The origin of National Teachers’ Day in Laos – A journey into the past and a celebration in the present
Public holidays! For most people in the Western world, the deeper meaning of such a holiday is no longer present.
Continue readingBi-directional Learning and Teaching: Lao-German Projects and Tandems
Public holidays! For most people in the Western world, the deeper meaning of such a holiday is no longer present.
Continue readingNew start: 5 out of 10 volunteer places for "Bi-directional Decolonial Teaching and Learning" are filled already - if you want to work with a Lao tandem-teacher, you can apply for one of the remaining 5 places. The timeframe is October to January; longer stays are possible.
Contact Julia Friedl or Prof. Martin at PH Karlsruhe.
Current partner schools and colleges are:
Lao-German Technical College (Vientiane), Vocational Education Development Institute (Vientiane), NEW: Champasak Technical College (Paksé)
NEW: Luang Prabang Technical College (Luang Prabang)
Research (Re) SIG (Special Interest Group): "Teacher Research and inclusion and social justice in language education", hosted by Dr. Ernesto Vargas Vil (Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London)https://www.iatefl.org/events/420
Panel discussion led by Prof. Richard Smith (Prof. of ELT & Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick), with panel speaker Prof. I. Martin (Prof. of English, University of Education Karlsruhe)
Workshop on "Autoethnography" by Peter de Costa (Assoc. Prof. at Michigan State University, Co-editor of TESOL Quarterly, Convenor of the 2023 IATEFL Conference)
Showcase by Prof. Martin: “Towards Global Justice in TESOL through North-South teacher-tandem projects"
IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) International Conference 2023
Paper by I. Martin: "Bi-directional Decoloniality in Applied Linguistics: A Lao-German cooperation project"
Prof. Martin & Prof. Kohl-Dietrich together with 20 students of the seminars "Global English(es), Global TESOL & Global Citizenship Education" and "Multilingualism in the EFL Classroom"
AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics) was founded in 1964.
Paper by I. Martin: "Bi-directional Decoloniality in Applied Linguistics: A Lao-German cooperation project"
AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, or International Association of Applied Linguistics) 2023: "Diversity and social cohesion in a globalized world: towards more committed language sciences"
The 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.
Paper by I. Martin: "Bi-directional Decoloniality in Applied Linguistics: A Lao-German cooperation project"
Research project: "Bi-directional Decoloniality in Applied Linguistics and English Teacher Education"
Research partners are colleagues at PH Karlsruhe, Savannakhet University (Lao P.D.R.), Higher Teacher Training College Yaoundé (Cameroon), Methodist University College (Ghana), Queen Mary University of London (UK), Kibbutzim College (Israel)
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