Marcella Caprario

PhD Candidate


Curriculum vitae



English Department

Northern Arizona University



Selected Presentations


Refereed Conference Presentations
Caprario, M. (2023). Communication Strategies for Communicative Competence in English as a Lingua Franca. Paper presented at D’ i-CELT 2023, Darul Aman English Language Learning and Teaching Association (DELTA), June 16-17, Sungai Petani, Malaysia.
Caprario, M. (2023). Teaching and assessing ELF communicative strategies: A Pilot Study [Accepted paper presentation]. 18th Annual International Pragmatics Conference, July 9-14, Brussels, Belgium.
Caprario, M. (2023). English as a Lingua Franca communication strategies and L1 English speakers’ intercultural communication competence. Paper presented at the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) conference, March 22-25, Macau SAR, China and online.
Caprario, M. (2023). Teaching and assessing ELF communicative strategies: A Pilot Study [Accepted paper presentation]. AAAL Annual Conference, March 18-21, Portland, OR.
Caprario, M. (2023). Communication strategies for intercultural communicative success in English Paper presented at CamTESOL, February 17-19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Caprario, M. (2023). Communicative Competence and Linguistic Diversity: Practical Pedagogical Solutions [Accepted paper presentation]. TESOL Annual Conference, March 22-24, Portland, OR.
Caprario, M. (2022). English Use Among International University Students in the United States: Challenges, Coping Strategies, and Attitudes Paper presented at ELF13 Conference, November 18-20 [online].
Caprario, M. (2022). English as a lingua franca communicative strategies: A research synthesis Paper presented at Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference, September 12-14, 2022 [online].
Caprario, M. (2022). Communicative strategies in ELF academic discourse. Poster accepted for presentation at the American Association for Corpus Linguistics, September 9-11, 2022, Flagstaff, AZ. 
Caprario, M. (2022). The multifunctionality of ‘I mean’ in classroom discourse and its pedagogical implications. Paper presented at AAAL, March 19-22, Pittsburgh, PA.
Caprario, M. (2022). Corpus-based EAP activities for communicative competence. Paper presented at TESOL, March 22-25, Pittsburgh, PA.
Caprario, M. (2021). Epistemic stance markers in university classroom discourse: Variation across discipline and speaker role. Paper presented at the 17th International Pragmatics Conference, June 27-July 2, Winterthur, Switzerland [online].
Caprario, M. (2021). Supporting university students' development of L2 pragmatic competence. Roundtable presented at the AAAL Virtual Conference, March 20-23 [online]. 
Caprario, M. (2019). The effect of self-reflection on university students’ spoken academic discourse. Paper presented at Alternative Approaches to English Language Teaching and Learning, May 27-28, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Caprario, M. (2018). Pragmatic competence in English-language class discussions. Paper presented at Exploring and Assessing Pragmatic Aspects of L1 and L2 Communication: From Needs Analysis Through Monitoring to Feedback, July 25-27, University of Padua, Italy. 
Caprario, M. (2018). Corpus-based classroom activities for academic English instruction. Workshop presented at the 14th Annual CamTESOL Conference, February 10-11, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Caprario, M., & Daniels, M., Hiller, K. (2017). Assessment 2.0: Engaging students with program-wide digital portfolios. Paper presented at the TESOL 2017 International Convention and English Language Expo, March 21-24, Seattle, WA.

Stakenburg, J, & Caprario, M. (2014). Exploring language: Creating corpus-based classroom materials. Workshop presented at the TESOL 2014 International Convention and English Language Expo, March 26-29, Portland, OR.

Non-refereed Presentations and Workshops (* = invited)
Caprario, M. (2023, July 10). ELF communication strategies as pedagogical targets: A Pilot Study. Research seminar for Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.
* Caprario, M. (2023, March 4). Teaching intercultural communication strategies. Invited workshop for PELLTA (Penang English Language Learning and Teaching Association), Penang, Malaysia.
* Caprario, M. (2022, October 3). Qualitative methods for corpus linguistics. Guest lecture for Corpus Club, Northern Arizona University, USA.
Caprario, M. (2019). Multilingualism in practice: Challenges and opportunities. Workshop for Translating Worlds: A Language Symposium and Festival, New York University (NYU) Shanghai, China.
Caprario, M. (2018). Corpus linguistics and data-driven language instruction. Lecture for Faculty Lunch Speaker Series, NYU Shanghai, China.
Caprario, M. (2017). Student engagement strategies. Workshop for St. Mary’s School, Shanghai, China.
Caprario, M. (2017). Reflective teaching. Guest lecture for St. Mary’s School, Shanghai, China.
Caprario, M. (2016; 2017). Chinese students in context: Strategies for a globalized campus. Faculty Development Seminar, CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange, Shanghai, China.
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