Alaitz Santos Berrondo
Biographic Data
| ID | 8836145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alaitz Santos Berrondo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alaitz Santos |
| FAMILY NAME | Berrondo |
| SIGNATURE | BERRONDO A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Basque Country |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6620-5266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Language awareness, affect and linguistic justice
This study examines the role of language awareness, affect, and linguistic justice in the practices of educators engaged in the revitalisation of Basque across formal and non-formal educational contexts. Adopting a qualitative and interpretative approach, the study draws on twenty-four semi-structured interviews with teachers, social educators, and leisure-time educators. The analysis explores how professional language awareness, understood as ed…
Gender-differentiated manifestations of communicative language anxiety in the multilingual secondary educational context of the Basque Country
Research into affective factors in language learning has gained momentum as these factors are essential for language acquisition, student wellbeing, and mental health. Language Anxiety (LA), particularly Classroom Language Anxiety (CLA), affects students who face peer evaluation during communication. While gender influences language classroom dynamics, its role in CLA remains unclear and needs further investigation. This study examines CLA patter…
La evaluación de los estudiantes en los másteres de Ciencias Sociales en la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), España
El objetivo principal de este estudio se centra en analizar las prácticas llevadas a cabo en los másteres de Ciencias Sociales de la UPV/EHU para evaluar el desarrollo de las competencias de los estudiantes. En concreto se pretende identificar en función del propósito de la evaluación las modalidades de evaluación que prevalecen, analizar si el estudiante participa en su propia evaluación o, en la evaluación de sus compañeros, comprobar a qué pro…
Pedagogical translanguaging and teachers’ perceptions of anxiety
The concept of translanguaging is widely used in studies on multilingualism and language learning nowadays and it is important to distinguish between spontaneous translanguaging and pedagogical translanguaging. Spontaneous translanguaging refers to the discursive practices of multilingual speakers that have not been planned by the teacher and which take place both at school and outside school. Pedagogical translanguaging refers to pedagogical str…
Medios e instrumentos para evaluar los resultados de aprendizaje en másteres universitarios. Análisis de la percepción del profesorado sobre su práctica evaluativa
Estudios previos sobre los medios e instrumentos de evaluación utilizados en la educación superior han puesto de manifiesto el uso mayoritario del examen final como principal fuente de valoración. Los avances en el conocimiento de los procesos de evaluación han evidenciado la necesidad de disponer de una mayor amplitud y diversidad de medios e instrumentos que permitan recabar una información rigurosa y válida sobre la que sustentar los juicios s…
Communicative anxiety in English as a third language
The present study focuses on the link between three factors, proficiency, language certificates and bilingualism, and levels of communicative anxiety in the third language (English) in two groups of adult users, university students and young professionals. The first group consisted of 217 university students who were enrolled at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the second group consisted of 135 young professionals working in com…
Attitudes and anxieties of business and education students towards English
The aim of this article is to focus on university students’ attitudes towards English and their anxieties concerning the use of English in the Basque Country, a multilingual context where exposure to English is limited but internationalisation is an important aim. Participants were 360 undergraduate university students of business (N = 180) and education (N = 180) at the University of the Basque Country. The results of the questionnaires indicate…
Attitudes and anxieties of business and education students towards English
The aim of this article is to focus on university students’ attitudes towards English and their anxieties concerning the use of English in the Basque Country, a multilingual context where exposure to English is limited but internationalisation is an important aim. Participants were 360 undergraduate university students of business (N = 180) and education (N = 180) at the University of the Basque Country. The results of the questionnaires indicate…
Communicative anxiety in English as a third language
The present study focuses on the link between three factors, proficiency, language certificates and bilingualism, and levels of communicative anxiety in the third language (English) in two groups of adult users, university students and young professionals. The first group consisted of 217 university students who were enrolled at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the second group consisted of 135 young professionals working in com…
Attitudes and anxieties of business and education students towards English
The aim of this article is to focus on university students’ attitudes towards English and their anxieties concerning the use of English in the Basque Country, a multilingual context where exposure to English is limited but internationalisation is an important aim. Participants were 360 undergraduate university students of business (N = 180) and education (N = 180) at the University of the Basque Country. The results of the questionnaires indicate…
Medios e instrumentos para evaluar los resultados de aprendizaje en másteres universitarios. Análisis de la percepción del profesorado sobre su práctica evaluativa
Estudios previos sobre los medios e instrumentos de evaluación utilizados en la educación superior han puesto de manifiesto el uso mayoritario del examen final como principal fuente de valoración. Los avances en el conocimiento de los procesos de evaluación han evidenciado la necesidad de disponer de una mayor amplitud y diversidad de medios e instrumentos que permitan recabar una información rigurosa y válida sobre la que sustentar los juicios s…
La evaluación de los estudiantes en los másteres de Ciencias Sociales en la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), España
El objetivo principal de este estudio se centra en analizar las prácticas llevadas a cabo en los másteres de Ciencias Sociales de la UPV/EHU para evaluar el desarrollo de las competencias de los estudiantes. En concreto se pretende identificar en función del propósito de la evaluación las modalidades de evaluación que prevalecen, analizar si el estudiante participa en su propia evaluación o, en la evaluación de sus compañeros, comprobar a qué pro…
Pedagogical translanguaging and teachers’ perceptions of anxiety
The concept of translanguaging is widely used in studies on multilingualism and language learning nowadays and it is important to distinguish between spontaneous translanguaging and pedagogical translanguaging. Spontaneous translanguaging refers to the discursive practices of multilingual speakers that have not been planned by the teacher and which take place both at school and outside school. Pedagogical translanguaging refers to pedagogical str…
Language awareness, affect and linguistic justice
This study examines the role of language awareness, affect, and linguistic justice in the practices of educators engaged in the revitalisation of Basque across formal and non-formal educational contexts. Adopting a qualitative and interpretative approach, the study draws on twenty-four semi-structured interviews with teachers, social educators, and leisure-time educators. The analysis explores how professional language awareness, understood as ed…
Gender-differentiated manifestations of communicative language anxiety in the multilingual secondary educational context of the Basque Country
Research into affective factors in language learning has gained momentum as these factors are essential for language acquisition, student wellbeing, and mental health. Language Anxiety (LA), particularly Classroom Language Anxiety (CLA), affects students who face peer evaluation during communication. While gender influences language classroom dynamics, its role in CLA remains unclear and needs further investigation. This study examines CLA patter…
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Language proficiency (3 works) · Multilingualism (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation (2 works)