The American Center and U.S. Embassy English Language Office are excited to invite you to a lecture on English language teaching and learning in an inclusion classroom.
A special lecture on April 23 will give you an observation and recommendations on serving students with special needs. We will examine general guidelines for inclusion and discuss the tools for teaching language skills in particular.
If you are a student, teacher, university professor or researcher interested in inclusive education, psychology and teaching English, join us for a meeting with English Language Specialist Dr. Virginia Simmons.
Dr. Virginia Simmons is the Special Education Specialist and English Language Teacher at the Heritage International School in Chisinau, Moldova. She has a strong educational background and experience in several areas of education with an intensive concentration in special education. She received her PhD in Special Education and Education Administration from Kent State University and focused her dissertation on Gifted with Learning Disabilities. She has over 45 years of experience as a teacher and administrator at the local, regional, and state levels in the public school systems of two states. She is an adjunct professor at several universities in the United States and has been a state and national leader in professional organizations. Dr. Simmons was a workshop leader and keynote speaker at UNESCO Conferences in Kazan, Russia and has led workshops in conferences throughout the world. She was an English Language Fellow in Cambodia and also taught at TISBI University in Kazan, Russia where she enjoyed classes for the blind and visually impaired. Virginia has published several articles about the work that she has done and was recently published as one of the authors in a book concerning the psychology of English Language teachers. In 1992, Dr. Simmons led a group to Russia that created a Foundation that has promoted over 400 exchanges in the areas of business, community, culture, and education.