Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City
University of Social Sciences & Humanities
Faculty of English Linguistics & Literature
Examiner(s)
Date of submission: Monday 16/9/2019
STUDY PLAN
My long-term goals (in the next 5 years)
 Become a passionate English teacher
and educator with enough reputation to
exert influence on education
 Earn enough money to support or take
care of next of kin
 Obtain master degree in Pedagogy and
English Linguistics (if possible)
Student Name: Nguyễn Thanh Tùng
Class: 19ĐT06
Student ID: 1957010327
Scores
Intermediate range goals
Year 1:
• Acquire basic language skills in Chinese
• Have an overall look of Mathematics by
taking the SAT exam with score up to 1400
• Have a part-time job in global education
organizations such as British Council or
IDP
Year 2:
• Master Chinese, be able to speak and
transfer ideas properly and fluently
• Try applying for an overseas university
Year 3:
• Conduct my own class

• Have an more intimate and thorough look of

education
Year 4:

• Graduate with an excellent BA certificate

• Clearly identify myself, be able to know

how to start or continue my career step
After graduation:

• Clearly identify myself, be able to know

how to start or continue or develop my
career step
 My short-term goals (Be SMART):
Year Semester Goals
• Acquire basic language skills
in Chinese
• Have an overall look of
1 • Consistently follow classes on • Study all by myself
Mathematics by taking the
SAT exam with score up to
1400
1
• Have a part-time job in global
education organizations such
as British Council or IDP
2 have no experience
Strategies to
Action plan Difficulties overcome
difficulties
• Study online Chinese lessons by • No clear lesson • Try other channels
Mr. Pham Duong Chau on his structure on Mr. Chau’s teaching “Giáo
Youtube channel channel trình Hán Ngữ”
• Try harder, just like
Khan Academy, a non-profit the way I studied
education website back in high school
with no extra
classes
• Apply for the two mentioned • Recruiters may not • Put tremendous
organizations when favorable receive application form efforts on
as freshmen usually perfecting my PSs,
• Already written two personal
clearly conveying
statements (PS) concluding all the
my abilities and
achievements and experience
aspirations
gained in the last 3 years
 • Master Chinese, be able to • Attend offline Chinese classes at • Course fee • Spend money more
speak and transfer ideas
properly and fluently university wisely
3

• Try applying for an overseas • Prepare all the essential papers • Afraid being unable to • Study proactively
university get an 8.0 GPA
• Re-take the IELTS certificate with
2 8.5 overall if possible

• Perfect skills needed in the SAT

4 exam and get the approximate
score up to 1500-1600

• Finish the past terms’ with the

average GPA above 8.0 so as to
gain a full scholarship

• Conduct my own class

3 5 • Get enough teaching experience • Not gather enough • Create my own style
students and put my name on
• Be responsible to teach not only
the map of English
knowledge but also life and social • Hectic schedule
teachers in HCM
lessons
city

• Spend time wisely

 and productively

• Have an more intimate and • Read an inordinate number of • Not yet found • Not yet found
thorough look of education books related to education or
6 teaching methods

• Sneakily attend Pedagogy classes

• Work as an intern in well- • Ensure a good average GPA • May face unpaid • If having a part-time
known or trusted companies or internships job already, then
• Gain tremendous experience by
7 NGOs about education problem be solved;
that time
if not, have to spend
money more strictly
• Graduate with an excellent BA • Strictly follow what has been • Quarter-life crisis • Enjoy a trip to Hoi
4 certificate
planned in details above An ancient town,
• Clearly identify myself, be Ha Noi or Hue city,
able to know how to start or • Read more non-fiction books where mental values
8 are more
continue my career step related to economy, politics,
highlighted, to treat
religions, to name but a few, to my soul a slow pace
see through problems that may to find my true or
real self
come up in the near future

After • Take advantage of all the • Not yet found • Not yet found
• Become a passionate
graduation English teacher and experience at university to wholly
educator with enough apply it in my future classes
 reputation to exert
influence on education • Do exercises
• Take at least 4 classes per month • Health status
• Earn enough money to regularly, keep up
support or take care of the pace on a daily
next of kin
basis
• No action plan yet, this depends
• Obtain master degree
on how my viewpoint develops to
in Pedagogy and
English Linguistics (if see whether or not I need a MA or
possible) PhD.

Philosophy: Teaching need be seen equivalent to sharing – not the act of providing knowledge; never should
teachers be considered superior to their students, or else knowledge itself cannot be fully transferred.
Present and explain how your personal statement/ philosophy will guide you in achieving your goals:

As a 10th grade student, I already became a benevolent teacher getting no paid in a society-oriented project named
“Give”, aiming to help new beginners in English; a year rolled on, I continued to become a teaching assistant at
The IELTS Workshop English center with the role of an auxiliary teacher. What makes me start my career path so
soon was that I have a genuine love for education. I comprehend the vital role of education in each individual’s
life; and by surrounding myself in an education environment, I conclude that the right attitude towards teaching
should be sharing. Only by this sharing attitude, or using the word “sharing” while teaching, can we eliminate the
notion that learners are inferior people in the class who come to classes to acquire knowledge and that teachers are
those superior to their students in the field they are teaching, coming to classes to parade his or her expertise.
Having applied this notion in my class, I found myself easier to befriend with students, hence creating a more
comfortable environment for them to adapt and apply knowledge. I am therefore convinced that by following this
lodestar, I will be more able to realize my very goals – to become a passionate teacher who can change the
education for the better in a more wholly, people-oriented way.