‎"The Role of the Teacher"

(When I say this sentence in an interview, does it sound natural?
I don't want it to be too casual, but on the other hand, I don't want it to be too formal.)


The role of a teacher is not just to impart knowledge. It is to be an advisor to the learner and to teach them the most important things, such as morals. For example, technology can allow teachers to understand the progress and where to need help the most. After that, educators can offer customized materials and content to each student according to their levels, which will motivate them. Also, since teachers are more mature than students, they have a role to play in showing what is important to them as people. This is something that even cutting-edge technologies such as AI cannot do.

Here's how I would change it to suit spoken words:

The role of a teacher is not just to impart knowledge. It is to be an advisor to the learner and to teach them important things in life like morals. Technology allows teachers to understand their students' progress and where they need help the most, and educators can offer customized materials and content to each student according to their own levels, which can help motivate them (to learn). Also, since teachers are more mature than students, they have a role to play in showing what is important to them as individuals, which is something even cutting-edge technology like AI cannot do.

"where to need help the most" → "where they need help the most"

"After that" may be awkward here since it indicates a sequence based on time or sequence. It's OK if you want to say educators offer materials *only after* teachers evaluate students' progress, but you may want to consider dropping "after that" and using "and" to connect the two sentences. This would help the spoken sentence flow more naturally.

"which will motivate them" is grammatically correct, but it sounds like the motivation is a direct, guaranteed result. I personally would say something like "which can *help* motivate them."

"they have a role to play in showing what is important to them as people." This is OK, but try "individuals" instead of "people" to emphasize the focus on the teachers' own values instead of people in general.

If you don't want to be too formal, you can replace at least some instances of "such as" with "like." "Something" instead of "something that" is also OK.