Practical English

Success Stories: Khánh & The Phong-Tuấn Story

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2025
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Success Stories: Khánh & The Phong-Tuấn Story

"Insights from real conversations and real problems"

Success stories: Khánh — and the Phong–Tuấn story

Khánh started quiet and hesitant. Over time, with structured practice, he began leading conversations: asking follow‑ups, adding his own views, and managing turn‑taking — entirely in English. That’s the target: communication skills first; scores follow naturally.

Key skills we practise

  • Leading a conversation: openers, proposing tasks, summarising.
  • Mini‑teaching: explaining a point to a peer (teaching deepens learning).
  • Resolving misunderstandings politely to keep dialogue flowing.

For working professionals, the language needed is often simple — the challenge is instant retrieval under pressure. We drill real‑life phrases and scenarios until they come out automatically.

The Phong–Tuấn narrative explores how life and career pressures interact with learning, and how steady habits and the right environment unlock progress. (To be continued.)

What do you think?

This article might've started as a scribble on the back of a receipt during a bus ride, a spark of something real after a conversation over a pint of Leffe, or notes from a Sunday afternoon client call that left me buzzing with ideas. However it came to be, I hope it found you at just the right moment.

If it stirred something in you, or if you're just curious about anything from automating the boring bits of your business to capturing your quiet magic in a coffee shop shoot — shall we pencil something into the diary?

I'd love to be on the other end of the conversation.

Thi Nguyen offers a wide range of marketing, automation consultancy for small, medium enterprises. Email: [email protected]. She's currently based in London, UK.
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