Bolaven Plateau Loop
Hiring a motorbike and exploring the Asian countryside – that was a dream both of us always had. We had
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An academic training course in Weiherhammer and a family reunification in Toulouse – Ms Ketsana’s journey to Europe
Editor’s note: The “Recruitment and Training Programme” hosted by BHS Corrugated at the Lao-German Technical College (LGTC) in Vientiane does
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Between Laos, Australia, and a lonely island – Lao teachers enter the worlds of “Walkabout” and “Robinson Crusoe”
As already mentioned in our first post, we – Tasja Reule und Anna Hajek – started reading “Simplified Readers”1 with
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Lao New Year 2018 in pictures
Lao New Year – Pii Mai (ປີໃໝ່, [piː´māi]) – is the biggest festival in Laos and is celebrated extensively all
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“Foodie’s paradise” – Lao food in pictures
Although we are huge “foodies”1 ourselves, we did not know what to expect of Lao food. We wanted to surprise
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First Impressions – by Tara and Svea
When we arrived at the airport in Vientiane and walked out of the door, the LGTC volunteers of Team VI,
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Our personal highlight – by Anna Hajek and Tasja Reule
Unfortunately, our time in Laos passed way too fast and meanwhile we are back home in Germany, busy with our
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Changing faces – We are Team VI.5 by Tara Wedemeyer and Svea Röhm
WE ARE TEAM VI.5! Hello everyone! We are Tara and Svea and our path to Laos differed from the normal
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Workshop on 22 March 2018 – “Classroom English”
On 22 March 2018, we (Svenja and Julia) held our workshop “Classroom English” for the teachers of the Ban Sikeud primary
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Workshop on 28 March 2018 – “How to work with ‘Technical English'”
Since the English teachers at the Lao-German Technical College managed to start teaching with an international coursebook, i.e. Technical English
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Teaching camp songs – a journey from the USA to Laos
Teaching English can be hard sometimes – as a teacher you never want your pupils to become bored with the
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Spotlight on Lao beauty
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” From the very beginning during our stay in Laos, we have been
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