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Bi-directional Learning and Teaching: Lao-German Projects and Tandems

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      • 1.1. First Project Phase: “Teaching English in Laos” (2015-2018)
      • 1.2. Second Project Phase: “Bi-directional teaching and learning” (2018-2021)
      • 1.3. Third Project Phase: “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship” (2020-2023)
      • 1.4. Fourth Project Phase: “Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality”
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    • Team XIII (The Cameroon Experience)
    • Team XII
    • Team XI (May 2021 – June 2021)
    • Team X (6 February – 18 March 2020)
    • Team IX (15 October 2019 – 15 January 2020)
    • Team VIII (19 February 2019 – 5 July 2019)
    • Team VII (18 September 2018 – 22 February 2019)
    • Team VI (18 February 2018 – 15 April 2018)
    • Team V (18 September 2017 – 15 February 2018)
    • Team IV (14 February – 10 April 2017)
    • Team III (15 September 2016 – 15 February 2017)
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Transition from Lower Secondary School Phang Heng to the Lao-German Technical College

Posted on 06/12/201907/12/2019 by IMartin
All Posts, First impressions, Laos, LGTC, Teaching experiences, Teams
English, Lao-German Technical College, partnership, Phang Heng secondary school, Teaching English in Laos

How our journey to Laos began in October 2018 Seven months flew by after the Academic International Office at the PH

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The universal language of football – a perfect kick-off to the “The Laos Experience”

Posted on 01/12/201902/12/2019 by IMartin
All Posts, First impressions, Intercultural Activities, Personal highlight
football, Lao culture, Lao-German Technical College, Laos, sports

Arriving in Laos – a warm welcome & my first invitation to a game of football I arrived in Lao

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Workshop on 8 April 2019 at the LGTC – “Body language: presenting yourself”

Posted on 28/11/201928/11/2019 by IMartin
All Posts, LGTC, Workshops
body language, teaching the teachers

Why do a workshop on body language? When the time came for us – Anna-Sophia ten Brink, Siegfried Hadatsch, and

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Workshop on 4 April 2019 – chemistry experiment in the science laboratory (saponification)

Posted on 24/11/201908/12/2025 by IMartin
Activity time, All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Laos, LGTC, Science laboratory, Teaching experiences, The Lao students, The Lao teachers
chemistry, experiments, Science, Science laboratory

Preparation in the science lab1 For a Bachelor’s degree in Bilingual Teaching2 at the PH Karlsruhe, a stay abroad of 20

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Savannakhet – my second hometown in Laos

Posted on 19/11/201927/11/2019 by Rebecca Dengler
All Posts, First impressions, Laos, Savannakhet University (SKU)
Erasmus+ Mobility Programme PH Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University, friendship

Already two months ago I, Rebecca Dengler, moved to Savannakhet to do research for my PhD at Savannakhet University. On

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First volunteer at the VEDI: Welcomed and embraced like family

Posted on 10/11/201927/11/2019 by IMartin
All Posts

Since I – Phi Ha Nguyen – arrived in Vientiane, Laos, on the 26th of October 2019,  I have been

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Looking back – our first contact with institutions of education in Laos (2015) & visiting the VEDI

Posted on 02/11/201927/11/2019 by IMartin
All Posts, LGTC, Partnership, Savannakhet University (SKU)
VEDI

4 years to the day! Today is the 4th anniversary of our first visit to the LGTC and VEDI on

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New places available for internships in spring 2020: Apply now for Team X!

Posted on 01/11/201927/11/2019 by IMartin
All Posts, Teams
English, intercultural competence, internship, Lao-German Technical College, teaching the teachers, VEDI

Students and graduates from all subjects from the University of Education Karlsruhe  can now apply for an internship in the project

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We are Team IX – Introduction

Posted on 13/10/201927/11/2019 by Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck
All Posts, Teams
LGTC, Team IX, VEDI

Hello everybody, we are Team IX! We are very glad to finally be able to introduce ourselves to all of

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“Language education and global citizenship” (3) – A comparison of (travel) guides to Laos (by L. Koch)

Posted on 05/10/201927/11/2019 by IMartin
Academic Research, All Posts, Global Citizenship, Laos, Traveling in Laos
intercultural activities, research, travel

Editor’s note: “A comparison of (travel) guides to Laos” by Ms Lena Koch is the third research article in the

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A visit to Kuang Si Butterfly Park – an approach to nature preservation in Laos

Posted on 25/09/201908/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Global Citizenship, Personal highlight, Traveling in Laos
Education, Luang Prabang, Sights in Laos, The Sustainable Development Goals, travel experiences

When we, Team VIII, went to Luang Prabang for our holidays in March 2019, we visited the Kuang Si Butterfly

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Houaphan Province – exploring the hometown of Ms Khamsee Thanbounheuang

Posted on 24/09/201927/11/2019 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers, Traveling in Laos
friendship, happiness, Laos, travel

It’s not necessary to go far and wide. I mean you can really find exciting things within your hometown. (Daryl

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    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (Cameroon)

    8:00 - 18:00University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    Visiting Lecturer Mr Donald Beteyeh Nchofua (University of Yaoundé 1, doctoral candidate) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.

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    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (Ghana)

    8:00 - 18:00University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    Visiting Lecturer Dr Gifty Edna Anani (University of Cape Coast) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.

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    Dec
    2025
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    Dec
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    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (South Africa)

    8:00 - 18:00 University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    Visiting Lecturer Ass.Prof. Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla (University of South Africa) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.

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    Dec
    2025
    Fri
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    Dec
    2025

    International Winter School "Democracy - Language - Participation"

    8:00 - 20:00University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    The one-week conference is part of the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme (2025-2029) at PH Karlsruhe. Visiting lecturers from our partner universitites in Northern Ireland, Israel, Ghana, Cameroon, and newly South Africa will cooperate with local students and colleagues to deepen our understanding of how democracy, language, and participation intersect and how language can be a tool for both exclusion and empowerment in democratic societies. Info und Programm Winter School 2025_en

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  • Tue
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    Aug
    2023
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    2026

    3rd Erasmus+ Mobility Project PH Karlsruhe & Savannakhet University

    Karlsruhe (Germany) & Savannakhet (Lao P.D.R.)

    Erasmus+ Key Action 171 Mobility Project between the University of Education Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University (budget 62.470,00 Euro): After our first two mobility projects, "Bi-directional Teaching and Learning" (2018-2021) and "Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship" (2021-2023), we now embark on "Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality" for 3 years (2023-2026).

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    Sep
    2025
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    2025

    "ASA Academia global" 2025 Team XV Phase 2

    8:00 - 18:00Cape Coast (Ghana)

    After Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe, our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) continues from September to December 2025 at UCC in Cape Coast. We work towards Sustainable Development Goals #4, #10, #16, and #17 and have planned many school visits. The research activities for Team XV are decolonizing ELT, teaching materials, and English curricula at school level.

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    2025
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    2029

    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" at PH Karlsruhe (2025-2029)

    8:00 - 18:00Karlsruhe (Germany)

    With the new Get Ready for Global Teaching! project at PH Karlsruhe, we institutionalize and expand our international collaborations. With our partners in Ghana, Israel, Cameroon, Lao P.D.R., Norway, the UK and the USA, we will focus on global inequality, colonial thought patterns, and post-migrant societies. Through direct exchange, future teachers will further develop their cultural and linguistic awareness, reflect on key issues and challenges of our time from a global perspective, and design educational processes in diversity- and discrimination-sensitive ways.

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