Times Edu Teacher
Mr Hogan
Dinh
Business & Economics · Cambridge A Level, IELTS and Business English
A Level Business and Economics marks are rarely lost through missing knowledge — they are lost by stopping too early. Knowing SWOT or elasticity only earns the knowledge marks. The bigger marks are in Application, Analysis and Evaluation: applying theory to a specific case, then concluding against clear criteria. Mr Dinh Quoc Thai Hoang has an MBA from Curtin University and four years’ work experience in Australia, so lesson cases come from real businesses.
Programmes taught
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Hogan Dinh
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Curtin University · Australia
MBA graduate
Business & Economics Mentor
10+ years in education, teaching and academic advising
Work in Australia, in a multicultural setting
Business Administration · Curtin University
IELTS · a base in academic and professional English
Personalised lessons · in Vietnamese & English
01 · Why Mr Hoang
From theory to analysis and evaluation that score
A Level Business and Economics do not reward simply remembering definitions. High marks come from applying theory in the right context, reasoning logically and concluding with clear criteria.
Students often stop at the knowledge stage.
Knowing SWOT, elasticity or business models only earns the foundation marks. To really move up, students must go on to Application, Analysis and Evaluation.
Evaluation isn’t about opinions; it’s about criteria.
A strong conclusion shows which criteria it weighs: cost, time, risk or the impact on stakeholders. Gut-feeling conclusions rarely earn full marks.
Real cases make theory stick in memory.
With an MBA and hands-on work experience in Australia, Mr Hoang uses real business cases so students can see how economic and business models actually work in the real world.
Teaching path
Not just knowing the theory: students learn to apply, analyse and evaluate to the mark scheme.
02 · Key experience
A solid academic base and real business examples
10+ years in education, combining teaching, academic advising and work experience in Australia to take Business and Economics beyond the textbook.
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More than 10 years in education
Teaching and academic advising
One-to-one teaching and support towards clear goals, from core knowledge to writing, debating and presenting arguments in English.
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A Level Business and A Level Economics
To Cambridge standards
Focused on Application, Analysis and Evaluation: applying theory to specific cases, analysing logically and concluding with criteria.
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Academic English and subject-specific English
Academic Writing · Business English
Essay writing, data analysis, debating and presenting, in both academic and business settings.
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IELTS preparation and Business English
IELTS · Writing
Helps students strengthen writing and argument, and use English in international study and work.
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4 years’ work in Australia
Multicultural environment
Exposure to many international businesses and real workplaces keeps lesson examples close to real business life.
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Practical work across fields
IT · Sales · Marketing · Finance
Has work experience in IT, sales, marketing, management, financial analysis and business operations. Lesson cases come from real work, not only from textbooks.
03 · Teaching approach
Practise against the marking criteria, not by gut feeling
Command words, real cases, debate and Spaced Repetition combine so students both remember concepts and write answers that score.
Start from the command word, not from the chapter.
Explain, Analyse, Evaluate and Recommend need completely different answer structures. Early lessons unpack each command word first, then the content.
Every theory is tied to a real case.
Students take a specific business or market, apply the theory and defend their choice, rather than learning economic models in the abstract.
Evaluation needs criteria, not just opinions.
Before concluding, students state their criteria: cost, time, risk or stakeholder impact. Conclusions without criteria rarely earn Evaluation marks.
Review on a Spaced Repetition cycle.
Students keep a notebook of key terms and concepts, reviewed after 3, 7 and then 14 days, to retain the many terms both subjects need.
Debate and challenge encouraged.
Students must defend their view against counter-questions. This is exactly the skill the Evaluation part of the exam tests.
A plan tailored to the starting point.
Lesson one is an entry assessment of where the student stands; goals and milestones are set after that, rather than one plan for every student.
How lessons run
From command word to case study, and only after that to a complete answer.
Lessons usually follow three steps: grasp what the question wants, apply theory to a specific case, then argue to the marking criteria. Students learn not just to remember, but to defend their conclusions in English.
04 · Qualifications
A business grounding and global language skills
Master of Business Administration at Curtin University, IELTS 7.5, and the ability to use English, French and Chinese in multicultural study and work environments.
Education · Master’s
Business Administration
Curtin University, Australia
Certificate & languages
IELTS 7.5 · English, French, Chinese
Language skills for academic and international settings
Foreign languages
- English
- French
- Chinese
Suits students who need English for academic and international settings.
Hands-on background
- IT · Sales · Marketing
- Financial Analysis
- Business Operations
Lesson cases are drawn from real business experience, not just textbook examples.
Areas of support
- A Level Business
- A Level Economics
- IELTS · Academic Writing
- Taking AS or A Level Business, knows the theory but loses marks on analysis and evaluation.
- Taking AS or A Level Economics and wants to push up to an A.
- Needs practice in academic essays and presenting arguments in English.
- Preparing for IELTS, or needs Business English for global settings.
- Wants to understand economics and business through real cases, not just models on paper.
- Planning to study in Australia, or to pursue a degree in Business, Economics or Finance.
06 · Beyond the classroom
From today’s lesson to studying abroad and international settings
Mr Hoang speaks three foreign languages and spent four years living and working in Australia.
For students preparing to study abroad, sitting with someone who took that exact path makes a real difference: he covers both the academic side and the daily life no guide records.
Beyond lessons, students are encouraged to see economics and business as part of real life: how businesses make decisions, how markets react and how to present an argument in an international setting.
Book a lesson
One-to-one with Mr Hoang
Contact Times Edu to schedule lessons with Mr Hogan Dinh around the student’s A Level Business, A Level Economics, IELTS or Business English goals.
