Michael Harrington
List of John Benjamins publications in which Michael Harrington is involved.
Articles
2013 Focus on the forms: Form recognition practice in Chinese vocabulary learning Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 36:2, pp. 132–145 | Article
This study examines the effect of recognition-based retrieval practice on vocabulary learning in a university Chinese class. Students (N=26) were given practice retrieving new vocabulary (single or two-character words) in a series of simple form recognition tests administered over four weeks. The… read more
2006 The lexical decision task as a measure of L2 lexical proficiency EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 6 (2006), Foster-Cohen, Susan H., Marta Medved Krajnovic and Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović (eds.), pp. 147–168 | Article
Prior applications of the lexical decision task in second language research have either examined performance accuracy (Meara and Buxton 1987) or speed of response to familiar items (Segalowitz and Segalowitz 1993). This paper examines how well the two measures together serve to discriminate among… read more
1998 Knowledge of gendered sentence-final forms in Japanese as a second language Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Japanese, Bramley, Nicolette and Naoko Hanamura (eds.), pp. 11–28 | Article
This study examines the use of gendered sentence-final forms by learners of Japanese as a second language (JSL). Sentence-final forms (SFF) like wa, zo, kashira, etc., are pervasive in Japanese speech, and serve to signal agreement or empathy with the interlocutor and to maintain the ongoing… read more