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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)
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A wish for a better education – an interview with Mr Khamsing Nanthavongdouangsy

Posted on 23/02/201817/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Partnership, Teacher interviews
Germany, Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, smile, teacher interviews, teaching English in Laos

When I met Mr Khamsing Nanthavongdouangsy, the School Manager of Ban Phan Heng Primary and Secondary School and also Lao

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“From Laos with love”: Language twists and how not to lose your pet – by guest author Beate Pinisch

Posted on 20/02/201820/02/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Global Englishes
Lao language, Laos, teaching English in Laos

A post on facebook by a Lao friend got me thinking. It started with finding two words funny and ended

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We are Team VI!

Posted on 17/02/201805/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership, Teams, Volunteers
English, Germany, Lao-German cooperation, teaching English in Laos

Meet Team VI!   Top row, left to right: Julia Grüttner, Anna Hajek, Isabell Kämmer, Tasja Reule, Shirin Ud-Din Bottom

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Guest author Richard Martin & Fabian Stober write: Stories are something to remember…

Posted on 16/02/201805/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Picturebooks, Teaching experiences, Workshops
activities, body language, books, English, Germany, intercultural competence, literature, teaching English in Laos, Total Physical Response, ways of teaching

…so why not use them as a teaching device? In the summer semester of 2017, Prof. Isabel Martin offered a

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Project videos by Team V!

Posted on 15/02/201820/09/2018 by IMartin
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“Time flies when you are having fun.” (Albert Einstein) We as Team V working in Laos certainly made this experience.

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Letters from Laos – “Cooperation between BHS and LGTC” by Phonesavanh Chachueyang

Posted on 14/02/201805/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Partnership, Teacher interviews
BHS, Germany, journey, Lao teachers' essays, Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), teacher interviews

Editor’s note: Following Mr Phonesouk Inhtaxay’s post on his time in Germany in July and August 2017, his colleague Mr

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Workshop on 11 December 2017 – “Micro-teaching with a picture book in the classroom – what, why, when, and how”

Posted on 08/02/201805/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Internships, Laos, Teaching experiences, The Lao teachers, Workshops
English, Germany, Laos, teaching English in Laos

English picture books are excellent material to use in English classes for primary pupils and pre-schoolers for many reasons. Here

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Bang, bang, scratch – The director’s signature

Posted on 06/02/201815/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos
Activity Time, intercultural competence, Phang Heng secondary school, smile

At Ban Phang Heng Secondary School three directors are responsible for the organization, structure, and bureaucracy. When it comes to

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The good soul of Ban Phang Heng Secondary School – An interview with Ms Saysamone Singhalath

Posted on 05/02/201817/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Partnership, Teacher interviews, The Lao teachers
English, friendship, interviews, language learning, Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, teacher interviews

Ms Saysamone Singhalath is 26 years old and has taught history at Ban Phang Heng Secondary School for six years

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Workshop on 20 November 2017 – Creating and using teaching material

Posted on 22/01/201805/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers, Workshops
English, Laos, teaching English in Laos, teaching material, ways of teaching

Extra teaching material and lessons – nowadays, two inseparable things when we think about teaching. To work only with the

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Letters from Laos – “The history of my football team” by Bounthavy Siphonephat

Posted on 20/01/201817/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Teacher interviews, The Lao teachers
happiness, Lao teachers' essays, Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), smile, teacher interviews

Many boys and young men in Laos still play the traditional ball game “kator” (in Lao), or “sepak takraw” (เซปักตะกร้อ

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New places available for internships starting in September 2018: Join the info session on 31 January 2018!

Posted on 18/01/201818/01/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Teams
English, Germany, intercultural competence, teaching English in Laos

Interested in an internship? On 31 January the University of Education Karlsruhe and the Angels for Children foundation will hold

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  • Fri
    16
    Jan
    2026

    Interviews with Ghanaian applicants for ASA Academia 2026

    9:00 - 17:00University of Cape Coast, Ghana

    The shortlisted applicants for the ASA Academia global format project #1104 are interviewed live at UCC.

  • Tue
    20
    Jan
    2026

    Deadline for German applications for ASA Academia 2026

    11:59 PMonline

    Submit your application for project #1104 by 23:59 on 20 January.

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  • Tue
    01
    Aug
    2023
    Fri
    31
    Jul
    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).

  • Wed
    01
    Oct
    2025
    Mon
    31
    Dec
    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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