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

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A workshop for the science teachers at Ban Phang Heng Secondary School

Posted on 01/04/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, Workshops
Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, teaching the teachers, ways of teaching, workshop

To begin our joint work in the science laboratory, we offered the workshop “How to produce material for science classes”.

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Our first impressions – by Amelie Reiling, Christiane Morlock and Stephanie Schulz

Posted on 31/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, First impressions
Buddhism, emotions, first impression, happiness, Lao food, Lao-German Technical College, Laos, Teaching English in Laos

We have enjoyed living here in Vientiane very much right from the beginning. Our Lao adventure started on 13th February

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One moment in time: The March “Oktoberfest” (October festival) in Vientiane

Posted on 31/03/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities
emotions, Falang-Friendship-Feast, festival, happiness, Western food

We had some special guests from Germany only two weeks after our own arrival: The trombone choir “Floss”, named after their hometown.

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Science lab activity time at Ban Phang Heng Secondary School

Posted on 18/03/201706/06/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, Science laboratory
Activities, emotions, Phang Heng secondary school, Science laboratory, ways of teaching

“WOW…!” This is an exclamation we often get to hear during our science lab activity time. The pupils who come

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First impressions – by Laura Jakob & Tanja Wintrich (Team IV)

Posted on 18/03/201731/03/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, First impressions
emotions, first impression, happiness, smile, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers

Sabaidee Laos! In the first days after our arrival in Laos, we were flooded by many new impressions. It started

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Pageflow – a new way to share our experiences

Posted on 18/03/201731/03/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, Pageflow
emotions, first impression, journey, pageflow

Visit our Pageflow – a tool for multimedia storytelling which allows us to share our experiences in Laos with you

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Introduction of volunteers: Team IV

Posted on 14/03/201719/07/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, Teams
emotions, Germany, intercultural competence, internship, journey, teaching the teachers

Hello, readers! We are Team IV! We all started our big and exciting journey together in Frankfurt. Some of us

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Minister for Education and Sports H.E. Mrs Sengdeuane Lachanthaboune visits Angels for Children

Posted on 14/03/201715/03/2017 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership
Activities, Laos, Lending Library, Ministry of Education and Sports, partnership, Teaching English in Laos

As a crowning moment of the third phase of “Teaching English in Laos”, the project leaders received a high-ranking visit

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Being a volunteer at the Sunshine School in Vientiane

Posted on 13/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
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Sunshine School Vientiane, Teaching English in Laos

Sunshine School is a pre- and primary school in Vientiane within the Neo-Humanist Education system managed by the Ananda Marga

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Flashback: Three unforgettable months in Laos

Posted on 10/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Personal highlight
Laos, personal highlight, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

Before I applied for this internship, it had been a great dream of mine to travel to Southeast Asia. During

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Ms Souphaphone Vongphachan’s and “Linda’s”aka Ms Bouangeun Hanthavong’s Story: Why I want to learn English

Posted on 10/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
English, friendship, Lao teachers' essays, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

I teach Ms Souphaphone Vongphachan, the director of Sikeud Primary School, together with “Linda” aka Ms Bouangeun Hanthavong, Madame Engel’s

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My experiences with the German teachers – Essays by Mit (Mittaphone Sichampa) and Noy (Phovang Inthavong)

Posted on 10/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
emotions, English, friendship, Lao teachers' essays, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

During our daily English lessons at Sikeud Primary School, Mit and Noy, the school’s English teachers, wrote an article about

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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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    3rd Erasmus+ Mobility Laos-Germany: 2 SKU Incomings at PHKA in the summer term 2025

    8:00 - 18:00Karlsruhe (Germany)

    In our 3rd Erasmus+ project “Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality” (2023-2026), Ms Chindavone Sisoulath and Ms Phennapha Xaiyasen, students in the Faculty of Linguistics and Humanities and the Faculty of Information and Technology at Savannakhet University (SKU), will study at the University of Education Karlsruhe (PHKA) in the summer term 2025.

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    "ASA Academia global" 2025: 2nd student-tandem research project (Team XIV)

    8:00 - 18:00Karlsruhe (Germany) & Cape Coast (Ghana)

    Our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) with 6 full stipends for 6 months (April to July in Karlsruhe, September to December 2025 in Cape Coast), led by Dr. Christopher Yaw Kwaah and Prof. Isabel Martin, works towards Sustainable Development Goals #4, #10, #16, and #17. The main research activities for Team XIV are decolonizing ELT, teaching materials, and English curricula at school level.

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