Virginia Vinuesa

Affiliation

Asociacion de Enseñanza Bilingue

Biography

Virginia Vinuesa Benítez holds a degree in English Philology from the University of Granada and a PhD from Rey Juan Carlos University. With more than 25 years of experience in the field of education, she has developed her professional career at all educational levels, from Early Childhood Education to University Education, both in Spain and in the United Kingdom. She currently lectures at Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid in language didactics in Pre-primary and Primary degrees, as well as in the master’s degree in Secondary Education and in the master’s degree in Bilingual Teaching in Primary Education. She has actively participated in training CLIL teachers working in bilingual schools of the Region of Madrid. She has given talks in Spain and the United States, and her research area focuses on the field of bilingual education and CLIL methodology. She coordinates the master’s program in Bilingual Education at Rey Juan Carlos University, she is Vice President of the Bilingual Teaching Association, and co-editor of the American NABE Journal of Research and Practice.