A 6th-grade male student scored 920 on the TOEIC test.

In Ho Chi Minh City , Nguyen Nam Long, a 6th-grade student at Tran Dai Nghia Specialized High School, achieved a TOIEC score of 920/990 and aims to achieve a perfect score in two years' time.

Long recounted that his decision to take the TOEIC exam stemmed from a bet between him and his father. His father believed his English skills were better than his son's, but Long thought he could "outperform" his father by 50 points. Accepting the challenge, the two took the exam on February 6th. As a result, Long achieved a total score of 920, with Listening 485/495 and Reading 435/495. His father scored a total of 840.

"This result isn't too surprising because I guessed I might get around 900 points," Long said.

Currently, the common GPA requirement for international students at many universities worldwide is 550-750 or higher. In Vietnam, the graduation requirement for university students ranges from 450-700, depending on the institution.

Nam Long and his TOEIC test results from February 6th. Photo: Provided by the family.

The sixth-grade student said that before taking the TOEIC exam, he only looked at the structure and question types but didn't study. The reason is that Long uses the language every day and can express everything easily and naturally in English.

Besides his time in class and talking with his family, Long uses English all the time, for example, when talking to friends during recess or while playing sports. He also watches videos about programming, world events, and space science on YouTube and movies on Netflix, all in English.

"Being good at English helps me read and watch all kinds of documents, videos , movies, and listen to music easily. That's why I love this language," the male student said, setting a goal of achieving a perfect TOEIC score in two years.

Sharing more details, Mr. Nguyen Binh Nam, 40 years old, said that his son was exposed to English from about 2 years old, when he started attending preschool. Every week, the school has two lessons for children to learn the foreign language.

From the ages of 4 to 6, Long and three friends from his neighborhood studied with an American teacher. After the teacher returned to the US, Long's family enrolled him in a language center for a year, but it wasn't effective. In second grade, Long spent 3-4 months studying with a Filipino teacher before stopping completely.

According to him, Nam Long is talkative, very eloquent, and eager to communicate, especially in English. This is an advantage when learning a foreign language. Furthermore, Long has a good memory. Mr. Nam recounted that his son once read a 60-volume series and boasted about knowing the entire thing by heart. When his father tried to pick up a random volume and read a passage, Long could immediately repeat the next sentence.

"My child's English skills are good, but it's nothing extraordinary. He has a good memory and has received support from his family, who provided a learning plan from an early age, along with favorable environmental conditions and friends around him," Mr. Nam observed.

Long is passionate about and self-taught in programming. Photo: Provided by family.

Mr. Nam added that his son has been passionate about game programming since he was 6 years old.

"Recently, Long wanted to try his hand at game design, so he asked to play games more often. I agreed to let him play games for two hours a day because his academic performance was still good," he said.

In the first semester, Long achieved an average grade of 9.2. Besides his strengths in Math and natural sciences, Long also excels in History and Geography, partly because he has traveled extensively with his family. At each location, his parents introduce him to and encourage him to learn about the local history and geography.

The father asserted that the family wanted their child to develop freely, without placing too much emphasis on academic achievement, as long as the child wasn't at the bottom of the class. He emphasized that the most important thing was for parents to spend time genuinely playing and talking with their children, rather than constantly monitoring them.

"Each child's intelligence may be different, but with the right encouragement and support from parents and those around them, they can all develop well," the father shared.

Le Nguyen

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