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

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New places available for internships starting in autumn 2017 (Team V) and spring 2018 (Team VI)!

Posted on 23/05/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Internships, Partnership, Teams
teaching English in Laos

English students from the PH Karlsruhe can now apply for an internship in two different periods of time: – Team

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“The cæt in the hæt” – a workshop about English pronunciation

Posted on 03/04/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, English, Workshops
pronunciation, teaching the teachers

We decided to do our workshop on the topic of pronunciation as some of our Lao teachers still struggle with

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

Posted on 01/04/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Didactics & Methodology, Laos, Workshops
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, Laos, teaching the teachers

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 31/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, First impressions, Laos
Buddhism, emotions, happiness, Lao food, Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), 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, festival, happiness, Lao-German friendship feast, 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 18/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Didactics & Methodology
activities, Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, emotions, Science laboratory

“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, 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
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emotions, 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 14/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Germany, Internships, Teams
emotions, 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 14/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Partnership
activities, Laos, Lending Library, Ministry of Education and Sports, 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 10/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Personal highlight
Ban Sikeud Primary School, Laos, personal highlight, 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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    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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