María Basterrechea
María Basterrechea is Associate Professor at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Her current teaching includes undergraduate courses in Spoken English, English Language as well as a postgraduate course in the Master’s program in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings (LAMS; http://www.lams.ehu.es/p149-1000/es). She holds an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2012 she defended her Ph.D. on “Interaction and Focus on Form in a Dictogloss Task in Secondary Education: A Comparative Study of CLIL and Mainstream Learner Production”, supervised by Professor María del Pilar García Mayo. She received a Distinction Award (Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado) for her dissertation. She is a member of the AESLA Scientific Committee.
Research Interests
Her primary research interests focus on the study of Language-related episodes, Focus on form and interaction, bilingual / multilingual education and CLIL.
Projects
- Language and Speech – Established Research Group (Type A – Excellence) (2022 - 2025)
- Balancing interaction and L2 grammar learning by children in an EFL context (INGREFL) (2021 - 2025)
- Language and Speech – Established Research Group (Type A – Excellence) (2016 - 2021)
- 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)
- Language and Speech (2010 - 2015)
- Research in English Applied Linguistics (2010 - 2012)
Journal Papers
- María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2023) Collaborative writing and patterns of interaction in young learners: the interplay between pair dynamics and pairing method in LRE production. VIAL Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 20:49-76. Abstract
- Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Basterrechea. (2021) The role of proficiency and pair formation method in language-related episodes: A study of young CLIL learners’ interaction. Language Teaching Research. :1-19. Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, Maria Juncal Gutierrez Mangado, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Basterrechea. (2021) Language-related episodes by young CLIL learners: A review of task modality effects. Language Teaching for Young Learners. 3(2):213-245. Abstract
- Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Basterrechea, María Martínez Adrián. (2020) Target language proficiency and reported use of compensatory strategies by young CLIL learners. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 30:3-18. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2020) Language-related episodes and pair dynamics in primary school CLIL learners: A comparison between proficiency-matched and student-selected pairs. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. 10 (3):423-447. Abstract || PDF
- María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Basterrechea. (2019) On self-reported use of communication strategies by CLIL learners in primary education. Language Teaching Research. 23(1):39-57. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Michael J. Leeser. (2019) Language-related episodes and learner proficiency during collaborative dialogue in CLIL. Language Awareness. 28(2):97-113. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Regina Weinert. (2017) Examining the concept of “subordination” in spoken L1 and L2 English. The case of if-clauses. Tesol Quarterly. 51(4):897-919. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María Martínez Adrián, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2017) Gender effects on strategic competence: A survey study on compensatory strategies in a CLIL context. ELIA: Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada. 17:47-70. Abstract || PDF
- María Basterrechea. (2015) Pushed output in a multi-stage dictogloss task: An investigation into the noticing function of output. ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 166(2):304-326. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo, Michael J. Leeser. (2014) Pushed output and noticing in a dictogloss: task implementation in the CLIL classroom. Porta Linguarum. 22:7-22. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2014) Dictogloss and the production of the English third person -s by CLIL and mainsteam learners: A comparative study. International Journal of English Studies. 14(2):77-98. Abstract
Book Chapters
- María del Pilar García Mayo, María Basterrechea. (2017) CLIL and SLA: Insights from an interactionist perspective. Ed.: Ana Llinares & Tom Morton. Pub.: John Benjamins. Pags: 33-50. Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2013) Language-related episodes during collaborative tasks: A comparison of CLIL and EFL learners. Ed.: K. McDonough & A. Mackey. Pub.: John Benjamins. Pags: -. Abstract
- Regina Weinert, María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2013) Investigating L2 spoken syntax: A Usage-based perspective. Ed.: María del Pilar García Mayo, Junkal Gutiérrez, María Martínez Adrián. Pub.: John Benjamins. Pags: 153-176. Abstract
Conference Papers
- María Nieva Marroquín, María Martínez Adrián, María Basterrechea. (2023) A pseudo-longitudinal study on the development of morphosyntactic features in primary school CLIL learners. Working CLIL 3rd International Colloquium: Moving CLIL forward: towards sustainable educational practices. Oporto (Portugal). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2019) Language focus and collaborative behaviour during young CLIL learners’ interaction. 43rd AEDEAN CONFERENCE Alicante (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Maria Juncal Gutierrez Mangado. (2019) Task modality and the production of LREs: An investigation into task modality effect with young learners. 43rd AEDEAN CONFERENCE Alicante (Spain). Abstract
- Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Basterrechea, Izaskun Arratibel Irazusta. (2018) The production of language-related episodes in primary school CLIL learners: A study on the effect of proficiency and socio-affective factors. 42nd AEDEAN Conference Córdoba (Spain). Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2017) On Self-reported use of compensatory strategies in CLIL: Does gender make a difference?. Multilingual Education in Linguistically Diverse Contexts koper (Slovenia). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Martínez Adrián. (2017) Gender effects on self-reported use of compensatory strategies: A survey in a CLIL context.. XVIII Congreso Internacional de la SEDLL Ciudad Real (Spain). Abstract
- Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Martínez Adrián, María Basterrechea. (2017) Gender effects on strategic competence: A survey study on compensatory strategies in a CLIL context. AEDEAN 41 La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain). Abstract
- Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Martínez Adrián, María Basterrechea. (2016) Age and proficiency effects on children’s use of compensatory strategies in CLIL. AEAL conference Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Abstract
- María Martínez Adrián, María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto. (2016) What do CLIL primary school learners say about their use of compensatory strategies during L3 communication?. L3 conference Viena (Austria). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto, María Martínez Adrián. (2016) The use of compensating strategies by primary-school CLIL learners. AEDEAN conference Huesca (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea. (2014) Collaborative interaction and noticing in a form-focused task by CLIL and EFL learners. XXXII International AESLA Conference Sevilla (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea. (2013) Focus-on-form in a dictogloss task: a comparison between CLIL and EFL learners. ALP-CLIL (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) Madrid (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2011) Language-related episodes (LREs) in collaborative tasks by CLIL and EFL learners: effects of oral interaction on written production. XXIX International AESLA Conference Salamanca (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2011) Collaborative writing and language-related episodes (LREs) in EFL and CLIL settings: The facilitative role of oral interaction. European Second Language Association (EUROSLA) Stockholm (Sweden). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2010) Pushed output and noticing by EFL learners in collaborative vs individual tasks. XXVIII Congreso de AESLA Vigo (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2010) Collaborative writing and noticing in an EFL setting: The facilitative role of a pushed output task. International Symposium of Second Language Writing Murcia (Spain). Abstract
- María Basterrechea, María del Pilar García Mayo. (2010) The facilitative role of a pushed output task in collaborative vs. individual performance. European Second Language Association (EUROSLA) Reggio Emilia (Italy). Abstract