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.
Research Interests
- The acquisition of vocabulary
- Metalinguistic awareness and focus on form
- Collaborative tasks
Journal Papers
- 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
Conference Papers
- 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