Most of these teachers are local villagers in the communities who have someknowledge of Lao language and have been familiarized with the curriculum that they have been taught previously at school.
However, the study suggested understanding of Gaelic words and phrases was limited with just over one in 10 of the general public respondents claiming to have at least someknowledge of the language.
Exposure to parents and other relatives who speak Korean has given Kim someknowledge of the language -- she can generally understand the subject matter of the conversation -- but she can't read it and doesn't enunciate well.
There is plenty of dispute about what gave these people such an advantage language, some other form of mental ingenuity, or the collective knowledge that comes from exchange and specialization but there is also disagreement about when the exodus began.