Izaskun Villarreal
Izaskun Villarreal is Assistant Professor at the Public University of Navarra, where she currently teaches undergraduate courses in English didactics and Content and Language Integrated Learning in the BA in Infant and Primary Education. She also lectures in the Master’s programme Máster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria at the Public University of Navarra.She obtained her PhD in 2011 with a dissertation entitled “Tense and agreement in the non-native English of Basque/Spanish bilinguals: CLIL vs. non-CLIL learners” supervised by Professor Mª Pilar García Mayo from the University of the Basque Country and Professor Roger Hawkins from the University of Essex. She was awarded the Outstanding Thesis Award for the Academic Year 2011/2012.
Research Interests
- Foreign Language acquisition
- Language Acquisition in instructional environments
- Pre-service teacher training
Projects
- El impacto de la exposición en la motivación y competencia en lengua extranjera (inglés), mayoritaria (castellano) y minoritaria (euskera) en alumnado de educación primaria. (2021 - 2025)
- Interaction and written production. The potential of collaborative writing in the learning of English as a foreign language by primary school learners (2016 - 2020)
- Oral interaction among young learners of English as a foreing language: the impact of the use of negotiation and corrective feedback strategies during communicative tasks on language learning. (2012 - 2015)
- Procesos cognitivos y actividad metalingüística en escritura colaborativa en Ll y L2 en Primaria ( - )
Journal Papers
- Mª Camino Bueno-Alastuey, Izaskun Villarreal. (2021) Pre-service teachers’ perceptions and training contributions towards ICT use. Estudios sobre educación. 41:-. Abstract
- Izaskun Villarreal, Esther Gómez Lacabex, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Martínez Adrián, Maria Juncal Gutierrez Mangado. (2020) Hot Potatoes Activities to Improve Grammatical Accuracy Across Different Proficiency Courses. Journal of English Studies. 18:253-277. Abstract || PDF
- Izaskun Villarreal, Nora Gil-Sarratea. (2019) The effect of collaborative writing in an EFL secondary setting. Language Teaching Research. :-. Abstract || PDF
- Soraya García Esteban, Izaskun Villarreal, Camino Bueno-Alastuey. (2019) The effect of telecollaboration in the development of the Learning to Learn competence in CLIL teacher training. Interactive Learning Environments. :-. Abstract || PDF
- Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola, Izaskun Villarreal. (2019) Questioning the effectiveness of procedural repetition: The case of Spanish EFL Primary School learners. Porta Linguarum. 31:7-20. Abstract || PDF
- Camino Bueno-Alastuey, Izaskun Villarreal, Soraya García Esteban. (2018) Can telecollaboration contribute to the TPACK development of pre-service teachers?. Technology, Pedagogy, and Education. 27:367-380. Abstract
- Izaskun Villarreal, Iranzu Ardaiz. (2017) Activation activities as a catalyst for increased rates of vocabulary and grammar learning. Huarte de San Juan. Filología y Didáctica de la Lengua. 17:229-253. Abstract || PDF
- María del Pilar García Mayo, Izaskun Villarreal. (2011) The development of suppletive and affixal tense and agreement moprhemes in the L3 English of Basque-Spanish bilinguals. Second Language Research. 27(1):129-149. Abstract
Book Chapters
- Izaskun Villarreal, M.C. Bueno-Alastuey, R. Sáez-León. (2021) Computer-based collaborative writing with young learners: Effects on text quality. Ed.: . Pub.: De Gruyter Mouton. Pags: -. Abstract
- Izaskun Villarreal, Miren Munarriz-Ibarrola. (2021) Together we do better: The effect of pair and group work on young EFL learners written texts and attitudes. Ed.: M.P. García Mayo. Pub.: De Gruyter Mouton. Pags: 89-116. Abstract || PDF
- Izaskun Villarreal, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2009) Tense and agreement morphology in the interlanguage of Basque-Spanish bilinguals: Content-based learning vvs the learning of English as a school subject. Ed.: Y. Ruiz Zarobe & R. Jiménez Catalán. Pub.: Multilingual Matters. Pags: 157-175. Abstract
Conference Papers
- Maria Juncal Gutierrez Mangado, María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, Inés Uribe Echevarria, Izaskun Villarreal, Esther Gómez Lacabex. (2014) Uso de las TICs para la consolidación del uso de tiempos verbales en inglés como lengua extranjera.. XV Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura (SEDLL) Valencia, Spain. Abstract
- Izaskun Villarreal, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2008) Acquiring tense and agreement in L3 English: Does type of input matter?. European Second Laguage Association (EUROSLA) 18 Aix-e-Provence (France). Abstract
- Izaskun Villarreal, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2008) Type of input and the acquisition of tense and agreement in English as an L3. International Conference on Multilingualism: Sociolinguistic and Acquisitional Perspectives Castellón (Spain). Abstract
- Izaskun Villarreal, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2007) Variability in tense and agreement morphology in English as L3. European Second Language Association (EUROSLA) 17 Newcastle (United Kingdom). Abstract