English Proficiency

IELTS 8.0 / S8.5

PTE 90

TOEIC 965

Education

2022 - 2023
University Canada West
Master of Business Administration
Top 15% high performing graduate

2020
Apollo International House HCM
Completed CELTA by Cambridge

2015
VIC University Australia
Undertook M.s in Finance

2014
ACU University Australia
Undertook M.s in Commerce

2012
RMIT University Australia
B.s in Business (Accountancy)
Graduated with Distinction

2009
Melbourne Language Centre
Completed Academic English Course

SonTa Foundation has its operations in different countries around the world and pursues only one mission - allocating resources to make the world a better place. One major initiative that the organisation focuses on is providing free high-quality English courses for people in difficult circumstances including Vietnam, Kenya and Tanzania.

As an academic coach and teacher mentor of this program, my main responsibilities include:

• Providing training courses for new teachers recruited in different countries;

• Reviewing proposed placement tests, lesson plans and course syllabi before they are implemented.

In 2018, I co-founded Vietnam IELTS Community, a non-profit organisation that aims to create an environment in which people from all walks of life, students and working people alike gather to practice their English speaking in a structured and guided manner. Participants are closely supported by our hosts who are experienced IELTS test takers and have achieved from 7.5 to 8.5 in IELTS.

It is my responsibility at VIC to oversee daily operations including training new recruits, coordinating weekly planning and reviewing materials with the aim to ensure a helpful and academic environment for all participants.

2013 — Present
PTE and IELTS trainer
in Australia and Vietnam

When I achieved my first band 8.0 in the IELTS test and scored 87 with PTE, I thought to myself it would be so fulfilling if I could help people by sharing my own knowledge and the experience that could help them overcome their struggle in those tests. I started to look for people who needed guidance for their test preparation and offered free one-on-one tutoring sessions. That early interest of mine in teaching and helping others has developed into an abiding passion that has constantly urged me to work even harder every single day to improve myself and be more helpful to my students.

For more than 7 years of studying and teaching in Australia and Vietnam, I have helped many people achieve their academic goals and their desired band scores in both IELTS and PTE tests.

2018 — 2020
Deloitte Vietnam
Audit Senior

Deloitte is one of the ‘Big Four’ financial services organizations and has the largest multinational professional services network in the world, with headquarters in London, England and offices in over 150 countries.

Working in the audit and assurance line of service at Deloitte Vietnam, my job as an audit senior is to lead many different teams, providing technical training and mentorship for my staff members. This also includes training my staff on professional communication, client handling skills and maintaining professionalism amongst the team.

2019
Deloitte Vietnam
Language Coach

In the course of employment at Deloitte Vietnam, I was honoured to be offered by Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Yen, Audit Manager, and Ms. Tran Thi Kim Khanh, Audit Director, to run a three-month Business English program for the management team and staff members.

The program placed an emphasis on advanced business English communication as well as effective negotiation and debating skills. It was proved to be a huge success with 100% positive feedback given by all of the participants from the management team upon completion of the scheme.

2018 — 2019
Vuong Tron Giac
Design & Creative Hub
Course Coordinator of Art & Creativity

In early 2018, Vuong Tron Giac contacted me and they expressed their keen interest in having an Art program in English for Vietnamese children. I was commissioned to write and develop the course.

In March 2018, we initiated a project named “HeART”. “HeART” is a three-month Australian-based program tailored for school-aged children from 6 to 14 and it is designed to enhance children’s natural abilities while helping them to express themselves and build skills in a wide variety arts from painting, mask-making, drawing, and decoupage, to sculpture, clay work, papier mâché, print-making. Each lesson of the program provides pupils with a playful touch on art history, art concept, artistic techniques, methods and everything is incorporated to producing their own works of art which they and their parents can be proud of.

In the first year of operation, I was responsible for laying the foundation of the course by developing and delivering the course as well as providing training sessions for new recruits.

2018
AIESEC Thailand
ESL teacher in Thailand

AIESEC is an international non-governmental and not-for-profit organization which focuses on empowering young people to make a progressive social impact. The AIESEC network spreads over 120 countries around the globe.

In the Sawadee Thailand Project 28 conducted by AIESEC Thailand in association with AIESEC Global, I had an amazing opportunity to take on new challenges as an ESL teacher — teaching underprivileged children in a secluded village of Thailand for 2 months. It was an experience of a lifetime. Although local students and teachers of the village could not speak English, with my basic Thai that I learned by myself during that time, I managed to effectively liaise with local teachers and teach Thai children of different ages from preschool to primary school aged children.

My main responsibilities include:

• Planning everyday lessons and language activities for pre-school to middle school aged students.

• Delivering in-class and extra curricula and helping students to apply what they have learned from language lessons to outdoor activities.

2018
AIESEC Global
Global Teacher Volunteer

Upon completion of the Sawadee Project in Thailand, I was chosen and recognised as a global volunteer in the Leadership Development Experience program — a movement of AIESEC Global aiming to tackle the Sustainable Development Goal Quality Education.

Student Learning Advisor Mentors (SLAMs) is a large body of RMIT students with excellent academic performance empowered by RMIT University Australia and we provided peer mentoring and academic support for students in need.

As a student mentor, I provided personal mentorship and assisted RMIT students with their academic study in a wide range of subjects including:
- Commercial Law/ Investment law/ Company law/ Taxation law;
- Financial Accounting/ Management Accounting/ Cost Application and Management.