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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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  • Partners
    • Ban Sikeud primary school
    • Ban Phang Heng primary school
    • Ban Phang Heng lower secondary school
    • Lao-German Technical College
  • Teams
    • Teacher tandems
    • Team XVI
    • Team XV
    • Team XIV
    • 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)
    • Team III (15 September 2016 – 15 February 2017)
    • Team II (15 February – 31 March 2016)
    • Team I (27 October 2015 – 7 January 2016)
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  • Primary education
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      • Primary school English teachers
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      • Primary school English teachers
    • Sunshine School
  • Secondary education
    • Ban Phang Heng lower secondary school
      • Secondary school English teachers
      • Secondary school science teachers
      • Secondary school mathematics teachers
      • Learners of English
  • Vocational education
    • Lao-German Technical College Vientiane
      • Vocational school English teachers
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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
All Posts
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
All Posts
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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Ms Souphaphone Vongphachan’s and “Linda’s”aka Ms Bouangeun Hanthavong’s Story: Why I want to learn English

Posted on 10/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, English, The Lao teachers
Ban Sikeud Primary School, friendship, Lao teachers' essays, 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 10/03/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, English, The Lao teachers
Ban Sikeud Primary School, emotions, friendship, Lao teachers' essays, 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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English Certificates for Lao teachers 2017

Posted on 24/02/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, English, Laos, Partnership, Teaching experiences, Teams
certificates, emotions, happiness, smile, teaching English in Laos

Learning English is fun, at times challenging, but also very rewarding. To show our “students” how much we appreciate their

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My personal highlight: “And the true beauties are… Lao fabrics!” – by Lena Wink

Posted on 24/02/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Personal highlight, Traveling in Laos
Lao culture, Lao skirt, Lao weaving, Laos, personal highlight, sinh

Laos is often said to be a country where time seems to have stopped. I am really sorry to inform

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Our cooperation with the Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES)

Posted on 23/02/201726/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Didactics & Methodology, English, Laos, Partnership, Teaching experiences
Lao-German cooperation, Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES), teaching English in Laos

Prof. Martin: Part I Our cooperation with the Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES) developed Lao-style, that is to say

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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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    Apr
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    ASA Academia project #1104 (2026): 3 Ghanaian-German student-tandems

    9:00 - 18:00 PH Karlsruhe (Germany) & UCC Cape Coast (Ghana)

    3 Ghanaian and 3 German students won stipends by Engagement Global to participate in our 3rd ASA Academia research & teaching Project #1104 from 20 April to 18 December 2026. Phase 1 of "Shaping educational change: recognizing and breaking colonial patterns in teacher training curricula" takes place at PH Karlsruhe, Phase 2 at UCC. We welcome Christian Agyei, Veronica Enyonam Ahiaba, Irene Sitsofe Kwawu, Jonas Florian Morbe, Jennice Radant and Cosima Reese to Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe!

  • Fri
    08
    May
    2026

    World Dance "Open House" party

    19:00 - 21:30University of Education Karlsruhe, Sportshall, Moltkestrasse 10

    This event is open to the public across generations and offers fun, movement and fingerfood! Everyone welcome: no prior knowledge or experience, no fee - just enjoy the experience!
    For Master students in Prof. Martin's "World Dance Calling" seminar, this is the first session and followed by a full-day Caller workshop on the next day.

  • Sat
    09
    May
    2026

    Workshop 1: Basics for Calling

    10:00 - 17:00KUE, Sportshall/Seminarraum, Moltkestrasse 10

    "World Dance Calling" seminar: 1st Caller Workshop - cooperation teachers are welcome!

  • Sat
    06
    Jun
    2026

    Workshop 2: Calling and Teaching

    10:00 - 17:00KUE, Sportshall/Seminarraum, Moltkestrasse 10

    "World Dance Calling" seminar: 2nd Caller Workshop - cooperation teachers are welcome!

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Current development

  • Tue
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    Aug
    2023
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    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.

  • Sun
    19
    Apr
    2026
    Fri
    17
    Jul
    2026

    ASA Academia project #1104 (2026): 3 Ghanaian-German student-tandems

    9:00 - 18:00 PH Karlsruhe (Germany) & UCC Cape Coast (Ghana)

    3 Ghanaian and 3 German students won stipends by Engagement Global to participate in our 3rd ASA Academia research & teaching Project #1104 from 20 April to 18 December 2026. Phase 1 of "Shaping educational change: recognizing and breaking colonial patterns in teacher training curricula" takes place at PH Karlsruhe, Phase 2 at UCC. We welcome Christian Agyei, Veronica Enyonam Ahiaba, Irene Sitsofe Kwawu, Jonas Florian Morbe, Jennice Radant and Cosima Reese to Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe!

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