I still reviewed all my lesson and tried to study by myself even if there was no English class for me. I tried to learn by heart, reading and writing again and again. The more I did it, the more I remembered it. Not only that I still looked for someone to teach me more and more.
One day, fortunately, I sat in front of the temple inside the hut. There was one guy sitting near me. I had a chance to talk with him. He might be 50. First I asked him what his name was, where he was from, and where he lived. He told me that his name was Mr Phouma. He just moved from Vientiane. He lived in front of the temple.
When I heard he moved from Vientiane, I thought he might be able to speak English. I immediately asked him if he could speak English and teach me . He said he could but he did not have teaching material. I told him to not worry about that I had some of teaching materials. I would lend him.
Next day, I brought him all my English book or materials which I collected since I studied English at first time. That included English dictionary. He looked at them and said that he would teach and use it. After he agreed, I came back to prepare a class and all materials. The class would take place in the temple at night. Not only that, I also announced to everyone in my village who were interested in studying English.
There were a lots of boys and girls came and asked more information and they were very interested in English. At night, there were lots of boys and girls joined the class including me. First day and the day afther, we started learning from the basic lesson such as alphabet, vowels, vocabulary, and basic grammar as well as conversation. It seemed everyone enjoy the class at the first month.
The second month, we studied more grammar such as noun, verb, adjective for instance. The more everyone learned it, the more they confused it. It seemed they looked not interested it. To me, I had learned some of them. It was not difficult for me. Finally, the class automatically stopped because no students came to the class. There was only me alone.
