Nerea Villabona

Biographic Data

ID6479177
NAMENerea Villabona
GIVEN NAMESNerea
FAMILY NAMEVillabona
SIGNATUREVILLABONA N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Basque Country
ORCID0000-0003-2665-1613
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Diving Into Language Teacher Beliefs

    Open AccessPierre-Luc Paquet, Nerea Villabona et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Applied…2026

    This study investigates the pedagogical beliefs of French and English language teachers in a diverse, plurilingual context. Drawing on data from 57 pre‐service and in‐service teachers, it examines how beliefs vary according to teaching experience and target language (TL) taught in diverse educational settings. Data were collected through an online questionnaire and follow‐up focus groups. Questionnaire responses were analyzed descriptively and st…

  • Exploring multilingualism-related beliefs in Quebec

    Nerea Villabona, Mikel Gartziarena et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026References: 23

    This study aims to investigate the beliefs of both pre-service and in-service language teachers regarding multilingualism in Montreal, Quebec. It also explores whether teachers’ beliefs vary depending on the language they teach (French, English or both), their teaching experience (pre-service, novice teachers and experienced teachers), and their dominant language (French, English or other). Data were collected from 57 participants through an onli…

  • In-service teachers’ multilingual language teaching and learning approaches

    Open AccessMikel Gartziarena, Nerea Villabona et al.ARTICLELanguage and Education2024

    This study investigates the beliefs of primary school teachers about multilingual language teaching and learning approaches and examines the relationship between these beliefs and the current ideas on multilingualism. This paper reports key elements of the multilingual educational reality in the Basque Country, where a minority language (Basque), a majority language (Spanish), and an international language (English) share space in the curriculum.…

  • What are the languages in my school? Pre-service teachers’ decisions when designing ideal schools in the Basque context

    Nerea Villabona, Mikel GartziarenaARTICLECurrent Issues in Language Planning2024Cited by: 1References: 5

  • Teachers' beliefs on multilingualism in the Basque Country

    Open AccessMikel Gartziarena, Nerea VillabonaARTICLESystem2022Cited by: 12

    The present study analyzes teachers' beliefs by looking at the value teachers give to the languages embodying multilingualism in the south of the Basque Country (Basque, Spanish, English and French). The research has a mixed methods design. On the quantitative side, the sample consists of 1093 in-service, pre-service and university teachers who completed an online questionnaire about multilingualism. On the qualitative side, 20 in-service teacher…

  • The integration of content and language in CLIL

    Open AccessNerea Villabona, Jasone CenozARTICLELanguage Culture and Curriculum2021Cited by: 10References: 6

    Although the core element in CLIL and immersion programmes is the integration of content and language, it is challenging to achieve a balance between the two to meet the dual-objective of CLIL. Research on the beliefs teachers have about CLIL and the way they understand the role of content and language in their classes is crucial to achieve that balance. In the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC), a multilingual region in Spain, schools are impleme…