(HBO)-It was Do Phuong Thanh (born in 2000) - a former student of the English gifted class, Hoang Van Thu specialized high school. She passed the entrance exam into the Foreign Trade University with 26.2 points. In the evening of December 22, 2018, Thanh excelled over 5 finalists in the final night to become the winner of the My FutureNZ competition, which was co-organized by the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam, New Zealand ENZ and VTV7 in Hanoi.

 

 Do Phuong Thanh received the New Zealand video Contest 2017 - New Thinking New Direction from New Zealand Ambassador in Vietnam and IDP Company representatives.

My FutureNZ is a competition for school students and students in Vietnam. In order to be present in the final contest night, before that, Thanh had to go through online elimination rounds. "For me, both rounds have the same difficulty and pressure. However, once you have passed the elimination round, the highest pressure is at the final contest night because you have to perform the speaking test in 3 minutes long and answer questions from the jury in English”, sai Thanh. To have the best contest, Do Phuong Thanh had to practice constantly. She had to train so that she could be confident when standing in front of the crowd, could cultivate more knowledge, especially to have the standard English speaking and pronunciation skills. In the final round, Thanh had 3 minutes to present in English about Sustainable Tourism and then answer questions from the jury. From Thanh’s point of view, this is an important issue that should be paid much attention in the process of promoting our country's tourism. With the effort of hard work, the results are totally worth her when she became the winner. She won a seven-day trip to New Zealand, one iPad and one online scored test with the value of US $36 from PTE English. Talking about her English learning experience, Thanh affirmed that she could only study and persistently practise. Previously, English was a very boring subject for Thanh, but now it has become her joy and passion. In order to study this subject well, in addition to the lessons in class, Thanh often spent time reading books written in English in the school library, listening to music, watching entertainment programs in English via Youtube, recording and listening to her own pronunciation again and fixing it herself.

Currently, Do Phuong Thanh is majoring in international business in advanced Japanese model at Foreign Trade University. In the university environment, Thanh and his classmates are studying their subjects in English, Japanese and some specific subjects of Japanese teaching. This is a favorable environment to help Thanh promote and further improve her ability to use English.

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