Department of State English Language Specialist Dr. Ann Mabbott is visiting Spain for one month to deliver teacher training workshops in Caceres, Merida, Tenerife and Oviedo. From October 19 to 21, 2018, she participated in the International Conference on Bilingual Education-CIEB Annual Conference at the University of Extremadura´s School of Education in Badajoz, where she delivered a plenary lecture. CIEB is the largest conference in Spain dedicated to bilingual educators. During the three-day conference more than 400 teachers from around the country as well as educators from several countries examined strategies and best practices on topics aligned to the conference theme: Where is bilingual education heading? Embassy Deputy Cultural Attaché Ryan Matheny and Cultural Affairs Assistant Macarena Moreno also travelled to Badajoz to attend the conference.
