Letter from Ghana – by Eli Attipoe
Hello lovely academic fellows, I am Eli Attipoe, a proud final year student at the University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
Continue reading
Author: Eli Attipoe
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 1,889 other subscribers.
Coming up
-
Mon26May2025Sat31May20258:00 - 18:00Karlsruhe, Germany
Dr. Christopher Yaw Kwaah from our partner university UCC visits PHKA as guest-lecturer under DAAD-funded "Get Ready for Global Teaching" project and presents "Decolonizing English Language Teaching (ELT) in the Postdigital Age: Toward Peace and Equity in Education". This presentation arose from joint research in our South-North-East group "Researching de-/coloniality in diverse geopolitical contexts: from (g)localising English language teaching to digital platform collaboration" (Laos, Germany, USA, Ghana, Ukraine, Poland).
-
Sat31May202510:00 - 17:00University of Education Karlsruhe, sportshall (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Professional Caller Andreas Hennecke teaches students to call and teach world dances for their English classroom. The focus in part 2 is on Teaching. Guests are welcome!
Our thanks go to the Liesel Hermes Foundation for sponsoring this event.
Current development
-
Tue01Aug2023Fri31Jul2026Karlsruhe (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).
-
Sat01Mar2025Thu31Jul20258:00 - 18:00Karlsruhe (Germany)
In our 3rd Erasmus+ project “Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality” (2023-2026), Ms Chindavone Sisoulath and Ms Phennapha Xaiyasen, students in the Faculty of Linguistics and Humanities and the Faculty of Information and Technology at Savannakhet University (SKU), will study at the University of Education Karlsruhe (PHKA) in the summer term 2025.
-
Tue22Apr2025Wed31Dec20258:00 - 18:00Karlsruhe (Germany) & Cape Coast (Ghana)
Our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) with 6 full stipends for 6 months (April to July in Karlsruhe, September to December 2025 in Cape Coast), led by Dr. Christopher Yaw Kwaah and Prof. Isabel Martin, works towards Sustainable Development Goals #4, #10, #16, and #17. The main research activities for Team XIV are decolonizing ELT, teaching materials, and English curricula at school level.
Tag Cloud
"Mopsy" "Singlish" Activities Asian food body language Buddhism dancing emotions English Erasmus+ Mobility Programme PH Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University Falang festival first impression friendship Germany happiness Hilderstone intercultural competence internship journey language acquisition Lao food Lao teachers' essays Lao-German Technical College Laos Lending Library Letters from England literature Ministry of Education and Sports partnership personal highlight Phang Heng primary school Phang Heng secondary school Sikeud primary school singing smile Teaching English in Laos teaching the teachers Total Physical Response travel VEDI Vientiane ways of teaching Western food workshop
- Academic Research
- Activism
- Activity time
- All Posts
- Conference
- Culture
- Decoloniality
- Decolonise Your Mind
- Decolonization
- Diplomatic relations
- English as a Lingua Franca
- Event
- Feminism
- First impressions
- Global Citizenship
- Global English
- History
- Intercultural Activities
- Interviews
- Lao Language Intensive Course
- Laos
- Letter from Ghana
- Letters from China
- LGTC
- Mopsies
- Ongoing event
- Pageflow
- Partnership
- Personal highlight
- Research
- RIES
- Savannakhet University (SKU)
- Science laboratory
- Sunshine School
- Teacher interviews
- Teaching experiences
- Teams
- The Cameroon Experience
- The Ghana Experience
- The Lao students
- The Lao teachers
- Traveling in Europe
- Traveling in Laos
- VEDI
- Workshops
© Isabel Martin & Contributing Collaborative (2024)