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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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    • Ban Sikeud primary school
    • Ban Phang Heng primary school
    • Ban Phang Heng lower secondary school
    • Lao-German Technical College
  • Teams
    • Teacher tandems
    • 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)
    • Team II (15 February – 31 March 2016)
    • Team I (27 October 2015 – 7 January 2016)
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    • Ban Phang Heng lower secondary school
      • Secondary school English teachers
      • Secondary school science teachers
      • Secondary school mathematics teachers
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Being a volunteer at the Sunshine School in Vientiane

Posted on 13/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts
Sunshine School Vientiane, Teaching English in Laos

Sunshine School is a pre- and primary school in Vientiane within the Neo-Humanist Education system managed by the Ananda Marga

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Flashback: Three unforgettable months in Laos

Posted on 10/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Personal highlight
Laos, personal highlight, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

Before I applied for this internship, it had been a great dream of mine to travel to Southeast Asia. During

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Ms Souphaphone Vongphachan’s and “Linda’s”aka Ms Bouangeun Hanthavong’s Story: Why I want to learn English

Posted on 10/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
English, friendship, Lao teachers' essays, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

I teach Ms Souphaphone Vongphachan, the director of Sikeud Primary School, together with “Linda” aka Ms Bouangeun Hanthavong, Madame Engel’s

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My experiences with the German teachers – Essays by Mit (Mittaphone Sichampa) and Noy (Phovang Inthavong)

Posted on 10/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
emotions, English, friendship, Lao teachers' essays, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

During our daily English lessons at Sikeud Primary School, Mit and Noy, the school’s English teachers, wrote an article about

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Welcome to our new “Didactics Room” at Ban Phang Heng Secondary School

Posted on 06/03/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership, RIES, Workshops

After conducting our first workshop on 20 November 2016 on teaching materials we faced the problem that our Lao tandem-teachers

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English Certificates for Lao teachers 2017

Posted on 24/02/201702/03/2017 by Johannes Zeck
All Posts, Laos, Partnership, Teaching experiences, Teams
certificate, emotions, English, happiness, partnership, smile, Teaching English in Laos

Learning English is fun, at times challenging, but also very rewarding. To show our “students” how much we appreciate their

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My personal highlight: “And the true beauties are… Lao fabrics!” – by Lena Wink

Posted on 24/02/201721/10/2020 by IMartin
All Posts, Personal highlight, Traveling in Laos
Lao culture, Lao skirt, Lao weaving, Laos, personal highlight

Laos is often said to be a country where time seems to have stopped. I am really sorry to inform

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Our cooperation with the Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES)

Posted on 23/02/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Partnership, RIES, Teaching experiences
English, Lao-German cooperation, partnership, Research Institute of Educational Sciences, Teaching English in Laos, ways of teaching

Prof. Martin: Part I Our cooperation with the Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES) developed Lao-style, that is to say

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(One of) my personal highlight(s) by Sara Stoehrer

Posted on 17/02/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Personal highlight
Asian food, Lao food, personal highlight

  To write an article on one personal highlight is impossible! Instead I’d like to share one of the things

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New project video uploaded!

Posted on 17/02/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Partnership
English, friendship, Laos, partnership, smile, Teaching English in Laos

Some of the experiences Team III made in Laos can now be seen in the Team’s very own project video

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A few thoughts on how the education system could be improved – by Bounleud Sengsavangvong and Souvanh Navong

Posted on 16/02/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Teaching experiences, The Lao teachers
English, Lao teachers' essays, Teaching English in Laos

After having lived in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for three months, with another one to come, it is time

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“Would you like to eat [səʊp]?” First pronunciation workshops at the LGTC – 11th and 24th November, 2016

Posted on 19/01/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Teaching experiences, Workshops
Lao-German Technical College, Teaching English in Laos, workshop

“Would you like to eat [səʊp]? [səʊp] really? Don’t you mean [suːp]?” When we saw to what extent our Lao

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  • Sat
    01
    Mar
    2025
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    Jul
    2025

    3rd Erasmus+ Mobility Laos-Germany: 2 SKU Incomings at PHKA in the summer term 2025

    8:00 - 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.

  • Sun
    23
    Mar
    2025

    Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) in March 2025 (no. 1)

    8:35 - 9:05Denver (USA)

    "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).

  • Tue
    25
    Mar
    2025

    Conference presentation at CIES (Comparative & International Education Society) in March 2025

    16:30 - 17:45Chicago (USA) & online

    "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.
    Our 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.

  • Tue
    25
    Mar
    2025

    Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) in March 2025 (no. 2)

    8:05 - 9:05Denver (USA)

    “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.

  • Tue
    22
    Apr
    2025
    Wed
    31
    Dec
    2025

    "ASA Academia global" 2025: 2nd student-tandem research project (Team XIV)

    8:00 - 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.

  • Thu
    24
    Apr
    2025

    Conference presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in April 2025

    9:50 - 11:20Denver (USA)

    “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).

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Current development

  • Tue
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    Aug
    2023
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    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).

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