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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)
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    • Team VI (18 February 2018 – 15 April 2018)
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One day in the rice field of Souvanh Navong

Posted on 15/01/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Laos, The Lao teachers
Asian food, friendship, Lao food, Laos

Rice is the basic staple of the Lao people. Besides the well-known steamed rice, which we also have in western

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Hooray to picture books!

Posted on 10/01/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos, Teaching experiences, Workshops
body language, language acquisition, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers, workshop

On Thursday, the 5th of January, 2017, we (Silja and Sara) met with the four primary school English teachers to

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A day in the Lao life of Johannes Zeck

Posted on 07/01/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos
Lao-German Technical College, Laos

On the 25th of November 2016, we, Pauline and Kerstin, had the honour of following Johannes Zeck, the AfC/BHS project

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My personal highlight – by Pauline Kern (& blog article no. 100!)

Posted on 03/01/201720/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, The Lao teachers
emotions, friendship, happiness, Lao teachers' essays, Lending Library, literature, personal highlight, smile, Teaching English in Laos

During my 3-month stay here in Laos I’ve had so many personal highlights that it is rather difficult for me

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Our first impressions of a whole new world – by Silja Schäfer and Thorsten Feldmann

Posted on 31/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Laos
Asian food, first impression, friendship, journey, Lao food, Laos, Teaching English in Laos

It had been several months since our graduation from the University of Education Karlsruhe and we were very excited to

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How I became an English teacher in Laos – Essays by Donekeo Keosiththivong and Souksakhone Sindavan

Posted on 26/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Teaching experiences, Teams, The Lao teachers
intercultural competence, Lao teachers' essays, Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, Teaching English in Laos

I would like to introduce my two outstanding English teacher students from Phan Heng Secondary School: Ms Donekeo Keosiththivong and

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Pre-Christmas visit #1: Board member of “Angels for Children” Lars Engel in Laos

Posted on 23/12/201623/12/2016 by Johannes Zeck
All Posts, Partnership
Christmas, festival, Lao-German Technical College, partnership, Teaching English in Laos

Despite his full schedule as one of the two managing directors of BHS Corrugated, Lars Engel (board member of AfC

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Teaching Vocabulary Workshop

Posted on 22/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Workshops
Teaching English in Laos, workshop

On the 24th of November we – Kerstin and Pauline – held a workshop for our primary school teachers from

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Two Lao weddings

Posted on 18/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Laos
Buddhism, dancing, emotions, festival, friendship, happiness, intercultural competence, wedding

Is there a better way to get to know the Lao spirit of trust, love, and intimate togetherness than being

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The “Tooth-Brushing Project” of Ban Sikeud Primary School

Posted on 15/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Intercultural Activities
Activities, Ministry of Education and Sports, Sikeud primary school

Every year, Ban Sikeud Primary School runs a tooth-brushing project from October to April. The same is now established at

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Workshop on 20 November 2016 – “Assessing and enriching teaching material”

Posted on 12/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Workshops
Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers, workshop

It has been ten weeks now since we started to work at Ban Phang Heng Lower Secondary School. During our

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Introduction of volunteers: Team III

Posted on 08/12/201620/09/2018 by IMartin
All Posts, Teams
Germany, intercultural competence, internship, journey, Lao-German Technical College, Laos, Phang Heng primary school, Phang Heng secondary school, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers

Most of the members of Team III have been here for a good while now, but our Team was only

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Coming up

  • Sat
    01
    Mar
    2025
    Thu
    31
    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
    01
    Aug
    2023
    Fri
    31
    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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