John Racine
Research student, Centre for Language and Communication Research, School of English, Communication and Philosophy
Overview
Academic Background
B.Sc. in Psychology – University of Toronto
M.A. in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language – University of Birmingham
Member:
Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics (PAAL)
British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages International Association (TESOL)
Conferences, Symposia and Seminars
Priming in Second Language Word Association. Lexical Studies Research Network Conference 2013; Cardiff University, UK (March 20, 2013).
Word Association Profiles and Language Learning Strategies. The 22nd Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group Conference; Swansea University, UK (March 17, 2012).
Replicating Rabbits: Toward a Comprehensive Categorization of Word Association Responses. The 1st Annual JALT Vocabulary SIG Symposium; Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka (March 3, 2012)
Cognitive Processes in Grammatical Word Associations. The 20th Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group Conference; Swansea University, UK (March 18, 2010).
Grammatical Word Associations and Processes. The 6th Annual Meeting of the JACET Vocabulary Acquisition Research SIG; Reitaku University, Tokyo (December 5, 2009).
Cognitive Processes in Atypical Word Associations. The 34th JALT International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning; Tokyo (November 2, 2008).
Word Association and Cognitive Processes. The 3rd Annual Colloquium of the Shinshu ELT Research Group; Shinshu University, Matsumoto (March 4, 2007).
Word Association and the Second Language Mental Lexicon. General Meeting of JALT, Ibaraki Chapter; Tsuchiura (December 10, 2006).
Teaching
I have been an English language teacher in Japan for more than 15 years and have taught in a variety of contexts and to learners at a variety of proficiency levels. I currently hold the position of Associate Professor in the Interdepartmental English Language Program at Dokkyo University, Japan, where I teach English for General Academic Purposes to Japanese natives majoring in German, French, Law, Economics and Management.
Research
Research interests
Word association, L2 vocabulary acquisition, lexical organization and processes
Thesis
Second Language Word Association: Processes and Methodologies
I am interested in using word association (WA) response data to make inferences about cognitive processes in language learners. Ultimately, I hope to create a model that accounts for both L2 lexical processes and the organization of L2 vocabulary in the mental lexicon. At the same time I wish to examine methodological issues (response categorization, cue order, etc.) that underpin all WA research.
