Beth Skelton
Elizabeth
Skelton has been teaching German, English as a Second Language,
and Spanish at all grade and ability levels since 1988.
She was a Boettcher Scholar at Colorado College graduating summa
cum laude in German Language and Literature and Secondary Education.
She received her Master's degree with distinction in Curriculum
and Instruction in Multicultural Teacher Education with an emphasis
on Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of
New Mexico in 1994.
She has presented workshops nationally and internationally for teachers
at every level on methods for enhancing language acquisition since
1995. Her workshops consistently receive rave reviews and
she has won several awards for her workshops and classroom teaching.
In 2003, Beth published Putting it Together, TPRS student
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Beth with Fluency Fast Mandarin teacher Linda Li |
Grosse und klein. Beth with Carol Gaab in Denver, Colorado |
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Dr. Ruth (played by Carol Gaab in Beth's Beginning German class) examines an ill opera singer..... |
using a stethoscope... |
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and determines.... |
he has a frog in his throat. |
and teacher materials for adult ESL students. A video of her work with TPRS® in ESL classes and a companion Teachers Manual was published in summer of 2006. She also wrote the Handbook for Teachers for the Concordia Language Villages, articles for the American Association for Teachers of German, and teaching ideas for Ballard and Tighersquo's Ideas for Excellence newsletter.