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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 XVI
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    • 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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      • Secondary school English teachers
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  • Vocational education
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“My personal highlight” by Julia Bauer

Posted on 11/02/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Personal highlight, Teaching experiences
activities, body language, Laos, personal highlight, Total Physical Response (TPR)

It is quite difficult to make out one special event or one special moment which is supposed to be the

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Mopsy: final review

Posted on 03/02/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Teaching experiences
"Mopsy", Ban Sikeud Primary School

It has been a while since our last Mopsy report and we have taught many lessons with Mister Mopsy since then.

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Spotlight: Gestures

Posted on 01/02/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Intercultural Activities
teaching the teachers

Gestures are the everyday movements we use to support our spoken communication or to convey non-verbal messages, for example “come

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English “Lending Library” in Ban Sikeud Primary School

Posted on 01/02/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership
Ban Sikeud Primary School, Lending Library, literature

In the teachers’ room of Ban Sikeud Primary School we now have a Lending Library with many English books. There

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Interview with Bouangeun and Souphaphone

Posted on 28/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers
Ban Sikeud Primary School, interviews, Laos

At the end of our stay in Laos, I gave my two students Bouangeun and Souphaphone the following questions to

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Things to do in Laos

Posted on 25/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Laos, Traveling in Laos
coffee, journey, Laos, singing

This report is to sum up some of the amazing things we have done in our free time. This is

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“My personal highlight” by Tobias Mayer

Posted on 25/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Personal highlight, Teaching experiences
Ban Sikeud Primary School, happiness, personal highlight, smile

Deciding what THE highlight of my Laos experience was is an impossible task as my time in Laos was bristling

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A normal day in Sikeud

Posted on 25/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Cultural learning, Teaching experiences
"Mopsy", activities, Ban Sikeud Primary School, teaching English in Laos

My alarm greets me at 7.00 a.m. Pressing the snooze button at least two times is part of my daily

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“Expectation – The volunteer from Germany” from Done Keo Keositvong

Posted on 21/01/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, Lao teachers' essays

“What were your expectations, hopes, and fears when you heard that five German volunteer teachers will come to your school?”

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“The teacher vunlunteer from Germany” from Bounpheng Singhalaht

Posted on 21/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, Lao teachers' essays, Laos

“What were your expectations, hopes, and fears when you heard that five German volunteer teachers will come to your school?”

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Monk ceremony and other Lao celebrations

Posted on 16/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos
Buddhism, festival, Lao food, Laos

During one of our English lessons Mit told me that there would be no school the next day. When I

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“Why I wanted to become a teacher” by Bounleud Sengsavangvong

Posted on 16/01/201626/01/2026 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, The Lao teachers
Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, Lao teachers' essays, Laos

(I choose the topic)(why do I want to be a teacher) First of all when I finished studying at high

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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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