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), 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, María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2021) The effect of task modality on young learners’ production of lexical-related episodes (LREs). IPSELL seminar . 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