Dr. DeCapua and Dr. Marshall have given numerous presentations on MALP and been invited to speak at international , national, state, and local professional conferences.
Plenary / Keynote Addresses
Maryland TESOL, Laurel MD, November 11 2017 -Addressing the Needs of Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education Through Culturally Responsive Teaching – Dr. DeCapua
Minnesota English Learners Education Conference, Bloomington, MN November 6, 2015. Building Bridges to Academic Success Through Culturally Responsive Teaching – Dr. DeCapua
Equity Pedagogy: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm, NYS TESOL, Albany, NY, November 2014 – Dr. Marshall
Bridging the Gap: Connecting SLIFE with U.S. Classrooms. MI TESOL, Grand Rapids, MI, October, 2014. View on Slideshare
Cultural Perspectives: Students with Interrupted/Limited Formal Education. COTESOL, Aurora, CO, November, 2011.
From Cultural Dissonance to a New Learning Paradigm. LESLLA symposium, Minneapolis, MN, September, 2011.
Featured Speaker Sessions
Transitioning Students with Limited/Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) to Classroom Success. TESOL – K-12 Day, March, 2019, Atlanta, GA. – Dr. DeCapua
Culturally Responsive Teaching for Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Educationm (SLIFE). TESOL – K-12 Day, March 2018, Chicago, IL – Dr. DeCapua
Creating Fertile Spaces: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Struggling ELLs, Terra Ed Conference on ELLs, Buffalo, NY, October 2016 – Dr. Marshall Link to presentation
Our Kids Summer Institute, Des Moines, IA, June 2016. Keynote About Caring about our Kids Through Culturally Responsive Teaching – Dr. DeCapua
Finding Common Ground: Addressing the Needs of Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE), Presentation, Southern Ontario Canada Teachers, June 11, 2015 – Dr. DeCapua. View on Slideshare
Addressing the Needs of Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Schooling (SLIFE). CoTESOL Conference, Aurora, CO, November 2012.
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Promoting Excellence: Perspectives on ELLS with Limited or Interrupted Schooling, Colloquium, International TESOL Convention, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012
Cultural Perspectives on Students with Limited/Interrupted Formal Education, SLIFE Colloquium, International TESOL Convention, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012.
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Invited Presentations
Formale Schulpraktiken zugänglich machen: Dissonanz zwischen Lernvoraussetzungen und -erwartungen. Neue Wege in der beruflichen Sprachförderung. Fachkongress Oktober, 2018. Frankfurt am Main – Dr. DeCapua More information at https://www.gffb.de/angebote/berufsintegrierte-sprachfoerderung/kongress-berufliche-sprachfoerderung.html
Formale Schulpraktiken zugänglich machen: Dissonanz zwischen Lernvoraussetzungen und -erwartungen. Universität zu Köln. Mercator-Institut für Sprachforderung und Deutsch als Zweitsprache. 15 May 2018 – Dr. DeCapua Link to presentation https://de.slideshare.net/adecapua/students-with-limitedinterrupted-formal-education-slife
Panelist on low-educated newcomer students at Duke University, Durham, NC, September 16, 2017. Kenan Refugee Project/Kenan Institute for Ethics. Rethinking Newcomer Education in Durham Public Schools – Dr. DeCapua
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Instruction for EL Academic Success, Panelist, Secondary Schools Academic Session, International TESOL Convention, Portland, OR, March 2014 – Dr. DeCapua
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Cognition, Learning, and Formal Education. Panelist, Colloquium, Call for Research: Low-Literate and Adult L2 Learners, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Dallas, TX, 2013. – Dr. DeCapua
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Incorporating Learners’ Cultural and Language Priorities in a Haitian Adult Education Community Program. NABE Conference, Orlando, FL February, 2013.
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Engaging Adult Learners with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education. CoTESOL Conference, Aurora, CO, November, 2012
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Additional Presentations
View other conference presentations on MALP and Culturally Responsive Teaching.
Flipped Learning
MALP incorporates the Flipped Learning approach. Dr. Marshall has presented on Flipped Learning in TESOL and in Teacher Education.
Dr. Marshall’s Flipped Learning Presentations
