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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 XVI
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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)
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Letters from Laos – Hello, I’m Moukdala

Posted on 22/11/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, English, First impressions, Global Englishes, Laos, Teacher interviews, Teaching experiences, Teams, The Lao teachers, Traveling in Laos
happiness, Lao teachers' essays, Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), Laos, teacher interviews, teaching English in Laos

  Well, Hello everyone who is reading now. My name is Moukdala. I’m 26. I live with parents. My place

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The origin of National Teachers’ Day in Laos – A journey into the past and a celebration in the present

Posted on 18/11/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers
Ban Sikeud Primary School, festival, Teacher's Day, teaching English in Laos

Public holidays! For most people in the Western world, the deeper meaning of such a holiday is no longer present.

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Busy hands, busy brains – Hands-on science lessons at Ban Phang Heng Secondary School

Posted on 14/11/201705/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Teaching experiences, The Lao teachers
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, chemistry, experiments, physics, Science laboratory

The best way to activate children’s brains is by having them move their hands. Conducting experiments in science lessons and experiencing

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Global Handwashing Day 2017

Posted on 03/11/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Dancing, Intercultural Activities, Laos, Partnership
Ban Sikeud Primary School, festival, Ministry of Education and Sports

Global Handwashing Day in Laos Washing hands is a privilege that should be accessible for everyone. But not everywhere is

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“From Laos with love”: How to work with your Lao partner – new series by guest author Beate Pinisch

Posted on 02/11/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Intercultural Activities, Laos
Laos

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” (Heraclitus)

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The end of lent: Festival of lights, Boat racing festival, Teachers’ Day

Posted on 23/10/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Dancing, First impressions, Laos, Personal highlight, The Lao teachers
Asian food, Buddhism, festival, happiness, journey, Lao food, Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), Laos, personal highlight, singing, smile

One morning when Nina, one of the volunteers at the LGTC, went for her morning run along the Mekong River,

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Lao lunch with new friends

Posted on 22/10/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, English, Germany, Laos, Partnership, Teams, The Lao teachers
Ban Sikeud Primary School, emotions, Falang, friendship, Lao food, teaching English in Laos, Western food

During our first week at Ban Sikeud primary school in September, Hanna and I (Jessica) were invited by the school’s

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New places available for internships in spring 2018: Apply now!

Posted on 12/10/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Didactics & Methodology, Internships, Teams
Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers

Students from the University of Education Karlsruhe can now apply for an internship at the Lao-German Technical College in the

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First impressions – by Lea Herrmann

Posted on 12/10/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, First impressions, Germany, Internships, Laos, Partnership, Personal highlight, Teaching experiences, The Lao teachers
Ban Phang Heng Primary School, Lao food, teaching English in Laos

…after my parents dropped me off at the airport in Frankfurt and we said goodbye for a really long time,

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Our journey to Laos – Team V arrives on 18 September 2017

Posted on 01/10/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, English, First impressions, Germany, Internships, Laos, Partnership, Teams
journey, teaching English in Laos

Flying to a foreign country is almost always linked to a lot of effort. Travelling with seven people seemed like

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Square Dance for the (Lao) classroom

Posted on 30/09/201715/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Teaching experiences, Workshops
Activity Time, Square Dance

Have you ever heard of Modern Western Square Dancing? I am sure you have. But do you KNOW what it

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“Singlish”: Learn fun songs, action rhymes, and games!

Posted on 24/09/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Didactics & Methodology, English, Global Englishes, Workshops
"Singlish", Activity Time, body language, emotions, happiness, singing, smile, teaching English in Laos, Total Physical Response (TPR)

In preparation for the future Team V (and Team VI), who is (will be) in Laos to teach English this

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    3 Lao exchange students at PHKA in the summer term 2026

    University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    3 students of Savannakhet University (Lao P.D.R.) study at the University of Education Karlsruhe in the summer term 2026 under the last leg of our 3rd Erasmus+ Mobility Project PH Karlsruhe & Savannakhet University. 2 are Informatics students, 1 is an English student: we welcome Ms Kaemmy Sithivong!

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    3 exchange students from Ghana and Cameroon at PHKA in the summer term 2026

    University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    1 student of the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) and 2 students of the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon) study at the University of Education Karlsruhe in the summer term 2026 under the DAAD programme  (2025-2029) "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" We welcome Mr Emmanuel Agyapong (English), Ms Adeg Nelvis Kissob (English), and Mr Noel Chick Forbang (Curriculum & Evaluation)!

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    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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    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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