CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(2023). Integrando linguagem não-binária e conhecimentos trans nas aulas de português como língua estrangeira. II Seminário Internacional de Pesquisas em Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas: Abordagens Quantitativas e Mistas. October 25-27, 2023, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Brasil. See the presentation HERE.
(2022). Pedagogia inclusiva e não-binária nas Aulas de Português. 9˚ Seminário Nacional/3˚ Seminário International - Interseções: O (In)Comum das Diferenças.October 4-6, 2022. Universidade Passo Fundo, Brasil. See the presentation HERE.
(2022). Towards a more inclusive pedagogical practices. The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL) - Workshop on Language Pedagogy. Connecting Language Teaching and Social Justice: A Call for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. October 28-29, 2022. Cornell University.
(2022). "Aquisição do português em ambiente naturalístico: o caso do constraste das vogais médias" II Congresso de Português como Língua Estrangeira na Columbia University. April 1-2, 2022. (with Dr. Mike Child, Brigham Young University). Columbia University, NY.
(2021). "Aquisição fonético-fonológico de L2: estudos quantitativos." (mesa redonda de abertura) I Seminário Internacional de Pesquisas em Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas: Abordagens Quantitativas e Mistas. November 10-12, 2021. Universidade Federal do Pampa (UniPampa). Online Conference.
(2021). "Identidade Étnico-Racial Sob Olhares Multilíngues". X EMEP - Encontro Mundial Sobre o Ensino de Português. Co-presenter: Dr. Valquíria Pereira Tenório (IFSP-Campus Matão). August 6-7, 2021. Online Conference.
(2021). "Phonetic Drift: Percepção e Produção do Português como L1 por Falantes Bilíngues". I Congresso de Português como Língua Estrangeira. March 26-27, 2021. Columbia University. New York. Online Conference.
(2020). "Percepção e Produção das Vogais Médias do Português por Falantes de Herança do Português Brasileiro: Uma Abordagem Quantitativa." MAPEALI - Metodologias e Abordagens de Pesquisa em Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas - UFSCar e UNESP-FCLAr (invited).
(2020). "I am from São Baulo. Percepção das Oclusivas no Português como L1 e no Inglês como L2". YouTube Channel: Conversas da Hora (invited).
(2020). "Perception of Portuguese Mid Vowels by Heritage Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese." I Escola de Estudos Linguísticos do GEL (Grupo de Estudos Linguísticos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil). Online Conference.
(2020). "Getting to Know Heritage Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese" IX EMEP - Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português. Online Conference. Vídeo here.
(2020). "Avó or Avô? Portuguese mid-Vowel Contrasts by Heritage Brazilian Portuguese Speakers". Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology - CASPSLaP 2020. San José State University, California.
(2020). Denise Osborne & Mike Child "Naturalistic Acquisition of Portuguese Mid Vowels by L2 learners: A Perception Investigation". Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology - CASPSLaP 2020. San José State University, California.
(2019). "Brazilian Popular Culture and the Development of Intercultural Competence". VIII EMEP - Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português. Princeton University, NJ.
(2019). "Perceptions of Brazilian Portuguese Dialects by English-Spanish Bilinguals". LASPR II - 2nd International Symposium of Linguistic Attitudes Towards Spanish, Portuguese and Related Languages. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
(2018). "Teaching Brazilian Popular Culture in an American Context". NEPCA 2018 - Northeast Popular Culture Association. Worcester State University.
(2018). "Attitudes Toward Brazilian Portuguese Variations by Familiar and Naive Listeners". VII Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino do Português. University of Pittsburg.
(2018). "Pronunciation Learning in the Portuguese Foreign Language Classroom: A Snapshot of the Multilingual Starting Point to Better Interpret Learning Progress and Development". Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology (CASPSLaP 2018), Indiana University (along with Dr. Megan Solon).
(2017). "Cinematographic Resources as Meaningful Affordances in a Foreign Language Class". The Conversations in the Disciplines - Conference on Films. (Oct 6, 2017). University at Albany, SUNY.
(2016). "São Paulo or São Baulo - The Perception and Production of Stops in L2 English and L1 Portuguese" LLC Seminar, University at Albany, SUNY (invited)
(2016) "Intercultural Language Learning Through Video Production" L2DL & AZ-CALL 2016, University of Arizona, AZ. (asynchronous poster presentation and synchronous chat, along with Nayara Salbego from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) (accepted)
(2016) "Second Language Acquisition and the Double Perceptual Boundary Effect". Simonet, M., Casillas, J.V., and Osborne, D. Sound to Word 2016 - Sound to Word in Bilingual and Second Language Speech Perception. University of Iowa.
(2014) "Improving pronunciation through tongue twisters (trava língua)." CASPSLaP Georgetown 2014, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (Pechakucha - a micro-teaching lesson)
(2014) "Learning Portuguese through the art of film." Southwest Popular and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (paper presentation)
(2014) "The Brazil that is not in the books" Café International, University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
(2013) "The perception of English /h/ and /ɹ/ by Brazilian Portuguese speakers." 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), San Francisco, CA. (poster session)
(2013) "When 'hat' becomes 'rat': The perception of English [h] and [ɹ] by Brazilian Portuguese speakers." New Sounds 2013 Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. (paper presentation)
(2013) "Do you like rap music? Yes, I like happy music. How Brazilian Portuguese speakers perceive English [h] and [ɹ]." American Association for the Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2013 Conference. Dallas, Texas. (paper presentation)
(2013) "Learning Portuguese through the art of film." The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 95th Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. (paper presentation)
(2012) "Feedback em aulas de idiomas", online lecture as part of the Ciclo de Palestra da Série Expansão da HUB Editorial - Workshop VIrtual para Professores de Idiomas. (invited)
(2011) "The use of drama techniques and visual arts in the teaching and learning of Portuguese as a second language", American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2011 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Denver, Colorado. (panel presentation)
(2011) "Relacionamentos positivos em sala de aula", online lecture as part of the Ciclo de Palestra da Séria Expansão da HUB Editorial - Workshop Virtual para Professores de Idiomas. (invited)
(2011) "Applying Performance and Visual Arts in Second Language Classroom". Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) 2011 Roundtable, University of Arizona. (paper presentation)
(2010) “The realization of speech acts of refusals of an invitation among Brazilian friends”. Hispanic Linguistic Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington. (poster presentation)
(2010) “The production of rhotic sounds by Brazilian speakers of English”. 31st Annual NYS TESOL Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, Columbia University, New York. (paper presentation)
(2009) “Systematic differences in consonant sounds between the interlanguage phonology of a Brazilian Portuguese learner of English and standard American English”. II International Symposium on Language Studies and Linguistics, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil. (paper presentation)
(2009) "The realization of speech acts of refusals of an invitation among Brazilian friends." 2nd Annual Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. (paper presentation)
(2009) TESOL/AL Roundtable. Columbia University, New York. (paper presentation)
(2009) 30th Annual NYS TESOL Winter Applied Linguistics Conference. Columbia University, New York. (poster presentation)
WORKSHOPS GIVEN
(2014) "Bringing drama to your classroom". 13th Annual Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Roundtable, University of Arizona, AZ.
(2013) "When drama helps: Applying drama techniques in the L2 classroom". The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2013 Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
(2011) "Applying Performance and Visual Arts in Second Language Classroom". Center of Educational Resources in Culture (CERCLL), Language, and Literature, University of Arizona. (invited)
(2011) "Applying Drama Techniques in Second Language Classroom". AZ-TESOL's 2011 State Conference, Prescott Valley, AZ.
(2010) Workshop for Teachers of Portuguese as a Second Language: Methodologies and Technologies - Cultivando a Criatividade no Ensino de PLE. Columbia University, New York (Workshop presented along with Elizabeth (Liz) Zaita).
(2022). Pedagogia inclusiva e não-binária nas Aulas de Português. 9˚ Seminário Nacional/3˚ Seminário International - Interseções: O (In)Comum das Diferenças.October 4-6, 2022. Universidade Passo Fundo, Brasil. See the presentation HERE.
(2022). Towards a more inclusive pedagogical practices. The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL) - Workshop on Language Pedagogy. Connecting Language Teaching and Social Justice: A Call for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. October 28-29, 2022. Cornell University.
(2022). "Aquisição do português em ambiente naturalístico: o caso do constraste das vogais médias" II Congresso de Português como Língua Estrangeira na Columbia University. April 1-2, 2022. (with Dr. Mike Child, Brigham Young University). Columbia University, NY.
(2021). "Aquisição fonético-fonológico de L2: estudos quantitativos." (mesa redonda de abertura) I Seminário Internacional de Pesquisas em Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas: Abordagens Quantitativas e Mistas. November 10-12, 2021. Universidade Federal do Pampa (UniPampa). Online Conference.
(2021). "Identidade Étnico-Racial Sob Olhares Multilíngues". X EMEP - Encontro Mundial Sobre o Ensino de Português. Co-presenter: Dr. Valquíria Pereira Tenório (IFSP-Campus Matão). August 6-7, 2021. Online Conference.
(2021). "Phonetic Drift: Percepção e Produção do Português como L1 por Falantes Bilíngues". I Congresso de Português como Língua Estrangeira. March 26-27, 2021. Columbia University. New York. Online Conference.
(2020). "Percepção e Produção das Vogais Médias do Português por Falantes de Herança do Português Brasileiro: Uma Abordagem Quantitativa." MAPEALI - Metodologias e Abordagens de Pesquisa em Ensino e Aprendizagem de Línguas - UFSCar e UNESP-FCLAr (invited).
(2020). "I am from São Baulo. Percepção das Oclusivas no Português como L1 e no Inglês como L2". YouTube Channel: Conversas da Hora (invited).
(2020). "Perception of Portuguese Mid Vowels by Heritage Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese." I Escola de Estudos Linguísticos do GEL (Grupo de Estudos Linguísticos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil). Online Conference.
(2020). "Getting to Know Heritage Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese" IX EMEP - Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português. Online Conference. Vídeo here.
(2020). "Avó or Avô? Portuguese mid-Vowel Contrasts by Heritage Brazilian Portuguese Speakers". Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology - CASPSLaP 2020. San José State University, California.
(2020). Denise Osborne & Mike Child "Naturalistic Acquisition of Portuguese Mid Vowels by L2 learners: A Perception Investigation". Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology - CASPSLaP 2020. San José State University, California.
(2019). "Brazilian Popular Culture and the Development of Intercultural Competence". VIII EMEP - Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português. Princeton University, NJ.
(2019). "Perceptions of Brazilian Portuguese Dialects by English-Spanish Bilinguals". LASPR II - 2nd International Symposium of Linguistic Attitudes Towards Spanish, Portuguese and Related Languages. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
(2018). "Teaching Brazilian Popular Culture in an American Context". NEPCA 2018 - Northeast Popular Culture Association. Worcester State University.
(2018). "Attitudes Toward Brazilian Portuguese Variations by Familiar and Naive Listeners". VII Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino do Português. University of Pittsburg.
(2018). "Pronunciation Learning in the Portuguese Foreign Language Classroom: A Snapshot of the Multilingual Starting Point to Better Interpret Learning Progress and Development". Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology (CASPSLaP 2018), Indiana University (along with Dr. Megan Solon).
(2017). "Cinematographic Resources as Meaningful Affordances in a Foreign Language Class". The Conversations in the Disciplines - Conference on Films. (Oct 6, 2017). University at Albany, SUNY.
(2016). "São Paulo or São Baulo - The Perception and Production of Stops in L2 English and L1 Portuguese" LLC Seminar, University at Albany, SUNY (invited)
(2016) "Intercultural Language Learning Through Video Production" L2DL & AZ-CALL 2016, University of Arizona, AZ. (asynchronous poster presentation and synchronous chat, along with Nayara Salbego from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) (accepted)
(2016) "Second Language Acquisition and the Double Perceptual Boundary Effect". Simonet, M., Casillas, J.V., and Osborne, D. Sound to Word 2016 - Sound to Word in Bilingual and Second Language Speech Perception. University of Iowa.
(2014) "Improving pronunciation through tongue twisters (trava língua)." CASPSLaP Georgetown 2014, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (Pechakucha - a micro-teaching lesson)
(2014) "Learning Portuguese through the art of film." Southwest Popular and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (paper presentation)
(2014) "The Brazil that is not in the books" Café International, University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
(2013) "The perception of English /h/ and /ɹ/ by Brazilian Portuguese speakers." 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), San Francisco, CA. (poster session)
(2013) "When 'hat' becomes 'rat': The perception of English [h] and [ɹ] by Brazilian Portuguese speakers." New Sounds 2013 Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. (paper presentation)
(2013) "Do you like rap music? Yes, I like happy music. How Brazilian Portuguese speakers perceive English [h] and [ɹ]." American Association for the Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2013 Conference. Dallas, Texas. (paper presentation)
(2013) "Learning Portuguese through the art of film." The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 95th Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas. (paper presentation)
(2012) "Feedback em aulas de idiomas", online lecture as part of the Ciclo de Palestra da Série Expansão da HUB Editorial - Workshop VIrtual para Professores de Idiomas. (invited)
(2011) "The use of drama techniques and visual arts in the teaching and learning of Portuguese as a second language", American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2011 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Denver, Colorado. (panel presentation)
(2011) "Relacionamentos positivos em sala de aula", online lecture as part of the Ciclo de Palestra da Séria Expansão da HUB Editorial - Workshop Virtual para Professores de Idiomas. (invited)
(2011) "Applying Performance and Visual Arts in Second Language Classroom". Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) 2011 Roundtable, University of Arizona. (paper presentation)
(2010) “The realization of speech acts of refusals of an invitation among Brazilian friends”. Hispanic Linguistic Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington. (poster presentation)
(2010) “The production of rhotic sounds by Brazilian speakers of English”. 31st Annual NYS TESOL Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, Columbia University, New York. (paper presentation)
(2009) “Systematic differences in consonant sounds between the interlanguage phonology of a Brazilian Portuguese learner of English and standard American English”. II International Symposium on Language Studies and Linguistics, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil. (paper presentation)
(2009) "The realization of speech acts of refusals of an invitation among Brazilian friends." 2nd Annual Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. (paper presentation)
(2009) TESOL/AL Roundtable. Columbia University, New York. (paper presentation)
(2009) 30th Annual NYS TESOL Winter Applied Linguistics Conference. Columbia University, New York. (poster presentation)
WORKSHOPS GIVEN
(2014) "Bringing drama to your classroom". 13th Annual Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Roundtable, University of Arizona, AZ.
(2013) "When drama helps: Applying drama techniques in the L2 classroom". The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2013 Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
(2011) "Applying Performance and Visual Arts in Second Language Classroom". Center of Educational Resources in Culture (CERCLL), Language, and Literature, University of Arizona. (invited)
(2011) "Applying Drama Techniques in Second Language Classroom". AZ-TESOL's 2011 State Conference, Prescott Valley, AZ.
(2010) Workshop for Teachers of Portuguese as a Second Language: Methodologies and Technologies - Cultivando a Criatividade no Ensino de PLE. Columbia University, New York (Workshop presented along with Elizabeth (Liz) Zaita).