JEEM SCHOLAR: March 20 – April 29, 2016

Brief Biography of Dildora Kasimova

            Dildora was born in the ancient capital city of Tashkent in the independent country of Uzbekistan to a family of ordinary workers.  Her father was a conductor at International Railways, and her mother an English teacher who has dedicated her life to the children.  Her Mother encouraged them to get as much knowledge as possible, “which would be a fair and right path towards a flourishing future.” That encouragement is the main reason for Dildora’s goal achievement in her pedagogical career.

            After graduating with bachelor and master degrees at Uzbek State World Languages and National Universities, Dildora started her teaching career at Republican Language Learning Centre.  While at the Centre, she determined the reason for poor English competency of pupils was that the educators themselves lacked professional and practical experience with English. Because of this, Dildora offered voluntary professional writing and speaking classes for ESL teachers.   Nowadays she holds training classes every Friday for ESL teachers in her district and works at schools where teachers can observe her classes teaching English for mixed levels of learners.

            Recently, Dildora succeeded in an interview to be a teacher trainer for ESL teachers of Chilanzar District, Tashkent.  Her supervisor is pleased and delighted that Dildora has been selected for the JEEM program, as she will make an enormous contribution as a leader for teachers.  While there are opportunities to improve education system in Uzbekistan, Dildora feels there is a shortage of teaching materials and methodological interactive activities.  While in Bozeman she will observe native language speakers, engage in classroom observations, and identify tutorial textbooks according to the level of learner.   

            Personally, Dildora says, “I am sociable, self-motivated, creative, dedicated and ambitious. I am always ready to extend my knowledge and fulfil gaps by learning, observing, and sharing ideas with colleagues.”   By participating in JEEM, she is eager to expand her knowledge on education systems of the USA, and cultural characteristics such as social habits, art, music, and community life.

            She is interested in reading authentic books and baking sweet pies for her family. She is a single mother with two daughters, ages 11 and 9.  She dreams of having an opportunity to travel with her children to China as her elder daughter is a fan of oriental languages.  Moreover, she would like to run her own Language Learning Centre with up-to-date technology and level-appropriate instructional manuals.  

Welcome Dildora to MSU, Bozeman, and Montana