Movie Nights at the Lao-German Technical College – English outside the classroom
The biggest tasks of every new team arriving in Laos is taking over the work of their predecessors. When Thomas
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Category: Intercultural Activities
Spotlight on intercultural encounters – an interview with Ms Mittaphone Sichampa and Ms Phovang Inthavong
Dear readers, First of all, let me (re-)reintroduce two of my lovely tandem-teachers: Ms Mittaphone “Mit” Sichampa and Ms Phovang
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An exceptional encounter: When “muan” and the “Lao-German Cultural Night” join up
“Muan” is a Lao expression that can be translated as “joy”. It was Friday, 9 November 2018. The sun had
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“Language education and global citizenship” (1) – Reentry shock: an explanation of an underrated phenomenon (by L. Malchow)
Editor’s note: “Reentry shock: an explanation of an underrated phenomenon” by Lara Malchow (Team V) is the first research article in
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Our experiences in Germany – by apprentices Ms Siliphone Arnousavanh and Mr Soksai Aphaiyalath
Our experiences in Germany Editor’s note: Within the Recruitment and Training Programme of BHS Corrugated with the Lao-German Technical College,
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How I fell in love with Germany – a training-and-travel report by Ms Moukdala Keomixai
Editors’ note: Within the Recruitment and Training Programme of BHS Corrugated with the Lao-German Technical College, the company invited five
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Festivities on 3 October 2018 in Vientiane: Celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations between Laos and Germany
Back in Laos! (Shirin Ud-Din) When Prof. Martin and Johannes Zeck asked me in August 2018 if I could imagine
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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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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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Lao “Activity Time” at school (& blog article no. 200!)
Our time here is flying by. Every day is another adventure with different tasks and challenges to manage. It is
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Letters from Laos – “Cooperation between BHS and LGTC” by Phonesavanh Chachueyang
Editor’s note: Following Mr Phonesouk Inhtaxay’s post on his time in Germany in July and August 2017, his colleague Mr
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