Band 8: Describe an old person that you know. You should say: What your relationship is to this person How often you see them What people think about this person Explain why you like them (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Today I would like to share with you about an elderly man that I met when I was in university. His name is Norman Bird, and we usually call him Mr. Bird or Professor Norman. He is an expert in the English language and grammar, so we admired him very much. He is actually one of the best tutors that I have ever met because he is so professional and also able to share a lot of knowledge with us. I still remember that when I was in university, I really enjoyed his lessons, so every time I attended his class, I went there on time. I met Norman usually once or twice a week during the lessons. As I said, a lot of the students like Norman so much. Although he might not be young, he is such a professional that he can share a lot of knowledge in terms of grammar and syntax with us. We enjoy his lessons, and every time we were able to talk with him, we felt that we learned a lot from him. I particularly like Norman because I believe he is our role model. As an English teacher right now, I actually copy a lot of teaching methods from Norman because I think by imitating his teaching methods, I will be able to become an inspiring teacher just like him. On the other hand, I believe that a teacher should be as humble and gentle as Norman because we are the role models for our students. I hope that I can be as respectable as Norman in the eyes of my students; therefore, Norman is definitely the teacher that I admire most.

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Today I would like to share with you an elderly man that I met when I was in the university. His name is Norman Bird and we usually call him Mr. Bird or Professor Norman. He is an expert in English language and grammar so we admired him very much. He is actually one of the best tutors that I have ever met because he is so professional and also he is able to share a lot of knowledge with us. I still remember that when I was in the university I really enjoyed his lesson so every time when I was attending his lesson I went there on time. I met Norman usually once or twice a week during the lesson. As I said a lot of the students like Norman so much although he might not be young but he is such a professional that he is able to share a lot of knowledge in terms of grammar and syntax with us so we enjoy his lesson and every time when we were able to talk with him we believe that we have learned a lot from him. I particularly like Norman because I believe that Norman is our role model. As an English teacher right now I actually copy a lot of teaching methods from Norman because I think by imitating his teaching methods I will be able to become an inspiring teacher just like Norman and on the other hand I believe that a teacher should be as humble and gentle as Norman because we are actually the role model of the students. I hope that I can be as respectable as Norman in the eye of my students therefore Norman is definitely the teacher that I admire most.

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