Name: Making Complex Text Accessible to Experienced Multilinguals
Start: 2026-05-09T09:50:00-0600
End: 2026-05-09T11:20:00-0600

Welcome to the 48th Annual CoTESOL Fall Convention!
Dates: November 14-15, 2025
Location: The Conference Center, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, 1500 E. 128th Ave., Thornton, CO 80241

Making Complex Text Accessible to Experienced Multilinguals

Saturday May 9, 2026 9:50am - 11:20am MDT

Piñon Pine

This session addresses the specific needs of multilingual learners who have reached the ‘developing’ stage of language acquisition. These students in grades 3-12 can decode text, but they may not always understand what they’ve read. This session provides concrete strategies for making even grade-level content texts comprehensible for these students.

CDE CLDE Credit: 5.11 Quality Standard III; 5.11(2) ELEMENT B

Audience: Secondary Education (SE)

Speakers

Beth Skelton

Consultant, Educational Consultants, LLC

Beth Skelton @easkelton has over 30 years of experience as a language educator and holds a master’s degree in multicultural teacher education. She has worked with early childhood, elementary, middle, high school and adult language learners in rural, urban, suburban, and international school settings... Read More →

Saturday May 9, 2026 9:50am - 11:20am MDT
Piñon Pine

Secondary Education (SE)

Speaker Type Academic
Session Type Workshop (1 hr. 30 min.)
CDE CLDE Credit CDE CLDE Credit

Fall 2026 CoTESOL Convention

Beth Skelton

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