“I
find it very effective to study at this pagoda as the teachers are so enthusiastic
even though the classes are free of charge,” said Kim Anh, a Ho Chi Minh City
college student, after five months of learning foreign languages at La (Leave)
Pagoda, located in Go Vap District.
She is among 600 frequent learners, including
young Vietnamese people and poor students, who have come to this pagoda for
complimentary foreign language courses throughout the last two years.
A Tien Phong newspaper correspondent visited
this ‘school’ on a recent Saturday morning and was really impressed, and
entertained, by the learning environment there: teachers and students were
passionately engaging in the lessons in an exciting atmosphere, unlike the
intense and noisy vibes at other language centers in the city.
La abbot Thich Nhuan Tam said that he founded
these classes back in 2010, which at first taught English, Chinese, and
Japanese. French and German have been recently added to the curriculum to meet
learners’ growing demand, he added.
“The teachers, who are expatriates or kind and
competent Vietnamese people working at local colleges, research institutes, and
cultural centers, are either teaching for free or asking for little pay.”
The monk said he has so far resorted to
offertories and money obtained from selling feng shui stones to fund the classes,
of which there are 17 in total, open from 7:30 to 21:00 every day.
“As hard as it is to maintain the classes, I
feel truly happy and relieved seeing the learners listen attentively to their
teachers and wholeheartedly participate in their lessons every time I visit
them,” Tam said.
The pagoda is going on with the construction
of two new well-equipped classrooms thanks to individual donations, the abbot
told the newspaper.
It is now heading towards future cooperation
with the city Department of Education and Training to confer official
certificates on the learners.
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