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I am a linguist specialising in acquisition of second language [[phonology]] and [[comprehension approach|comprehension-based language learning]]. Following a BA in [[linguistics]] (Manchester) and an MA in [[language acquisition]] (Durham), I lectured part-time at the universities of York and Durham in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Currently I teach linguistics and [[English language|English]] at [[Mie University]] in [[Japan]].
''Interests'': [[linguistics]]; [[language acquisition]] (especially [[phonology]] and [[comprehension approach|comprehension-based language learning]]); [[child development]]. Those were also my degrees. I've worked in the UK and Japan.


*[http://www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/gakubu/gakka/bunka/kyouin/europe.html スタッフ紹介（文化学科）] [http://www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/gakubu/english/index.html Faculty of Humanities] staff introductions, Mie University, Japan.
Currently a [[CZ:Bureaucrat|CZ administrator]]. I also help look after the social media accounts. I've been here since 2006 and have [[User:John_Stephenson/Contributions|edited]] quite a bit.
 
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==Getting around and maintaining Citizendium==
I'm fairly familiar with Citizendium procedure as I was a '[[CZ:Constabulary_Home|constable]]' (administrator or 'sysop') from August to November 2007, prior to taking a break from the site. I make use of the workgroup boxes (see below) to navigate around Citizendium, as well as the links in the left menu. I recommend the 'toolbox', particularly '[[:Special:Specialpages|Special Pages]]'. This brings you to a list of things in much need of maintenance, such as [[:Special:Deadendpages|dead-end]] and [[:Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized pages]]. I've found that people creating inappropriate articles can get their work on the wiki for some time by not categorising articles so they don't show up in workgroup lists and other CZ groupings, such as '[[:Category:Internal_Articles|internal articles]]'. However, note that [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]] end up listed there too - you might have to trawl through a lot of pages to find articles.
 
==Citizendium contributions==
*My [[Special:Contributions/John_Stephenson|recent Citizendium edits]] - look here to see what I've been working on (or just see if I know what I'm [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?offset=&limit=50&target=John_Stephenson&title=Special%3AContributions&namespace=1  talking about]). I am mostly responsible for the original information on many of the [[:Category:Linguistics Workgroup|Linguistics Workgroup]] pages, and have also been trying to get linguists and departments to [[Linguistics/External_Links|link to Linguistics]].
*My [[User:John_Stephenson/Userplan|userplan]].
*Articles I've created:
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''Linguistics''
*[[Syllable]]
*[[Language acquisition]]
*[[English language]]
**[[British English]]
**[[American English]]
**[[Varieties of English]]
*[[Comprehension approach]]
*[[British Association for Applied Linguistics]]
*[[Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition|LESLLA]]
*[[Sue Savage-Rumbaugh]]
:<small>Sourced from Wikipedia, but much originally mine</small>
*[[Contact language]]
*[[Comparative linguistics]]
*[[Romansh language]]
*[[Grammar]]
*[[Sign language]]
*[[Welsh language]]
*[[:Template:Linguistics|Linguistics template]]
*[[Noun class]]
 
:''New material:''
 
:*[[Creolistics]]
:*[[Martha Young-Scholten]]
:*[[Fossilization (language acquisition)]]
:*[[Cranberry word]]
:*[[Languages of the United States of America]]
:*[[:Template:Langacq|language acquisition template]].
 
''Politics:''
 
:*[[Members' Lobby]]
:*[[Tony Blair]]
:*[[Gordon Brown]]
:*[[Alistair Darling]]
:*[[Capital]]
:*[[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]
:*[[Government of the United States of America|U.S. Government]]
 
::''New material:''
 
::*[[Pseudostate]]
::*[[Association of Electoral Administrators]]
 
''Imported from Wikipedia:''
 
*[[Japanese English]]
:<small>Renamed from the Wikipedia original</small>
*[[England]]
*[[Scarborough]]
*[[York]]
*[[Naples]]
*[[Craig Charles]]
*[[Norman Lovett]]
*[[Danny John-Jules]]
*[[Red dwarf (star)]]
*[[Culture of Japan]]
*[[Stephen Krashen]]
*[[Phonology of Irish]]
*[[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
*[[Cargo cult]]
*[[Reading]]
*[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
*[[Douglas Adams]]
*''Doctor Who'': [[Doctor Who|new]] and '[[Doctor Who (classic series)|classic]]'
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''Other articles:''
 
:''Culture:''
 
:*[[Grand Hotel (Scarborough)]]
:*[[Bombing of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby]]
:*[[Yorkshire]]
:*[[Germany]]
:*[[Paris]]
:*[[Africa]]
:*[[Bonfire Night]]
:*[[Red Dwarf (science fiction series)]]
:*[[Koshi-byo (Nagasaki)]]
:*[[Manga]]
:*[[Penguins in popular culture]]
:*[[Chips (food)]]
:*[[Degree (academic)]]
:*[[Boston]]
:*[[Wales]]
:*[[William Hartnell]]
:*[[Patrick Troughton]]
:*[[Jon Pertwee]]
:*[[Tom Baker]]
:*[[Peter Davison]]
:*[[Colin Baker]]
:*[[Sylvester McCoy]]
:*[[Paul McGann]]
:*[[Christopher Eccleston]]
:*[[David Tennant]]
:*[[Cardiff]]
:*[[Glasgow]]
:*[[Castle]]
:*[[Scarborough Castle]]
:*[[Himeji Castle]]
:*[[Whaling]]
:*[[Whale meat]]
:*[[Sushi]]
:*[[Nagasaki]]
:*[[Mountain]]
 
::''New material:''
 
::*[[Ceuta and Melilla]]
::*[[Koshi-byo]]
::*[[Michael Hayes]]
 
:''Science:''
 
:*[[Earth]]
:*[[Enceladus]]
:*[[Pluto]]
:*[[Penguin]]
:*[[Giant Panda]]
:*[[Chris Higgins]]
 
::''New material:''
 
::*[[Volcanically active worlds]]
::*[[Reaction of penguins to aircraft]]
::*[[Penguins in the northern hemisphere]].
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*I am also creating articles on Japan's islands, regions and prefectures, e.g. [[Honshu]], [[Kansai]] and [[Mie prefecture|Mie]]. There are [[Image_talk:Japan-prefectures-map.png/Versions|some maps I've uploaded]].
 
*Articles which I intend to make a significant contribution to include [[Linguistics]], [[Language]], [[Second language acquisition]], [[Monitor Theory]], the [[Critical Period Hypothesis]], [[Applied linguistics]], [[Phonology]], [[Phonetics]], [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]], [[Japan]], [[Japanese language]], [[Irish language]], [[Creole language]] and [[Singapore English]]. I rewrote the [[German language]] page, but don't intend to go back to it much. I also restarted the [[abortion]] article. As for [[Japanese popular culture]], I started that using bits written by other people and myself elsewhere.
 
==Workgroups I've contributed to==
{{Workgroup|group=Linguistics}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Psychology}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Education}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=History}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Politics}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Geography}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Philosophy}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Media}}
 
{{Workgroup|group=Biology}}


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[[Category:Politics Authors|Stephenson, John]]
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[[Category:Media Authors|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Media Authors|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Phonology Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Language Acquisition Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Written Language Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Phonetics Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Japan Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:China Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Horror Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Science fiction Members|Stephenson, John]]
[[Category:Castle Members|Stephenson, John]]
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Latest revision as of 07:47, 19 January 2021

Interests: linguistics; language acquisition (especially phonology and comprehension-based language learning); child development. Those were also my degrees. I've worked in the UK and Japan.

Currently a CZ administrator. I also help look after the social media accounts. I've been here since 2006 and have edited quite a bit.


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