Author: IMartin

Traditional Lao weaving – an interview with Ms Khamsee Thanbounhueang

Posted on 15/02/201916/04/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Teacher interviews, The Lao teachers

Ban Phang Heng Secondary School, interview, Lao culture, Lao skirt, Lao weaving, science teacher

Before we came here, we read many of the articles on this blog to get a first impression of what

Workshop on 22 November 2018 – “Split lessons for science experiments with a big class”

Posted on 13/02/201921/02/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Workshops

Ban Phang Heng, Experiment, laboratory, Science, Secondary school, workshop

Idea – obstacle – solution Jasmin: “For this lesson you could do a great experiment in the Science Lab!” Khamsee:

We are Team VIII

Posted on 11/02/201911/02/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Teams

internship, Lao-German Technical College, Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, Teaching English in Laos, Team VIII

Meet Team VIII! Hello and Sabaidee! We are Team VIII and excited to be part of the project! We will be

Morning sport in Sikeud Primary School – combatting the “cold”

Posted on 09/02/201911/02/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Laos, Teaching experiences

pupils, Sikeud primary school, Sport, Teaching English in Laos

The onset of the “cold season” in winter brings a mean temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, and Laotians start wearing

Workshop on 14 November 2018 – “Lesson planning, games, and material for the mathematics classroom”

Posted on 06/02/201906/02/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Laos, Teaching experiences, The Lao teachers, Workshops

Mathematics, Phang Heng secondary school, teaching the teachers, ways of teaching, workshop

“Do you think it would be possible to get a new ruler for the board that I can use for

An exceptional encounter: When “muan” and the “Lao-German Cultural Night” join up

Posted on 04/02/201904/02/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Intercultural Activities

emotions, German Embassy, Germany, Lao culture, Lao food

“Muan” is a Lao expression that can be translated as “joy”. It was Friday, 9 November 2018. The sun had

Workshop on 26 November 2018 – “Communication in the classroom: How to make pupils talk”

Posted on 19/01/201920/01/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Workshops

English, Phang Heng primary school, Phang Heng secondary school, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers, workshop

Sabaidee! We are Natalie, Malin, and Meike and – in case you missed our previous Team VII post – one of our

“Language education and global citizenship” (1) – Reentry shock: an explanation of an underrated phenomenon (by L. Malchow)

Posted on 14/01/201906/09/2021 by IMartin

All Posts, Global Citizenship, Global English, Intercultural Activities

emotions, intercultural competence, literature, reentry, research

Editor’s note: “Reentry shock: an explanation of an underrated phenomenon” by Lara Malchow (Team V) is the first research article in

Lookahead to 2019 – German students represent the Lao PDR at National Model United Nations in New York

Posted on 31/12/201831/12/2018 by IMartin

All Posts, Conference, Diplomatic relations, Global Citizenship

intercultural competence, Laos, NMUN, personal highlight

2018 – a cornerstone year for volunteer Shirin Ud-Din (Team VI) 2018 was an exciting year for me with lots

New series: “Language education and global citizenship” (edited by I. Martin)

Posted on 30/12/201805/01/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Global Citizenship, Global English

language education, literature, Teaching English in Laos

Editor’s note: Starting in January 2019, the new series “Language education and global citizenship” on this blog will feature the

A day in the life of… a PH Karlsruhe volunteer

Posted on 20/12/201808/01/2019 by IMartin

Activity time, All Posts, Laos, Mopsies, Teaching experiences

"Mopsy", Activities, Asian food, Lao food, personal highlight, Phang Heng secondary school, Sikeud primary school, smile, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers

6:30 a.m. The alarm in Natalie’s and my – Anja’s – room goes off for the first time… one quick

The Lao flag ceremony

Posted on 16/12/201817/12/2018 by IMartin

All Posts, Laos

intercultural competence, Laos, Phang Heng secondary school, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

After having worked here for more than two months now, it was high time to find out what actually happens

Author: IMartin

Traditional Lao weaving – an interview with Ms Khamsee Thanbounhueang

Workshop on 22 November 2018 – “Split lessons for science experiments with a big class”

We are Team VIII

Morning sport in Sikeud Primary School – combatting the “cold”

Workshop on 14 November 2018 – “Lesson planning, games, and material for the mathematics classroom”

An exceptional encounter: When “muan” and the “Lao-German Cultural Night” join up

Workshop on 26 November 2018 – “Communication in the classroom: How to make pupils talk”

“Language education and global citizenship” (1) – Reentry shock: an explanation of an underrated phenomenon (by L. Malchow)

Lookahead to 2019 – German students represent the Lao PDR at National Model United Nations in New York

New series: “Language education and global citizenship” (edited by I. Martin)

A day in the life of… a PH Karlsruhe volunteer

The Lao flag ceremony

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