Nguyen Nam Long, student of class 6A8, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City - Photo provided by family
Sharing about his TOEIC score of 920/990, Nguyen Nam Long said he took the TOEIC certificate exam because of... a bet with his father.
Mr. Nguyen Binh Nam, Long's parent, said: "I think my son is still weak in grammar. And Long 'gave' his father 50 TOEIC points. Accepting this challenge, my father and I both registered for the TOEIC exam on February 6. As a result, Long achieved a total score of 920, of which listening skills were 485/495, reading score was 435/495. As for me, I achieved a total score of 840."
"Before taking the TOEIC test, Long only looked at the structure and format of the questions but did not practice. Since he started first grade, my wife and I have not sent him to extra classes," Mr. Nam informed.
Mr. Nam said that Long has been exposed to English since he was very young. Right from preschool, he was introduced to English 2 periods/week according to the school's extracurricular program.
At the age of 4, Long studied English with an American teacher until he stopped studying in first grade. Since then, he has only studied English in school (the enhanced English program at Nguyen Van Luong Primary School, District 6, and the integrated English program at Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted).
"I often watch videos about programming, the world, space science on YouTube and watch movies on Netflix. All in English," Mr. Nam shared.
Last semester, Long achieved excellent academic results (according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, to achieve excellent results, students need to have at least 6/8 subjects assessed by a score of 9.0 or higher). In addition to math and natural sciences, which are his strengths, Long also studies history, geography, etc. well.
"Because he doesn't take extra classes, he has a lot of free time in the evenings. Besides playing table tennis with his father and cycling with his mother, Long spends a lot of time studying and playing by himself. We want our child to be free to develop and not put too much emphasis on academic achievement," said Mr. Nam.
"Dad doesn't want to work extra, I don't want to study extra"
Mr. Nguyen Binh Nam said: "When my son was young, someone in my family wanted Long to go to extra classes to write better and improve his English grammar skills...
Before I could say anything to my son, the guy asked his father:
- Dad, how many hours do you work a day?
- 8 hours, baby!
- I also go to school 8 hours a day! So when you come home from work at night, do you want to work extra to earn money?
- No! I work all day and come home tired at night.
- Me too dad, I've been to school all day, I don't want to go to extra classes at night".
Crowds register for TOEIC exam from 3am because of fear of... difficult questions?Source
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