Times Edu Teacher
Ms Nguyen Thai
Hoang Phi
English, Literature, AP World History
and IELTS Academic
Ms Nguyen Thai Hoang Phi has over 10 years of teaching English and international subjects. She teaches IGCSE, IBDP, AP World History and IELTS Academic, helping students practise writing to their own programme’s criteria.
Programmes taught
TIMES EDU
Ms Nguyen Thai
Hoang Phi
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TESOL · PYP Certificate
Writing practice to the criteria
of each programme
Teaching English and international subjects
IGCSE · IBDP · AP · IELTS
Bilingual lessons
International English teaching certificate
IB Primary Years Programme certificate
01 · Why Ms Phi
Good writing isn’t enough.
Meet the criteria.
International writing subjects are marked against criteria, not impressions. Writing well without following the right criteria still won’t raise the mark.
IGCSE Literature & IBDP English A
IGCSE English Literature demands analysis of the writer’s choices; IBDP English A uses assessment criteria.
AP World History & IELTS Writing
AP World History has scoring guidelines for each question type; IELTS Writing has its own band descriptors.
Knowing how the systems differ
Ms Nguyen Thai Hoang Phi has taught all four for 10+ years and knows what each demands and how they differ.
02 · Key experience
One teacher,
many writing subjects
10+ years teaching English and international subjects: IGCSE, IBDP, AP World History and IELTS Academic.
Teaching · 10+ years
English and international subjects
Over 10 years teaching English and international subjects.
Cambridge IGCSE
English, Vietnamese & Global Perspectives
English as a Second Language, English Literature, Vietnamese, Global Perspectives.
IB Diploma Programme
English A, English B & Individuals and Societies
English A Language and Literature, English B, and subjects in the Individuals and Societies group.
Advanced Placement
AP World History
Teaching AP World History.
English exam preparation
IELTS Academic
Training all four skills for study-abroad goals.
Educational settings
From schools to English centres
Experience in many settings: Infoworld IT School, Hau Giang Secondary School, The American School and English centres.
Two rarely taught subjects
IGCSE Vietnamese & AP World History
Few teachers offer these two; she teaches both.
03 · Teaching approach
Seven principles
in her lessons
Lesson format
One-to-one, bilingual lessons: concepts explained in Vietnamese when needed, essays and answers in English to exam standard.
Assess ability before building a plan.
The first session assesses the four skills, plus question analysis and how answers are presented, to see where the student is strong and what needs fixing first.
Practise to the marking criteria of the student’s own system.
Cambridge, IB, College Board and IELTS use different criteria. Students must know which apply to their next piece and what each requires.
Fix the argument before the wording.
A strong essay: a clear thesis, well-placed evidence. Grammar and vocabulary come later, not at the same time.
For Literature, analyse the writer’s choices; don’t retell the content.
Questions ask what effect the writer creates and how. Plot summary is the most common way to lose marks.
For AP World History and Global Perspectives, work with sources.
Students practise judging a source’s reliability, placing it in context and using it to support an argument, not just quoting it.
For IELTS, train all four skills in proportion.
Listening: many accents and question types. Speaking: quick responses, extended answers. Reading: finding main ideas. Writing: structure and argument.
Monitor closely and adjust.
She notes recurring weaknesses and changes tack instead of repeating a method that has failed several times.
04 · Qualifications
TESOL and
PYP Certificate
The international TESOL English teaching certificate and the PYP Certificate from the IB Primary Years Programme.
English teaching certificate
TESOL
International English teaching certificate.
English teaching
IB programme certificate
PYP Certificate
IB Primary Years Programme.
Primary Years Programme
- Taking IGCSE ESL, English Literature, Vietnamese or Global Perspectives.
- Taking IBDP English A Language and Literature or English B.
- Taking AP World History and needing essay practice to the scoring guidelines.
- Preparing for IELTS Academic for study abroad.
- Reads well but writes without a clear argument structure.
- Studying several writing subjects at once and wanting one tutor for a joined-up plan.
- Needs concepts explained in Vietnamese first, before moving on to writing in English.
06 · Across writing subjects
One joined-up plan,
each subject’s criteria
A strong essay: a clear thesis, well-placed evidence.
Studying several writing subjects at once and wanting one tutor for a joined-up plan is a need Ms Phi’s lessons meet. Cambridge, IB, College Board and IELTS use different criteria; students need to know which apply to their next piece and what each requires.
She notes recurring weaknesses and changes tack instead of repeating a method that has failed several times.
Book a lesson
One-to-one with Ms Phi
Contact Times Edu to schedule lessons with Ms Phi around the student’s curriculum and goals.
