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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 XIII (The Cameroon Experience)
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    • 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)
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“Hello and goodbye Laos” from Team I (January 2016)

Posted on 28/05/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers, Workshops
Laos, Lending Library, teaching the teachers

Hello. Every hello comes along with a goodbye at some stage. For the rest of Team I (Franziska, Laura and

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Project video uploaded

Posted on 25/05/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Intercultural Activities, Partnership
project video, teaching English in Laos

You can now find the video about the pilot phase of “Teaching English in Laos” with Team I on Videos

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“My personal highlight and lowlight” by Jana Brecht

Posted on 25/05/201615/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities
Asian food, emotions, Falang, journey, language learning, Lao food

It is quite difficult to make out one special event which is supposed to be the best one as I

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A day in the Lao life of Isa

Posted on 18/05/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, English, Teaching experiences, Teams
"Mopsy", Ban Phang Heng Primary School, teaching English in Laos

It is 6 o’clock in the morning and my alarm wakes me up with its soft tunes – if the

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My personal highlight – by Isabella Stryj

Posted on 28/04/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Traveling in Laos
emotions, friendship, happiness, journey, Laos

My time in Laos was relatively short (six-and-a-half weeks), but still I experienced many great and adventurous moments! Nevertheless, there

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The Lao German Technical College – a new partner school for “Teaching English in Laos”

Posted on 18/04/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Germany, Laos, Partnership
Lao-German Technical College (LGTC), Laos, teaching English in Laos, Vientiane

When coming to landlocked Laos, you probably would not expect to meet Laotians who speak German – but quite a

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Team II: Jana expands the Lending Library

Posted on 13/04/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Workshops
Ban Sikeud Primary School, Lending Library, literature

My special task during our stay in Laos was to spruce up the English Lending Library. Establishing the Lending Library

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Mit and Noy write: Our expectations of the stay in the UK

Posted on 12/04/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
journey

Mit and Noy are two of the four Lao English teachers who received a voucher from the Angel for Children

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6 May 2016: Start of new project phase

Posted on 05/04/201607/07/2016 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership
teaching English in Laos

Thanks to the exemplary work of everybody involved, our project has grown fast, both in scope and influence. Therefore, we

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An Interview with Lathsamy Chanthavongsa by Isabella Stryj

Posted on 04/04/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers
Ban Phang Heng Primary School, Lao teachers' essays, Laos, teaching English in Laos

Lathsamy Chanthavongsa is an English teacher at Phang Heng Primary School, teaching Preschool class 1 and classes 3-5. For the last

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Guest author and storyteller Richard Martin: “Excitement but limitations of a one-off visit”

Posted on 29/03/201605/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Workshops
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, Ban Sikeud Primary School, body language, Storytelling

Knowing that I sometimes travel to Southeast Asia, Prof. Martin told me about the “Teaching English in Laos” project. An

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Workshop on 25 March 2016 – “Methods for the classroom”

Posted on 25/03/201605/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Workshops
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, teaching English in Laos

Shortly before our departure, our second workshop took place. It targeted the problem of the limited number of methods used

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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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