Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez
Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez is a PhD student supervised by Dr. María Martínez-Adrián and Dr. Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He has obtained a degree in English Studies (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) and holds an MA degree in English Teacher Training for Vocational, Secondary, Post-Secondary and Language Education (University of Salamanca, USAL), as well as an MA degree in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU). His PhD dissertation focuses on the relationship between metalinguistic awareness and vocabulary acquisition in both written and oral collaborative tasks.
Twitter (𝕏): @kevin_igle
Research Interests
- Acquisition of vocabulary
- Form-focused instruction (FFI)
- Effects of metalinguistic awareness and language analytic ability
- Collaborative tasks & Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Journal Papers
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (in press) Peer-to-peer interaction in task-based learning and the development of young EFL learners’ productive vocabulary: An exploratory study. Language Awareness. :-. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2025) Examining two form-focused instruction combinations and their relationship with language-analytic ability in young learners: A study on the English possessive determiners his/her. Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics (VIAL). 22: 91-126. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián. (2017) The influence of CLIL on receptive vocabulary: A preliminary study. Journal of English Studies. 15: 107-134. Abstract || PDF
Book Chapters
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián. (in press) At the crossroad between form-focused instruction (FFI) and language-analytic ability: A study on metalinguistic explanations and the acquisition of explicit knowledge of the L3 English possessive determiners his/her. Ed.: María del Pilar García Mayo. Pub.: Springer. Pags: -. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, María Tania Barberán Recalde, María Basterrechea, Agurtzane Azkarai Garai, Asier Calzada, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2025) Learning while playing? Effects of Kahoot! in a Higher Education language course. Ed.: . Pub.: IATED. Pags: 2625-2632. Abstract
Conference Papers
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián. (2024) The effect of metalinguistic explanations on young EFL learners’ languaging in a dictogloss task focused on the possessive determiners his/her. AESLA 2024 Valencia. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2024) What role do metalinguistic explanations play on languaging in a dictogloss task targeting the possessive determiners his/her?. International Workshop on Peer Interaction in the L2 classroom Barcelona. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián. (2024) The effects of planned form-focused instruction on the acquisition of the possessive determiners his/her and its interaction with language-analytic ability in young learners. Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language in Educational Settings: Issues and specificities Paris. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2024) Do metalinguistic explanations affect young EFL learners’ collaborative dialogue during the performance of a dictogloss task focused on the possessive determiners his/her?. AEDEAN 47 Sevilla. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2023) Form-focused instruction and its interface with language analytic ability in young learners: A study on English possessive determiners his/her. AESLA Mérida. Abstract
- María Tania Barberán Recalde, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián. (2023) The effectiveness of form-focused instruction on metalinguistic knowledge and its interaction with language-analytic ability: a study on L3 English possessive determiners his/her with young learners. SEDELL 2023 Santiago de Compostela. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián, Fracisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2023) Exploring young bilingual learners’ lexical behavior while working collaboratively: The effect of task modality. SEDELL 2023 Santiago de Compostela. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián, María Tania Barberán Recalde. (2023) The effectiveness of metalinguistic explanations on metalinguistic knowledge and its interaction with language-analytic ability in young learners: a study on the possessive determiners his/her. AEDEAN 2023 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, María Tania Barberán Recalde, Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2023) Form-focused instruction (FFI) effects on language development and its interaction with language-analytic ability: An investigation on L3 English possessive determiners his/her. Multilingualism and Multilingual Education (ICMME4) La Valetta (Malta). Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, Francisco Gallardo del Puerto, María Martínez Adrián. (2022) Young learners’ focus on lexis co-construction in a dyadic written or oral collaborative task. 39th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics (AESLA) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, Francisco Gallardo del Puerto. (2022) Differences in young learners’ lexical co-construction in an oral or written collaborative task. 25th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISTAL25). Thessaloniki, Greece. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián. (2022) Young learners with fewer lexical resources negotiate meaning more often in order to move the collaborative task forward. Future Challenges in Early Language Learning and Multilingual Education (ELLME2022). Granada, Spain. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2022) Language awareness and vocabulary in young learners: Analysing lexical Language-Related Episodes (LREs) in a collaborative task. ALA2022: Language Awareness for the Next 30 Years. Bauru, Bazil. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo del Puerto. (2021) The effect of task modality on young learners’ production of lexical Language-Related Episodes (LREs). I International Postgraduate Seminar in English Literature and Linguistics (IPSELL). Granada, Spain. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez. (2021) Task modality and the acquisition of vocabulary in young EFL learners during a collaborative task. 44th Conference of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN). Santander, Spain. Abstract
- Kevin Iglesias-Diéguez, María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo del Puerto. (2020) The effect of collaborative dialogue on the lexical development of young EFL learners depending on task modality. Language Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century: From theory to pedagogical practice. Larissa, Greece. Abstract