BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Laos Experience đŸ‡±đŸ‡ŠđŸ‡ŹđŸ‡­đŸ‡©đŸ‡Ș - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Laos Experience đŸ‡±đŸ‡ŠđŸ‡ŹđŸ‡­đŸ‡©đŸ‡Ș X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Laos Experience đŸ‡±đŸ‡ŠđŸ‡ŹđŸ‡­đŸ‡©đŸ‡Ș REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251124T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251218T180000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054212Z CREATED:20260826T054212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054212Z UID:34624-1763971200-1766080800@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching" Mobility (Cameroon) DESCRIPTION:Visiting Lecturer Mr Donald Beteyeh Nchofua (University of YaoundĂ© 1\, doctoral candidate) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD “Get Ready for Global Teaching!” programme. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/daad-get-ready-for-global-teaching-mobility-cameroon/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Global Citizenship,Intercultural Activities,Partnership,Research END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251122T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054212Z CREATED:20260826T054212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054212Z UID:34619-1763805600-1763830800@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"World Dance Calling" Workshop 2 DESCRIPTION:Part 2: Calling and Teaching URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/world-dance-calling-workshop-2/ CATEGORIES:Activity time,All Posts,Coming up,Event,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251119T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054212Z CREATED:20260826T054212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054212Z UID:34617-1763551800-1763560800@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"International Day" at the Unviversity of Education Karlsruhe DESCRIPTION:11:30-14:00: Visit the “Laos” table and talk to previous volunteers. 4 places for internships are available at Sunshine School and the Lao-German Technical College in the winter term 2026/27\, with funding. Counseling is available as from 9:30. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/international-day-at-the-unviversity-of-education-karlsruhe/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event,Laos,LGTC,Partnership END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251116T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251201T180000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054212Z CREATED:20260826T054212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054212Z UID:34623-1763280000-1764612000@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Call for Applications 2026 internship in Laos DESCRIPTION:New Call for Applications for internships in Laos (2026) in Team XVI: Call_for_Applications_2026_TheLaosExperience. Inform yourself at the “International Day” on 19 November\, 11:30-14:00\, in the Foyer of PHKA building 3\, or write to our International Office PHKA (io@ph-karlsruhe.de). The application deadline is 1 December 2025. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/call-for-applications-2026-internship-in-laos/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event,Partnership,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251108T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251108T170000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054212Z CREATED:20260826T054212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054212Z UID:34618-1762596000-1762621200@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"World Dance Calling" Workshop 1 DESCRIPTION:Part 1: Basics for Calling URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/world-dance-calling-workshop-1/ CATEGORIES:Activity time,All Posts,Coming up,Event,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251107T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251107T213000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054211Z CREATED:20260826T054211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054211Z UID:34615-1762542000-1762551000@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"World Dance" Open House DESCRIPTION:Our second “World Dance Open House” evening is a trans-generational fun & learning experience combining sports/dance\, music\, and English. No entrance fee\, no prior knowledge or skills necessary; finger food welcome. Caller Andreas Hennecke\, Prof. Martin and 20 students from the “World Dance Calling” seminar welcome you all! \nWorld Dance Poster for 7.11.2025 URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/world-dance-open-house/ CATEGORIES:Activity time,All Posts,Coming up,Event,Intercultural Activities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251009T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054211Z CREATED:20260826T054211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054211Z UID:34610-1760025600-1760043600@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:ASA Programme 65th Anniversary Jubilee DESCRIPTION:65 years of ASA work to celebrate! Watch the jubilee video about the development and impact of the ASA programme\, and a video showing our 2025 group getting prepared for their work. \n \n  URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-programme-65th-anniversary-jubilee/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,Activism,All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Partnership END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251006T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251128T180000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054211Z CREATED:20260826T054211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054211Z UID:34613-1759737600-1764352800@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Volunteer for Team XIV at Sunshine School DESCRIPTION:Our next PHKA volunteer Ms Meike Becker will work at Sunshine School in the winter of 2025 (Team XIV). 4 new places for 2026/27 are advertised by the PHKA International Office\, the application deadline is 1 December (details in announcement below and on StudIP). URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/volunteer-for-team-xiv-at-sunshine-school/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event,Laos,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250702T074500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250711T130000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054211Z CREATED:20260826T054211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054211Z UID:34606-1751442300-1752238800@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"World Dance Calling" in Karlsruhe: "AccepDance" lessons at primary and secondary schools DESCRIPTION:In Prof. Martins’s new seminar “World Dance Calling”\, students first experience world dances and then learn to call dances themselves. They will now apply their Caller skills in several English/sports/music/ethics classrooms of Sebastianschule Neuthard\, Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Muggensturm\, Sophie-Scholl-Realschule and Gemeinschaftsschule Illingen. Two teachers already booked this as an ongoing project under the title “Akzeptanz” (AccepDance) and “Zusammenhalt” (“holding together”) for their schools’ “Peace & Democracy Education” schemes. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/world-dance-calling-in-karlsruhe-accepdance-lessons-at-primary-and-secondary-schools/ CATEGORIES:Activity time,All Posts,Coming up,Event,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250701T074500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250709T130000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054210Z CREATED:20260826T054210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054210Z UID:34604-1751355900-1752066000@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Decoloniality Praxis in Karlsruhe: decolonial English lessons at secondary schools DESCRIPTION:One outcome of ASA Academia project #1107 is teaching three different English lessons to different 9th grade classes at Sophie-Scholl Realschule and Gemeinschaftsschule Illingen over one intensive week. The three tandems of Team XV and their local student-partners from the “Decoloniality Praxis” seminar (Prof. Martin) prepared lessons on “Representations of and attributions about Africa in English textbooks”\, “Language as a power tool and “Critical Language Awareness”. An official Press Release by PHKA will cover this. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/decoloniality-praxis-in-karlsruhe-decolonial-english-lessons-at-secondary-schools/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250531T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054210Z CREATED:20260826T054210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054210Z UID:34600-1748685600-1748710800@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Workshop "Calling and teaching World Dances" (part 2) DESCRIPTION: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!\nOur thanks go to the Liesel Hermes Foundation for sponsoring this event. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/workshop-calling-and-teaching-world-dances-part-2/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event,Intercultural Activities,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250530T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250530T113000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054210Z CREATED:20260826T054210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054210Z UID:34602-1748599200-1748604600@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"Communities of Practice in mobility programmes: Learning opportunities" presentation by Philipp Reul DESCRIPTION:Philipp Reul is a teacher\, teacher educator\, lecturer\, father & doctoral candidate. He will present his findings about learning opportunties and outcomes in the bi-directional project “The Laos Experience” to the current Ghanaian-German “Community of Practice” in Karlsruhe (ASA project 2025). His work is based on the “Framework of Mutual Engagement” after Wenger-Trayner: “Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” The Framework comprises Activity\, Relationship\, Sense of Belonging\, and Agency. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/communities-of-practice-in-mobility-programmes-learning-opportunities-presentation-by-philipp-reul/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Event,Global Citizenship,Partnership,Teacher interviews,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250526T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250531T180000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054210Z CREATED:20260826T054210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054210Z UID:34601-1748246400-1748714400@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Guest-lecturer Dr. C. Y. Kwaah (University of Cape Coast\, Ghana) at University of Education Karlsruhe in "Global Teaching" (DAAD) project DESCRIPTION: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). URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/guest-lecturer-dr-c-y-kwaah-university-of-cape-coast-ghana-at-university-of-education-karlsruhe-in-global-teaching-daad-project/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Partnership END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250517T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250517T170000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054210Z CREATED:20260826T054210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054210Z UID:34599-1747476000-1747501200@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Workshop "Calling and teaching World Dances" (part 1) DESCRIPTION:Professional Caller Andreas Hennecke teaches students to call and teach world dances for their English classroom. The focus in part 1 is on Calling. Guests are welcome!\nOur thanks go to the Liesel Hermes Foundation for sponsoring this event. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/workshop-calling-and-teaching-world-dances-part-1/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event,Intercultural Activities,Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250516T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250516T213000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z CREATED:20260826T054209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054209Z UID:34598-1747422000-1747431000@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Open House "World Dance" DESCRIPTION:World_Dance_Open_House_16052025 on Friday\, 16 May\, 19:00-21:30\nThis event is sponsored by the Liesel Hermes Foundation. Prof. Hermes\, a former President of the University of Education Karlsruhe\, attended a previous Open House years ago and was immediately convinced of our TTTA approach (Teaching Through The Arts).\nNo previous experience necessary\, everybody welcome! URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/open-house-world-dance/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event,Intercultural Activities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250424T095000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250424T112000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z CREATED:20260826T054209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054209Z UID:34596-1745488200-1745493600@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Conference presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in April 2025 DESCRIPTION:“Decolonial Approaches to the Teaching of English and World Languages”. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting “Research\, Remedy\, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal”. Transformations in Teacher Education Policies\, Research\, and Practices. Ass.Prof. Michele Back & “Innovations in the Teaching of English and World Languages from a Decolonial Perspective” book group (including Rebecca Dengler\, Miaoxing Ye & Prof. Isabel Martin). URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-the-american-educational-research-association-aera-in-april-2025/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T174500 DTSTAMP:20260826T054208Z CREATED:20260826T054208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054208Z UID:34590-1742920200-1742924700@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Conference presentation at CIES (Comparative & International Education Society) in March 2025 DESCRIPTION:“Researching de-/coloniality in diverse geopolitical contexts: from (g)localizing English language teaching to digital platform collaboration” is our new project combining decolonial research and praxis in ELT\, Applied Linguistics\, Informatics\, and (teacher) Education. The South-North-East team includes partners from Germany\, Laos\, the USA\, Ghana\, Ukraine\, and Poland so far.\nOur CIES presentation in the “Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession SIG” is delivered by Dr. Chris Yaw Kwaah and Dr. Monika Popow. Co-authors: Prof. Isabel Martin\, Dr. Nico Hillah\, Lanta Ketoukham\, Rebecca Dengler. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-cies-comparative-international-education-society-in-march-2025/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T080500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T090500 DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z CREATED:20260826T054209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054209Z UID:34595-1742889900-1742893500@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) in March 2025 (no. 2) DESCRIPTION:“Cameroonian-German decolonial encounters in English language education: An auto-ethnographic exploration of North-South student-tandems”. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference “Relational Accountability in Applied Linguistics”. Roundtable. Dr. Eric Ekembe & Prof. Isabel Martin. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-aaal-american-association-of-applied-linguistics-in-march-2025-no-2/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250323T083500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250323T090500 DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z CREATED:20260826T054209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054209Z UID:34594-1742718900-1742720700@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) in March 2025 (no. 1) DESCRIPTION:“Reimagining knowledge-making: Relational accountability and the transformation of scholarly and academic practices”. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference “Relational Accountability in Applied Linguistics”. Language and Ideology. Prof. Sinfree Makoni & “Un-booking” group (27 scholars including Isabel Martin). URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-aaal-american-association-of-applied-linguistics-in-march-2025-no-1/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241212T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250120T180000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054208Z CREATED:20260826T054208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054208Z UID:34587-1733990400-1737396000@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Call for Applications 2025 in the decolonial German-Ghanaian student-tandem project (ASA Academia programme) DESCRIPTION:Interested in our German-Ghanaian tandem-project “Decolonizing English Language Teaching and ELT curricula through a bi-directional learning-and-teaching approach” under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) in 2025? Then read the (new) Call for Applications for information and apply soon! URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/call-for-applications-2025-in-the-decolonial-german-ghanaian-student-tandem-project-asa-academia-programme/ CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Partnership END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241216 DTSTAMP:20260826T054208Z CREATED:20260826T054208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054208Z UID:34585-1732752000-1734307199@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Call for Applications for internships in "The Laos Experience" (Team XIV) for autumn/winter 2025/26 DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in an internship in Laos in our decolonial “Bi-directional teaching and learning” project? Then visit the Internships page for information and apply at the latest by 15 December. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/call-for-applications-for-internships-in-the-laos-experience-team-xiv-for-autumn-winter-2025-26/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Partnership,Teams ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Call_for_Applications_internships_in_Laos_2024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241116 DTSTAMP:20260826T054207Z CREATED:20260826T054207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054207Z UID:34579-1730851200-1731715199@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Doctoral student Philipp Reul on Erasmus+ Mobility in Laos DESCRIPTION:3rd Erasmus+ Mobility Project PH Karlsruhe & Savannakhet University facilitates Training Mobility for doctoral candidate Mr Philipp Reul at Savannakhet University. He will also visit our partner schools & colleges in Vientiane. Besides being a doctoral student\, Mr Reul is a school advisor\, university lecturer\, secondary school teacher\, and father of four. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/doctoral-student-philipp-reul-on-erasmus-mobility-in-laos/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Coming up,Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240707 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240711 DTSTAMP:20260826T054202Z CREATED:20260826T054202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054202Z UID:34573-1720310400-1720655999@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:ALA Congress 2024 at the University of Education Karlsruhe: "Language Awareness\, Education & Power" DESCRIPTION:The 17th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness will take place in 2024 as the 30th Anniversary Congress from 7 – 10 July 2024 at the Karlsruhe University of Education\, Germany (#alaconference2024). On the following day\, 11 July\, we will offer a special social programme with interesting tours and events. \nCall for papers\, Registration on ConfTool: submission deadline 1st December 2023\, notification of acceptance1st March 2024. Contact ala2024@conftool.org\nPresentation types: Papers (20 min.)\, Posters (poster session)\, Symposia (90 minutes)\, Workshops (90 Minutes)\nTrack 1 – Language Awareness in Language Education; Track 2 – Language Awareness and Global Citizenship; Track 3 – Language Awareness and Digital/Social Media; Track 4 – Language Awareness and the Workplace; Track 5 – Language Awareness and Artificial Intelligence (AI); Track 6 – Critical Language Awareness: Decoloniality\, Gender \nKeynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Sinfree Makoni\, Prof. Dr. Simone Pfenniger\, Rahat Zaidi\, Ph. D.\nEric-Hawkins_lecture: Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner\, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agneta Svalberg\, Assoc. Prof. Joanna White\, Ph .D\nSouth-North Co-Chair of Roundtable “Decolonising Applied Linguistics”: Eric Enongene Ekemne\, Ph. D.\, Prof. Dr. Isabel Martin\nInvited Speakers: Prof. Peter de Costa\, Ph. D.\, Prod. Mario E. LĂłpez-Gopar\, Ph. D\, Yecid Ortega\, Ph. D.\, Ass.Prof. Prem Phyak\, Ph. D URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/ala-congress-2024-at-the-university-of-education-karlsruhe-language-awareness-education-power/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Conference,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ala_logo_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240120 DTSTAMP:20260826T054203Z CREATED:20260826T054203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054203Z UID:34576-1701043200-1705708799@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:DEADLINE 19.1.2024 for APPLICATIONS for F13 ASA-Programme ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL for 2 German-Cameroonian student-tandems in 2024 towards Decolonising Education Systems and Knowledges Production DESCRIPTION:Our “ASA Academia Global Format” student-tandem project “Decolonising (English) teacher education through bi-directional systems interaction” runs from April to December 2024 and is fully funded for 4 students\, 2 German and 2 Cameroonian.\nTheCameroonianExperience will add to TheLaosExperience\, to be followed by TheGhanaExperience\, TheUkraineExperience\, and TheIsraelExperience (soon also on this blog).\nhttps://x.com/IsabelMartin762/status/1737884911053217874?s=20 \n“ASA” is a programme organised by “Engagement Global”\, the central contact agency in Germany for development policy initiatives funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)\, and whose main goal is “to promote fair global coexistence”.\nhttp://engagement-global.de\nhttp://facebook.com/engagement.global ⁊\n@EngGlobal \nApplication period for Cameroonian students: 27.11.-14.12.2023 (2 nominees\, 2 substitutes)\nApplication period for German students: 1.12.2023 to 19.1.2024\nPlaces: 2 each\nPeriod of tandem-work: 15.4.-29.12.2024\nDetails for German applicants: https://asa.engagement-global.de/bewerbende.html\n \nMentoring by Prof. Martin and Dr. Ekembe; Master theses can be written in the context of this project\, and project results will be presented at our ALA conference “Language Awareness\, Education\, Power” (7.-10.7.2024).\n#PHKarlsruhe & #UniversityofYaounde1 are currently also preparing a formal university cooperation. \n ASA_project_outline_2 ASA_project_outline_2 URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/deadline-19-1-2024-for-applications-for-f13-asa-programme-engagement-global-for-2-german-cameroonian-student-tandems-in-2024-towards-decolonising-education-systems-and-knowledges-production/ CATEGORIES:Activism,All Posts,Event,Global Citizenship,Partnership,Research END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231212 DTSTAMP:20260826T054202Z CREATED:20260826T054202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054202Z UID:34568-1699660800-1702339199@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:"Fact-Finding Mission" 2023: "Bi-directional Decoloniality towards Systemic Re-Learning" (Cameroon\, Ghana) DESCRIPTION:Prof. Martin’s first FFM in 2017 secured a new cooperation partner for the University of Education Karlsruhe: Savannakhet University. This second FFM is also funded by the “DAAD” (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst = German Academic Exchange Service) and serves to prepare two new university cooperations with the University of YaoundĂ© 1 and Cape Coast. Prof. Martin is accompanied by her doctoral student Ms Rebecca Dengler (English Dep’t). Mr Nico Hillah (Informatics Dep’t) will accompany us in Ghana. URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/fact-finding-mission-2023-bi-directional-decoloniality-towards-systemic-re-learning-cameroon-ghana/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231109T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231109T173000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054202Z CREATED:20260826T054202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054202Z UID:34574-1699543800-1699551000@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Kick-Off Meeting with Ukrainian partner universities for "Bi-directional Decolonial Praxis" Project DESCRIPTION:University of Education Karlsruhe (Prof. Isabel Martin\, Dr. Valentyna Guseva) with Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University and Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/kick-off-meeting-with-ukrainian-partner-universities-for-bi-directional-decolonial-praxis-project/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231107 DTSTAMP:20260826T054202Z CREATED:20260826T054202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054202Z UID:34572-1699228800-1699315199@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:1st Erasmus+ Project Meeting DESCRIPTION:Finance and mobility planning: International Officers of PHKA & SKU\, English Department PHKA (Prof. Martin)\, Informatics Institute PHKA (Dr. Hillah) URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/1st-erasmus-project-meeting/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230829T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230829T190000 DTSTAMP:20260826T054202Z CREATED:20260826T054202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054202Z UID:34566-1693328400-1693335600@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:Workshop "Action Songs for primary and chants/raps for secondary school" DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/workshop-action-songs-for-primary-and-chants-raps-for-secondary-school/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230819 DTSTAMP:20260826T054201Z CREATED:20260826T054201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054201Z UID:34564-1692057600-1692403199@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:EUROCALL 2023: "Call for all languages" DESCRIPTION:The focus of this year’s EUROCALL conference is on inclusiveness of all languages. (Find the programme here.)\n15 August (10:30-11:30): “Walk a Mile in their shoes: English as a ‘distant’ language” (Workshop by Prof. Dr. Isabel Martin)\n19 August (16:00-16:20): “Are digital learning paths sufficient for learning/practising English grammar? Views of secondary school pupils” (Paper by Eirini Busack & Isabel Martin) URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/eurocall-2023-call-for-all-languages/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230717 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230722 DTSTAMP:20260826T054158Z CREATED:20260826T054158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T054158Z UID:34529-1689552000-1689983999@www.thelaosexperience.com SUMMARY:AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Lyon 2023: "Diversity and social cohesion in a globalized world: moving towards more engaged language studies" DESCRIPTION:AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique AppliquĂ©e or International Association of Applied Linguistics) was founded in 1964.\nConference theme 2023: “Diversity and social cohesion in a globalized world: towards more committed language sciences”\nThe overall goal will be to reflect on how studies in applied linguistics and the researchers who produce them can participate in the construction of a globalized world in which respect for diversity as a basis for social cohesion requires individual and collective commitment.\nPaper by I. Martin: “Bi-directional Decoloniality in Applied Linguistics: A Lao-German cooperation project” URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/aila-60th-anniversary-world-congress-lyon-2023-diversity-and-social-cohesion-in-a-globalized-world-moving-towards-more-engaged-language-studies/ CATEGORIES:All Posts,Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR