Toefl Speaking Practice - 17

Q: Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is always better to have a teacher. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons to develop your essay.

A: I think learning by themselves is much better than by a teacher. The reason I am saying this is if I learn by myself, I can stop whenever I want. I am a type of person who is unable to continue listening to a teacher until the end of a lecture if there is something unclear during the lecture. If I learn by myself, I can turn to a textbook or encyclopedia even when I bump into the point which I can’t understand, It looks like this way of learning takes much longer than learning by a teacher but this is not true, I believe. In the end, it takes much less time to master, or perfectly understand the subject if you can understand each step one by one even though you spend some time checking or researching in the middle, because this way of learning process could give you the whole picture of what you learn and avoid stopping to learn again and again.