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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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      • 1.3. Third Project Phase: “Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship” (2020-2023)
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    • Team VIII (19 February 2019 – 5 July 2019)
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    • Team VI (18 February 2018 – 15 April 2018)
    • Team V (18 September 2017 – 15 February 2018)
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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, 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 18/03/201712/12/2025 by IMartin
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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, 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 14/03/201705/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Internships, Teams
emotions, Germany, intercultural competence, 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 14/03/201715/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, 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 10/03/201720/09/2018 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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Welcome to our new “Didactics Room” at Ban Phang Heng Secondary School

Posted on 06/03/201719/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership, Workshops
Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES)

After conducting our first workshop on 20 November 2016 on teaching materials we faced the problem that our Lao tandem-teachers

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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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