c) Pick on me in particular.d) I didnt really get on with here) I wouldnt have been such a successful language learner.

In spite ofcan be followed by:

1)the fact that yes/ no2) verb(+ing) yes/ no3) to + infinitive yes/ no4) pronoun yes/ no 5) subject verb

clause yes/ no (circle the correct option).

Finish the sentences with your own words:

In spite of the fact that Rob didnt like Mrs. Brown,

_________________________________________________________________.

In spite of not really liking my teacher, ____________________________________________.

Complete for the rules for the 3rd

conditional

If + had (not) + past participle, subject +_________ (not) +___________ + __________.

Complete the sentence:

If I hadnt had such a good teacher,________________________________________________.

Now write 3 more sentences in the 3rd

conditional.

Pronunication:

In English we tend to give more emphasis to words which carry the most meaning in a sentence. We also

give tonic stress to one single syllable in each utterance (chunk of language). Look at the following excerpt

from the model answer. Tonic stress is in boldand sentence stress is underlined. Listen to your teacher

saying the sentence then practice saying the sentence with your partner.

She was my Frenchteacher in secondary school. She was actually quite scary: she had a really stern look all

the time and was extremely strict.

Notice how any of the vowels unstressed syllables are // or /I/.


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Now, try to find the sentence and tonic stress in these sentences and then try to mimic your teacher

saying the sentences:

1) She was very demanding when it came to our written and spoken work- I suppose you could saythat she was a very hard taskmaster.

2) Many of the students were not living up to her very high standards but she seemed to love to pickon me in particular.

3) She also improved my study skills and instilled in me a work ethic which would serve me well downthe line.

4) In spite of the fact that I didnt really get on with her and was really strict and all, I have to admitthat she was actually a really brilliant teacher.

5) I actually think that if I hadnt had Mrs. Brown as my teacher, I wouldnt have been such asuccessful language learner.

Underline the stressed syllable in these words.

1. Hard taskmaster2. Ownership3. Demanding

Match the words to the phonemic transcription:

a) Stern (adj) 1) /stn.ddz/b) Strict (adj) 2) /.n.p/c) Demanding (adj) 3) /dmn.d/d) Standards 4) /led..bl/e) Legible 5) /strkt/f) Ownership 6) /stn/


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