Story-led English, speaking confidence & IELTS · Hanoi & live online (GMT+3 to GMT+8)
Story-led lessons that help children and teens explain ideas using details from real books, speak confidently out loud, and write clearly—plus evidence-based IELTS practice for older teens and adults.
Not sure whether to start with Reading or Speaking for a 9–14 year old? Choose Path 1 (Reading & Story Adventures) if your child needs richer vocabulary, reading comprehension and structured paragraph writing. Choose Path 2 (Speaking Confidence & Teen IELTS) if your child already reads well on paper but hesitates to speak out loud.
Path 1
Guided by Professor Rex
Four illustrated Story Worlds:
Path 2
Child-safety note
Live sessions with learners under 18 are never recorded; parents receive written teacher observation notes and priority plans.
Path 3
Product scope notice
Typed practice mode is live now and does not assess pronunciation; spoken audio mode is in limited beta. The sample audio on the AI Speaking page is a synthetic demonstration. The Live Speaking Baseline (690.000₫) is a separate, human-assessed Google Meet session.
Illustrative Teaching Example · How we teach students to explain an idea
Short story excerpt (sample prompt)
“As the storm rose, Maya looked at her last dry flare. She could save it to signal the rescue boat for herself, or fire it now so the lost fishing crew could see the reef.”
Teacher question
“Did Maya make a wise choice when she fired the flare for the crew? Explain your answer using a detail from the story.”
Typical uncoached answer
“Yes, I think Maya made a good choice because she is very brave and kind to other people.”
Why it stalls
It uses general adjectives (brave, kind) without pointing to what actually happened in the text.
How we coach the answer (Point + Proof + Explain)
“I think Maya made the right choice...”
“...because she fires her last dry flare to warn the lost fishing crew about the reef...”
“...which shows she values saving several lives right now over keeping a backup for herself.”
How parents see progress, without recording under-18s
Teachers share your child's written paragraph drafts, Word Fossil vocabulary notes and spoken sentences noted live during the lesson, in a written parent update.
Meet your teacher
M.S. in IT Management, WGU · International PGCE, University of Warwick (completing 2026) · Advanced TEFL
Hi, I’m Mr. Jay. Over the past decade teaching in international classrooms in Asia and here in Hanoi, I kept meeting students who could pass grammar worksheets on paper, yet froze when asked to explain an opinion out loud or write a clear paragraph from scratch.
What you can expect when working with me:
All VietQR and online-checkout payments are billed in Vietnamese Đồng (VND ₫). Approximate US Dollar (~$) figures use 1 USD ≈ 25.400₫ for international reference; families outside Vietnam can also pay set US$ amounts by PayPal on the Speaking page. Live online sessions run across GMT+3 to GMT+8 (Hanoi is GMT+7).
Ages 6–14
Start here
Request by email or Zalo: we review a short reading & writing sample and send a written Level 1–5 placement note.
Ongoing options & full commitment totals
Placed by readiness (Levels 1–5) after your placement consultation.
Ages 9–18
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Written 4-criterion band estimate (fluency, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation), overall band estimate and your #1 next lesson priority. Under-18 sessions are never recorded.
Ongoing options & full commitment totals
Ages 18+
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1 Basic Practice Report quoting your response and naming your #1 priority fix. Typed mode is live now (does not assess pronunciation); spoken audio mode is in limited beta.
Ongoing options & full commitment totals
~66.300₫/credit: 1 Advanced Report with a 4-week study plan, or 3 Basic reports.
~54.900₫/credit, valid 12 months.
No. Sessions with learners under 18 are never recorded. Parents receive written teacher observation notes, spoken examples noted live during the lesson, and annotated writing drafts.
Typed practice mode is available today and evaluates the flow of ideas, vocabulary and grammar; it does not assess pronunciation. Spoken audio mode is in limited beta, and the audio player on the AI Speaking page is a synthetic demonstration. For a full 4-criterion assessment including pronunciation today, book the human-assessed 15–20 minute Live Speaking Baseline (690.000₫) on Google Meet.
VietQR and online checkout are billed in Vietnamese Đồng (VND ₫). Approximate USD figures are listed for reference; families outside Vietnam can pay set US$ amounts by PayPal for the Baseline and 1-to-1 lessons.