Some people think if students are afraid of the teacher it is better. Others say that having a friendly relationship between the teachers and students is better. What do you think? Which one do you support?
Sample Response
Teachers play a vital role in mentoring students and the skills acquired by them during their academic tenure reveals their hard work. One school of thought believes that teachers should be very strict in the classroom while others believe that the friendly approach of instructorsamiable nature of instructors yields better results. I believe that a combinationthat combination of both models could potentially produce favourable results; these two models will be analysed in the essay.
Proponents of stricthard teaching style believe that if students feelthe student feels afraid ofpetrified from their instructor, they will become more disciplined and organised. Strict behaviour by teachersA strict behaviour of teachers helps in maintaining classroom disciplineethics. For instance, I was usually weak in mathematics in my bachelor's program, it was the stringent nature of the instructor that kept me terrified and I worked hard to achieve decent grades. Teachers who develop the reputation as strict educatorsimage of strict pedagogues tendtent to control the classroom environment more effectively. Moreover, students submit their assignmentsassignment on time, remain punctual, respect their instructor and do not create a mess in the classroom.
By contrastOn the contrary, a teacher's harsh attitudeharsh attitude of a teacher suppresses a student's creativitykills the creative skills of a student. A friendly approach improvesAmiable nature improves collaboration between the two. Students afraid of their teacher tend to avoid asking questions, and they might struggle to absorbstruggle in absorbing the lecture which will impact their academic grades. For instance, students generally prefer frank and polite instructors in their project work becauseproject work, because they believe that they can discuss problems with them in greater detail than with strict and arrogant teachers. Moreover, a friendly attitude from an instructorfriendly attitude of instructor helps students sharehelps students in sharing their view and discussing their problems.
To recapitulate, the aforementioned provide plausible arguments in favour of both views. However, in my opinion, instructor and student bond should be a blend of both models as it will not only help in maintaining the required discipline but will also improve collaboration in the class.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The essay’s strongest feature is its balanced, clearly stated position, supported by relevant explanations and examples for both strictness and friendliness. Its main limitation is language precision: frequent article, agreement, and collocation problems make several otherwise sophisticated sentences awkward. The highest-priority improvement is to express the same ideas with more natural word combinations and carefully edited sentence structures.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response addresses both approaches, maintains a clear blended position, and supports each side with relevant explanation and examples.
Explain more precisely how firm classroom boundaries can coexist with an approachable teacher-student relationship in practice.
Coherence and Cohesion
The essay has clear paragraphing and logical progression from the strict approach to the friendly approach and then the conclusion.
Reduce mechanical linking and ensure each example is integrated smoothly rather than joined through comma splices.
Lexical Resource
The response shows a broad vocabulary for education and behaviour, but several ambitious choices are inaccurate or unnatural.
Use natural collocations such as “afraid of,” “strict teaching style,” “understand the lesson,” and “share their views.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A range of complex structures is attempted successfully, though article, agreement, punctuation, and plural errors occur noticeably.
Check every complex sentence for subject-verb agreement, missing articles, and independent clauses joined only by commas.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Some people think if students are afraid of the teacher it is better. Others say that having a friendly relationship between the teachers and students is better. What do you think? Which one do you support?
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