Part 2 : Important Cue Cards & Discussions

Cue Card 1 : Subject

Describe a subject you studied at school.

When you learned it?

Who taught it?

How the teacher taught it?

Explain why it was your favorite.
 
Candidate: During my school days, I was greatly attached to (对…感兴趣) chemistry. Perhaps it’s because of my chemistry teacher, Mr. Li.(It’s because + 句子；It’s because of + n./ph.  ) Without his guidance and enlightenment(启蒙), I would have totally failed to study it (I couldn’t study it well). Generally speaking, Mr. Li was a conscientious and responsible (patient) teacher. He preferred traditional teaching ways (modern idears), but it did’t mean that he was a pedantic teacher. In his classes, he did not try to put everything into students’ brains (填鸭式教学) but tried to establish mutual communication（互动） at first place/in the first place. His class was devided into two parts. One was the lecture on the textbooks, and the other one was the practice part. In the second part, Mr. Li would ask some of us to do exercises on the blackboard and bring forward（提出…） several questions. After we finished, he would point out our mistakes and correct them one by one in a very lucid and straightforward way to make himself understood. I benefited so much from his teaching that later chemistry became my favorite subject. Althought it has been 4 years since I graduated from my high school, I still remember Mr. Li and his classes.

Tips:

1.   这里指的学科不是大学的学科， IELTS不考大学的学科，

School的种类：1)primary school  2)middle school  3)high school。

College和University 不school。

2. Subjects: chinese, mathematics, English, PE class, computer class, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history, music class, handicraft, nature, art…（注意不要谈论politics class）。

3. 时态为一般过去时。与teacher card结合，可以讲一个老师的轶闻， 描述一下上课的情景。在结尾时增加自己的部分：What do you learn from the subject?(draw a conclusion)

4. 1)用在help card中, Ex: One day I couldn’t solve a problem, and the teacher helped me with it…

2) 用在old man/woman card中，Ex: I got influenced deeply by an old man/woman in my young age. The man/woman was my chemistry teacher…

3) 用在letter card中，Ex: After entering my university, I wrote a letter to my high school chemistry teacher, wanting to thank him/her for his/her help on my chemistry study and tell him/her about my university life…

5. the head teacher 班主任: conscientious, patient and respossible;

Biology teacher : encouraged us to visit exhibitions;

encouraged us to take exams of natural science;

make samples, specimen;

keep, raise animals(mice,rabbites).

   Handicraft teacher : teach us how to make paper crane, paper folding, clay sculpture, playdoll and so on.

   Chemistry teacher : do experiments;(tube with two ends open;my clothes caught fire.)

   History teacher : tell history stories related to modern society.

   Music teacher : teach us how to say English song.

All teachers : make me interested in…;

      give us some rewards;

      open a new world in front of me;

      give me extra classes in his/her free time.