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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 XV
    • 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)
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First time living abroad (Germany) during the covid-19 pandemic – by Phongsavang Xaikongkham (SKU)

Posted on 03/07/202003/07/2020 by IMartin
All Posts, First impressions, Partnership, Savannakhet University (SKU)
Erasmus+ Mobility Programme PH Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University, first impression

Get to know me! Hello, my name is Phongsavang Xaikhongkham (nickname “Don”), I am 27 years old. I am an

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Letters from China: “At the epicentre of the pandemic – a Wuhan diary” by Miaoxing Ye

Posted on 01/07/202003/07/2020 by IMartin
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I am Ye Miaoxing, a PhD candidate supervised by professor Martin Isabel.1 I first wrote to her in August, visited

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Dit and her Amelia Cafe – our favourite café (owner) in Vientiane

Posted on 30/06/2020 by Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck
All Posts, Interviews
Asian food, interview, Lao food, Vientiane, Western food

Our favourite café (owner) in Vientiane – Dit and her Amelia Cafe Note: Although roughly 80% of the Lao population

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“Team IX” revisited

Posted on 24/06/202025/06/2020 by Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck
All Posts, Laos, Teams
German volunteers, internship, Teaching English in Laos, Volunteers

Sabaidee, hello, and hallo, dear readers! We are happy to announce that our “Team IX” page on this blog is

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“Language Education and Global Citizenship” (8): English Education Fever in South Korea (by C. Park)

Posted on 03/06/202006/09/2021 by IMartin
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Editor’s note: This is the 8th article in the series “Language education and global citizenship“. Ms Chaeeun Park from Seoul

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EXTENDED CALL: New places newly available for internships! Apply now for Team XI!

Posted on 27/05/202027/05/2020 by IMartin
All Posts, Teams
intercultural competence, internship, Teaching English in Laos

Students, graduates and alumni from all subjects from the University of Education Karlsruhe can now apply for an internship in

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Masks and faces in Germany and Laos

Posted on 16/05/202019/05/2020 by IMartin
All Posts, Global Citizenship, Savannakhet University (SKU)
Buddhism, Savannakhet University, VEDI

Hello and Sabaidee everyone!  My name is Chelsea Hog and I was part of the “Bi-directional Learning and Teaching in

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“Language education and global citizenship” (7) – The Sustainable Development Goals (by J. Hoffmann)

Posted on 14/05/202006/09/2021 by IMartin
Academic Research, All Posts, Global Citizenship
The Sustainable Development Goals

Editor’s note: This is the 7th article in the series “Language Education and Global Citizenship“. Mr Jonas Hoffmann took part

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The career path to becoming a vocational teacher in Laos – an interview with our dorm “buddies” at the VEDI

Posted on 12/05/202008/12/2025 by IMartin
All Posts, Teacher education, The Lao teachers, VEDI
Education, interview, Lao teachers, Team IX, VEDI

We, Phi Ha Nguyen (PHN) and Laura Jakob (LJ), worked as volunteers at the pilot project “Bi-directional Tandem-Teaching and Learning

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Came as a guest and became part of the team – my time at the VEDI

Posted on 06/05/2020 by IMartin
All Posts, Event, Personal highlight, VEDI
friendship, partnership, personal highlight

Excited to be part of the project “Teaching English in Laos“, I arrived in Vientiane on 9 February 2020. It

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My sudden return from Laos to Germany on 21 March 2020 due to COVID-19

Posted on 28/04/202009/05/2020 by Rebecca Dengler
All Posts, Laos, Savannakhet University (SKU)
emotions, Erasmus+ Mobility Programme PH Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University, journey

Editor’s note: Ms Rebecca Dengler’s final report about her 6 months of research and teaching at SKU is posted on

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“Language Education and Global Citizenship” (6) – Global Studies and Transcultural Learning at the PH Karlsruhe (by Y.-J. Dyck)

Posted on 26/04/202025/03/2022 by Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck
All Posts, Decolonise Your Mind, Global Englishes
Global English, PH Karlsruhe

Editor’s note: This 6th post in the series “Language Education and Global Citizenship” is by Ms Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck (née Muss),

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  • Mon
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    Nov
    2025
    Thu
    18
    Dec
    2025

    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (Cameroon)

    8:00 - 18:00University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    Visiting Lecturer Mr Donald Beteyeh Nchofua (University of Yaoundé 1, doctoral candidate) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.

  • Tue
    25
    Nov
    2025
    Fri
    19
    Dec
    2025

    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (Ghana)

    8:00 - 18:00University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    Visiting Lecturer Dr Gifty Edna Anani (University of Cape Coast) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.

  • Mon
    01
    Dec
    2025
    Fri
    19
    Dec
    2025

    DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (South Africa)

    8:00 - 18:00 University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    Visiting Lecturer Ass.Prof. Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla (University of South Africa) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.

  • Sun
    14
    Dec
    2025
    Fri
    19
    Dec
    2025

    International Winter School "Democracy - Language - Participation"

    8:00 - 20:00University of Education Karlsruhe (Germany)

    The one-week conference is part of the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme (2025-2029) at PH Karlsruhe. Visiting lecturers from our partner universitites in Northern Ireland, Israel, Ghana, Cameroon, and newly South Africa will cooperate with local students and colleagues to deepen our understanding of how democracy, language, and participation intersect and how language can be a tool for both exclusion and empowerment in democratic societies. Info und Programm Winter School 2025_en

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Current development

  • 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).

  • Mon
    22
    Sep
    2025
    Fri
    19
    Dec
    2025

    "ASA Academia global" 2025 Team XV Phase 2

    8:00 - 18:00Cape Coast (Ghana)

    After Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe, our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) continues from September to December 2025 at UCC in Cape Coast. We work towards Sustainable Development Goals #4, #10, #16, and #17 and have planned many school visits. The research activities for Team XV are decolonizing ELT, teaching materials, and English curricula at school level.

  • 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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