Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez
Amaia Aguirregoitia is an assistant professor at the Department of Didactics of Language and Literature at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She has been working for the EHU/UPV since 2003. Her research interests span both educational computer science and teaching English as a foreign language. Some of her work has been on applying computer science and augmented reality (AR) to learn English as a foreign language. In the CLIL area, she has explored the use of technology to analyse the difficulty of texts as well as the integration of music, video, and AR to learn content through English
Projects
- Language and Speech – Established Research Group (Type A – Excellence) (2026 - 2029)
- Form-focused instruction, metacognitive instruction and grammar learning across middle childhood and early adolescence in an EFL context (2025 - 2028)
- Balancing interaction and L2 grammar learning by children in an EFL context (INGREFL) (2021 - 2025)
Journal Papers
- Kepa Bengoetxea, Itziar González de Dios, Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez. (2020) AzterTest: Herramienta de Análisis Lingüístico y Estilístico de Código Abierto. Procesamiento del lenguaje natural. 64:61-68. Abstract || PDF
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Kepa Bengoetxea. (2020) Are CLIL texts too complicated? A computational analysis of their linguistic characteristics.. Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education. 9 issue 1:4-30. Abstract || PDF
Book Chapters
- Ruth Milla Melero, Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez. (2023) CLIL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices: How Can Teacher Training Help?. Training Teachers for Bilingual Education in Primary Schools Ed.: José Luis Estrada Chichón, Francisco Zayas Martínez. Pub.: IGI global. Pags: -. DOI.: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6179-2. Abstract
- Irene Balza, Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Maitena Duhalde de Serra, Paulo Kortazar, Ruth Milla Melero. (2023) Sustainable development goals in the English classroom: Tell me a different story. Estructura modular, metodologías activas y compromiso social en innovación educativa universitaria Ed.: Asier Romero, Israel Alonso, Ana Urrutia, Monike Gezuraga, Naiara Berasategui y Nahia Idoiaga. Pub.: Octaedro. Pags: 71-80. Abstract
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Paulo Kortazar Billelabeitia, Ruth Milla Melero. (2023) An experience on the use of ChatGPT as an educational tool for creating primary EFL classroom materials and activities: Pre-service teachers’ perceptions and experts’ opinions. Innovación en la enseñanza de lenguas: Mejoras docentes para el aprendizaje del siglo XXI Ed.: . Pub.: Dykinson S.L.. Pags: -. Abstract
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Eunate González. (2021) Let’s sing this CLIL lesson: Integrating language, content, music and video. Innovación e investigación educativa para la formación docente Ed.: FJH Lucena. Pub.: Dykinson. Pags: 282-296. Abstract || PDF
Conference Papers
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Ruth Milla Melero. (2025) Explicit Grammar Instruction and Collaborative Writing: Enhancing Young Learners’ Accurate Use of English Grammar Forms. ICON-EDU Alicante (Spain). Abstract
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Irene Balza, Ruth Milla Melero, Maitena Duhalde de la Serra, Paulo Kortazar. (2022) Sustainable development goals in the English classroom: Tell me a different story. CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE INNOVACION EDUCATIVA EN EDUCACION SUPERIOR Leioa, Spain. Abstract || PDF
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Irene Núñez. (2022) Using augmented reality to teach Social Science through English in the primary classroom. 10th international congress of educational Sciences and development virtual. Abstract
- Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez, Leire Rendo. (2022) Storytelling and augmented reality integration to learn english in primary education. 10th international congress of educational Sciences and development virtual. Abstract
- Kepa Bengoetxea, Amaia Aguirregoitia Martínez. (2022) Multiaztertest@Exist-Iberlef2022: Sexism Identification in Social Networks. IberLEF 2022 A Coruña, Spain. Abstract || PDF