| Books /Monographs | Journal Articles / Book Chapters | Keynote and Invited Papers/Talks | Conference Papers |
Books /Monographs
Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Cavallaro, Francesco (2023). Place Names: Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cavallaro, Francesco (2010). Transgenerational language shift: From Sicilian and Italian to Australian English. The Italian Australian Institute. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, ~400 pages ISBN 978-0-9805994-3-5.
Cavallaro, Francesco, Milde, A. & Sercombe, P. (Eds.) (2009). Language, culture and identity in Asia. Special Issue of The Linguistics Journal, September 2009. British Virgin Islands: Time Taylor Publications.
Cavallaro, Francesco (Ed.) (2008). The Linguistics Journal. Vol 3, Number 2, 103 pages.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Cavallaro, Francesco, Tan, Yan kang, Xie, Wenhan+, & Ng, Bee Chin (2023). Language Practices and Policies of Singaporean-Japanese Families in Singapore. Pragmatics.
Ng, Bee Chin, Tan, Mei Jing Jo+ Anne Pauwels & Cavallaro, Francesco (2022). Language Practices in Malay-Chinese Families in Singapore. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
Yao Yuetong, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Cavallaro, Francesco (2022). The Minoan Challenge: An External Analysis Approach to the Linear A Decipherment. Annals of the University of Craiova. Series Philology, Linguistics. 44(1-2), 456-475
Xie, Wenhan,Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco (2022). Living in harmony: The negotiation of intergenerational family language policy in Singapore. Language & Communication, 82 (2022), 8–27.
Nah, Vanessa, Cavallaro, Francesco, Panović, Ivan & Ng, Bee Chin (2021). Multilingualism Among the Elderly Chinese in Singapore: An Oral Account. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, vol. 2021, no. 270, pp. 153-179.
Fang, Xiao Min, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Cavallaro, Francesco (In Press). Some Remarks on Grammatological and Morphological Aspects of Linear A Documents: An Internal Analysis Approach. Annals of the University of Craiova. Series Philology, Linguistics.
Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco (in press, 2021). Where have all my languages gone? Aging and the Changing Multilingual Linguistic Ecology. In Robert Blackwood & Unn Røyneland (eds.) Trajectories of language: policies, spaces and interactions. Volume I: Multilingualism Across the Lifespan, (pp. 147-168). New York: Routledge
Cavallaro, Francesco, Tay, Ya Xin Elsie, Francis Wong & Ng Bee Chin. (2021). “Enculturalling” bilingualism: Family language ecology and its impact on bilingualism. International Multilingual Research Journal, 15:2, 126-157.
Yom, JingYi Samantha & Cavallaro, Francesco (2020). Colonialism and Toponyms in Singapore. Urban Science, 4(4), 64.
Ng, Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco (2021) The Case of Mandarin Chinese in Singapore. In Ritu, Jain (ed.) Multilingual Singapore: Language Policies and Linguistic Realities, (pp. 159-178). New York: Routledge.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng, Bee Chin (2020) Multilingualism and multiculturalism in Singapore. In Peter Siemund & Jakob R. E. Leimgruber (eds.) Multilingual Global Cities: Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai (pp. 133-159). New York: Routledge.
Cavallaro, Francesco, Ng, Bee Chin & Tan, Ying Ying. (2020). Singapore English. In Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha & Andy Kirkpatrick (eds.), Handbook of Asian Englishes (pp. 419-448). New Jersey, USA: Blackwell-Wiley.
Ng, Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco (2019). Chapter 3. Multilingualism in Southeast Asia: The post-colonial language stories of Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In Simona Montanari & Suzanne Quay (eds.) Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Multilingualism, The Fundamentals (pp. 27-50). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.
Eu, Min Niki Cassandra, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Cavallaro, Francesco (2019). Linear A Libation Tables: A Semitic Connection Explored. Annals of the University of Craiova. Series Philology, Linguistics, 41(1/2), 51-63.
Cavallaro, Francesco, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Tan, Zhi Xuan. (2019). Sequent Occupance and Toponymy in Singapore: The diachronic and synchronic development of urban place names. Urban Science, Special issue on “Urban Place Names: Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions”, 3(3), 98.
Mirvahedi, Seyed Hadi & Cavallaro, Francesco (2020). Siblings’ play and language shift to English in a Malay-English bilingual family in Singapore. World Englishes, 39(1), 183-197.
Ng, Bee Chin, Cui, Can & Cavallaro, Francesco (2019). The Annotated Lexicon of Chinese Emotion Words. Word, 65(2), 73-92.
Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Cavallaro, Francesco (2018). Lamòling Bèaka: Immanence, Rituals, and Sacred Objects in an Unwritten Legend in Alor. Religions, Special Issue “Religion, Ritual and Ritualistic Objects”, 9(7), 211.
Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco & Cavallaro, Francesco (2018). Roots from the Archipelago: Proto-Alor Etymologies in the Context of Alor Languages. Annals of the University of Craiova. Series Philology, Linguistics, 40(1/2), 141-169.
Cavallaro, Francesco, Mark Seilhamer, Ho Yen Yee & Ng Bee Chin (2018). Attitudes to Mandarin Chinese Varieties in Singapore. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 28(2), 195-225.
Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco, & Cavallaro, Francesco (2017). The legend of Lamòling: Unwritten Memories and Diachronic Toponymy through the Lens of an Abui Myth. Lingua, 193, 51-61.
Cavallaro, Francesco, Mark Seilhamer, Felicia Chee & Ng Bee Chin^ (2016). Overaccommodation in a Singapore Eldercare Facility. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 37(8), 817-831.
Xie, Wenhan & Cavallaro, Francesco (2016). Attitudes towards Mandarin-English Bilingualism: A study of Chinese youths in Singapore. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 37(6), 628-641.
Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco, Cavallaro, Francesco & Kratochvíl, František (2015). Diachronic Toponomastics and Language Reconstruction in South-East Asia According to an Experimental Convergent Methodology: Abui as a Case-Study. Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics, 10(9-20), 29-47.
Ng, Bee Chin, Tan, Xue Er Cheryl, Cavallaro, Francesco & Halina Gottlieb (2015). ‘Touch’ Your Heritage: an Interactive Installation on Multilingual Identity. International Journal Heritage in the Digital Era. Special Issue on Intangible Cultural Heritage Documentation, 4(1), 41-56.
Ng, Bee Chin, Cavallaro, Francesco, Law C.L., Halina, Gottlieb (2014). A Cultural Experience Room: An interdisciplinary and inclusive approach to visualising intangible heritage. In Halina, Gottlieb & Marcin, Szeląg (eds.) Engaging Spaces: Interpretation, Design and Digital Strategies, (pp. 305-318). Proceedings of NODEM 2014.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin (2014). Language in Singapore: From Multilingualism to English Plus. In Y. Slaughter & J. Hajek (eds.) Challenging the monolingual mindset. A book in Memory of Michael Clyne, (pp.33-48). Bristol (UK): Multilingual Matters.
Cavallaro, Francesco, Mark Seilhamer, & Ng Bee Chin, (2014). Singapore Colloquial English: Issues of prestige and identity. World Englishes, 33(3), 378-397.
Ng Bee Chin, Cavallaro, Francesco, & Koh, Shu Ping Daphne (2014). Singlish can: Speech accommodation in Singapore English. World Englishes, 33(3), 398-412.
Cavallaro, Francesco (2010). Italians in Australia: From Triligualism to Monolingualism? International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2010(206), 109-155.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Stefan Serwe (2010). Language use and shift among the Malays in Singapore. Applied Linguistics Review, 1(1), 129-170, De Gruyter Mouton.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Rahman, Tania (2009). The Santals of Bangladesh. In Cavallaro, F. Milde, A. & Sercombe, P. (Eds.), Language, culture and identity in Asia (pp. 192 – 220). Special Issue of The Linguistics Journal, September 2009. British Virgin Islands: Time Taylor Publications.
David, Maya K., Cavallaro, Francesco & Coluzzi, Paolo (2009). Language Policies – Impact on Language Maintenance and Teaching: Focus on Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines. In Cavallaro, F. Milde, A. & Sercombe, P. (Eds.), Language, culture and identity in Asia (pp. 155 – 191). Special Issue of The Linguistics Journal, September 2009. British Virgin Islands: Time Taylor.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin (2009). Between status and solidarity in Singapore. World Englishes, 28(2), 143–159. One of the eight most cited papers in this journal for 2014.
Cavallaro, Francesco (2009). Introduction. In F. Cavallaro (Ed.) The Linguistics Journal. 3(2), 4-6.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Krishnan, Lakshmy (2007). Web page design as a tool for English proficiency. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) Journal, 15(2), 131-157.
Cavallaro, Francesco (2006). Language dynamics of an ethnic minority group: some methodological concerns on data collection. The Linguistics Journal, 1(3), 34-65.
Pathak, Anil & Cavallaro, Francesco (2006). Teaching Conflict Resolution: A Study of Two Interactive Methods. Asian ESP Journal, 2(2), 6-26.
Cavallaro, Francesco & Tan, Kenneth (2006). Computer-Mediated Peer-to-Peer Mentoring. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) Journal. 14(2), 129-138.
Cavallaro, Francesco (2005). Language Maintenance Revisited: An Australian Perspective. Bilingual Research Journal, 29(3), 509-530.
Cavallaro, Francesco (2003). Italians in Australia: Migration and Profile. Altreitalie 26, 65-88. Republished in ALEF- Associazione Lavoratori Emigrati del Friuli Venezia Giulia – Approfondimenti (2005).
Cavallaro, Francesco (2001). Colloquial Italian. In Mikel, Morris, Mar, Cruz Pinol and Eric, den Hertog (Eds.), Europe Phrasebook Edition 3. (pp. 211-244). Melbourne: Lonely Planet.
Gatt-Rutter, John & Cavallaro, Francesco (1991). Voices of the generations to come: what future for minority immigrant languages? Vox The Journal of the Australian Advisory Council on Languages and Multicultural Education, 5, 76-82. Republished in McKay, M. (ed.) (1991). Language Teacher’s Association of the Northern Territory (Inc) Annual Magazine. Casuarina (NT): Language Teachers Association of the NT (Inc), pp. 54-60.
Keynote and Invited Papers/Talks
2021 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Multilingual City: Singapore 2020. Invited Paper presented at The University of Exeter and Nanyang Technological University Workshop on Multilingualism, Migration and The Multilingual City, 5th -6th July 2021. Online, Organized by The University of Exeter and Nanyang Technological University.
2019 Ng Bee Chin & Francesco Cavallaro. Multilayered Multilingualism: Understanding the ecologies driving multilingual communities. Invited Paper presented at the Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale (Research Centre for East Asian Linguistics, CRLAO) 24 May 2019, Paris, France.
2019 Ng Bee Chin, Grace Tan & Francesco Cavallaro. Tell-tale signs of communication snags: What we can learn from variation and accommodation in interaction. Invited Paper presented at the Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale (Research Centre for East Asian Linguistics, CRLAO) 7 June 2019, Paris, France.
2019 Ng Bee Chin & Francesco Cavallaro. ‘Is Aging Easier in Age-Reverant Asia?’ – On Grey Armies, Silver Tsunamis or Golden Opportunities. Invited Paper presented at the Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale (Research Centre for East Asian Linguistics, CRLAO) 24 May 2019, Paris, France.
2018 Francesco Cavallaro. The changing language worlds of Singapore. Invited Paper presented at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), 20 February 2018, London, UK.
2016 Ng Bee Chin & Francesco Cavallaro. Bali: Tracking the change in the intangible discourse of people and landscape through language, Invited Paper at the 22nd International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), Kuala Lumpur, October 17th -21st, 2016.
2016 Ng Bee Chin, & Francesco Cavallaro. Language choice and strategies in a dynamic multilingual context. Keynote presentation at The 15th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP), 22 – 25 June 2016. University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), Bangkok, Thailand.
2015 Ng Bee Chin, & Francesco Cavallaro “Language Maintenance and Shift in Bali – Cause for Concern?’ Invited Keynote for The 7th International Conference for Austronesian and Non-Austronesian Languages” Udayana University, 28th to 29th August 2015.
2015 Ng Bee Chin, & Francesco Cavallaro Balinese and other minority languages in Indonesia – what to expect in language maintenance and shift in the next 50 years. Invited Paper at the Graduate Workshop hosted by the Linguistic Society of Indonesia Branch Udayana and the Linguistics Study Program of Postgraduate Program of Udayana University. 9 March, 2015, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Udayana University, Bali Indonesia.
2014 Ng Bee Chin, Francesco Cavallaro, Halina Gottlieb. Cultural Experience Room: Visualization of Intangible Heritage, A Multimedia Approach. Invited paper presented at NODEM (Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums) 2014: Engaging Spaces – Interpretation, Design and Digital Strategies, December 1-3, 2014, POLIN The Museum of the History of Polish Jews / Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich, Warsaw, Poland.
2012 Cavallaro, Francesco. Multilingual individuals in Singapore? Not the young ones. Keynote presentation at Flux! Mediating Asian Change through Language, Literature and Performance, 27-28 September 2012. National University of Singapore.
2011 Cavallaro, Francesco. Singapore: multilingual society, bilingual individuals? An invitation-only Panel Presented at the 6th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE,) June 28- July 1 2011, University of Freiburg and the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Freiburg, Germany.
2011 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Attitudes and Singapore English. Invited Paper presented at the Workshop on Linguistic diversity and its management in the Asian context, 29th of September 2011, Centre for Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas (LiMA), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
2010 Cavallaro, Francesco. What future for the languages of Italy in Australia? An Invited Public Lecture given at theItalian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, October 19, 2010.
Conference Papers
2021 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Where have all my languages gone? Aging and the changing multilingual linguistic ecology. LMS Seminar Series TGIF: The NTU Linguist Chatroom, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 17 September 2021.
2021 Ng Bee Chin, Grace Tan and Francesco Cavallaro. Tell-tale signs of communication snags: What we can learn from variation and accommodation in interaction. NWAV Asia-Pacific 6, National University of Singapore, 19-22 February 2021.
2020 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. The language practices of migrant construction workers in Singapore. Paper presented at The World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Organized by the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). Groningen, the Netherlands, 9-14 August 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Language practices in multilingual families. POSTER to be presented at the Conference on Multilingualism – COM2020 – University of Reading. 23rd-25th June 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Language Practices in multilingual families. Paper presented at The 4th International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education (ICMME4) to be held at the University of Malta, Old University Campus in Valletta, 11 to 12 June 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020 Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. Tell-tale signs of Communication problems – A perspective from CAT. LMS Seminar Series TGIF: The NTU Linguist Chatroom, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 14 February 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19
2019 Pauwels, Anne, Sachdev, Itesh, Sou, Ka-Lon, Cavallaro, Francesco & Cor van de Meer. Multilingual practices of university students and their attitudes towards multilingualism: Insights from Europe and beyond. Paper presented at The 17th International Conference on Minority Languages. Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning (Fryske Akademy). 24-25 May 2019, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
2019 Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco, Le, Son Tra, Soo, Su-Ann Sabrina & Cavallaro, Francesco. The Linear A Digital Corpus: Digital Humanities and Language Decipherment. Paper presented at Digital Humanities: Working with Different Kinds of ‘Text’ in the Digital Humanities, 18-19 March 2019, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore,
2018 Wenhan Xie, Bee Chin Ng & Cavallaro, Francesco. Grandparents influence home language choice. Poster presented at the Asia-Pacific Babylab Constellation, ABC’18: A Showcase of Infancy Research in the Asia-Pacific, 4-5 October 2018, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2018 Wenhan Xie, Bee Chin Ng & Cavallaro, Francesco. Abandoning Heritage: Pragmatic Grandparents and Family Language Policy. Paper presented at the 20th International Congress of Linguists 2-6 July 2018, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.
2018 Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. The multifaceted nature of ‘non-monolingualism’: Defining bilingualism and multilingualism in different contexts. Paper presented at the Colloquium on ‘The Future of Multilingualism’. Organized by the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies (JIAS) and the Department of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, 28-30 June 2018, JIAS, Westdene, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2018 Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. Understanding Identity Through Interactions: Language choice and strategies in a dynamic multilingual context. Paper presented at Language Vitality in the World of Englishes workshop. NTU, in collaboration with the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies, South Africa, 15-16 March 2018, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2018 Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. Age and the City: On Grey Armies, Silver Tsunamis and Golden Opportunities. LMS Seminar Series TGIF: The NTU Linguist Chatroom, 13 April 2018. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2018 Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. Understanding Identity through Interactions: Language choice and strategies in a dynamic multilingual context. Paper presented at the Le Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale (CRLAO) and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), 19 January 2018, Paris, France.
2017 Xie, Wenhan, Ng Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. The relationship between management, beliefs, practice and membership roles in family language policy. Paper presented at the 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA17), July 23-28, 2017 at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2017 Cavallaro, Francesco. Profiling English in Singapore in SG100. Paper presented at the 22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 2017), June 30 – July 2, 2017, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
2017 Cavallaro, Francesco. Communication Issues of Elderly Multilinguals in Healthcare Settings. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB11), 11-15th June 2017, University of Limerick, Ireland.
2017 Tomioka, Yutaka & Francesco Cavallaro. Assessing Language Vitality and Endangerment of Minority Communities in Northeastern Thailand: A necessity for visualizing dynamic language shift. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC 5), March 2-5, 2017 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, HawaiʻI, USA.
2016 Francesco Cavallaro. Profiling Languages in SG100. LMS Seminar Series TGIF: The NTU Linguist Chatroom, 9 September 2016. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Francesco Cavallaro &Ng Bee Chin “Bali in transition: Language use and change” International Linguistic Congress, Denpasar, 24-27 August, 2016.
2015 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Measuring language “attachment” in Singapore: a direct and an indirect approach. Paper presented at the 21st Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 2015), October 8-10, 2015, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2015 Ng Bee Chin, Kastoori Kalaivanan, April Ching, Mark Seilhamer, Itesh Sachdev, Francesco Cavallaro. When is English an ingroup language? Language accommodation in a multilingual setting. Paper presented at the 21stConference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 2015), October 8-10, 2015, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2015 Kratochvíl, František, Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco Cavallaro, Carlotta Viti & Elvis Bin Toni. The routes of the world’s representation: figurative expressions, naming strategies, and figures of speech in Papuan, Austronesian, and Indo-European contexts. Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Figurative Thought and Language (FTL2), 28-30 October 2015, University of Pavia, Italy.
2014 Seilhamer, Mark, Francesco Cavallaro & Felicia Chee. Overaccommodation in a Singapore Eldercare Facility. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP14), 19 – 22 June 2014, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai`i.
2012 Cavallaro, Francesco, Ng Bee Chin & Mark Seilhamer Solidarity, identity and Singapore English: Do Singaporeans really ‘see Singlish no up’? Paper presented at the Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Multilingualism and Identity, 26th – 27th November 2012, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2012 Ng Bee Chin & Francesco Cavallaro. Language choice and strategies in a dynamic multilingual context: Intergroup differences in language identity. Paper presented at the Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Multilingualism and Identity, 26 – 27th November 2012. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2011 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Attitudes and identity in Singapore Presented at the 8th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB8), June 15 – June 19, 2011, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
2010 Coupe, Alexander & Cavallaro, Francesco. The Archive of Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Asia (AILCA). Inclusive Museum Conference, 29 June to 2 July 2010, Technical University, Yildiz Istanbul, Turkey.
2010 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Singapore Voices: An Ambulating Museum Installation for Intangible Heritage. Inclusive Museum Conference, 29 June to 2 July 2010, Technical University, Yildiz Istanbul, Turkey,
2010 Ng Bee Chin, Gottlieb, Halina & Cavallaro, Francesco. Cultural Experience Room: Visualization of Intangible Heritage, a Multimedia Approach. Inclusive Museum Conference, 29 June to 2 July 2010, Technical University, Yildiz Istanbul, Turkey,
2009 Cavallaro, Francesco. The role AILCA can play in the preservation of endangered languages in Nepal. Presented at the Conference of the International Linguistics Association of Nepal, 26-27 November 2009, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2009 Ng, Bee Chin & Cavallaro, Francesco. Endangerment of languages in diáspora. Presented at the Conference of the International Linguistics Association of Nepal, 26-27 November 2009, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2009 Cavallaro, Francesco & Serwe, Stefan. The Malay community in Singapore: the role of religion in language maintenance. Presented at the 7th International Symposium on Bilingualism. July 8-11, 2009, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2009 Cavallaro, Francesco & Serwe, Stefan. Religion and language shift: the Malay community in Singapore. Presented at the Symposium on Language and Diversity. 5-6th March 2009, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2007 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng Bee Chin. Measuring covert and overt prestige in bilingual communities: English in Singapore. Presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism, May 30 – June 2, 2007, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
2007 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng, Bee Chin. The Case for Singlish. Paper presented at the Language and Communication Centre Seminar series, 21 Septemebr 2007, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2006 Cavallaro, Francesco & Ng, Bee Chin. Investigating attitudes to New Englishes: The case of ‘Singlish. Presented at the 11th English in South East Asia Conference. 12-14 December 2006, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, West Australia.
2005 Role-Playing games in the classroom. Paper presented at the Language and Communication Centre Seminar series. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2005 Pathak, Anil & Cavallaro, Francesco. Purpose-Oriented Oral Communication: Role-plays versus computer-based games. Presented at the 40th RELC International Conference, 20 April 2005, The Regional Language Centre, Singapore.
2002 Cavallaro, Francesco. Encouraging Active Students’Participation in edveNTUre. Paper presented at the 2002 Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony cum NTU-NIE Annual Staff Seminar on Teaching, 20 April 2002, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
1993 Cavallaro, Francesco. Language dynamics of the Italian community in Australia: some preliminary Findings. Presented at the Applied Linguistic Conference of Australia XVIII, September 26-29 1993, Adelaide, Australia.