User:John Stephenson

I am a linguist specialising in acquisition of second language phonology and 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 UK. Currently I teach linguistics and English at Mie University in Japan.

• スタッフ紹介（文化学科） Faculty of Humanities staff introductions, Mie University, Japan.

Getting around and maintaining Citizendium

I'm fairly familiar with Citizendium procedure as I was a '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 Pages'. This brings you to a list of things in much need of maintenance, such as dead-end and 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 'internal articles'. However, note that subpages end up listed there too - you might have to trawl through a lot of pages to find articles.

Citizendium contributions

• My recent Citizendium edits - look here to see what I've been working on (or just see if I know what I'm talking about). I am mostly responsible for the original information on many of the Linguistics Workgroup pages, and have also been trying to get linguists and departments to link to Linguistics.
• Articles I've created:

Linguistics Syllable Language acquisition English language British English American English Varieties of English Comprehension approach British Association for Applied Linguistics LESLLA Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Sourced from Wikipedia, but much originally mine Contact language Comparative linguistics Romansh language Grammar Sign language Welsh language Linguistics template Noun class New material: Creolistics Martha Young-Scholten Fossilization (language acquisition) Cranberry word Languages of the United States of America language acquisition template. Politics: Members' Lobby Tony Blair Gordon Brown Alistair Darling Capital Mahmoud Ahmadinejad U.S. Government New material: Pseudostate Association of Electoral Administrators Imported from Wikipedia: Japanese English Renamed from the Wikipedia original 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: new and 'classic'

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 Penguin (word) 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 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.

• I am also creating articles on Japan's islands, regions and prefectures, e.g. Honshu, Kansai and Mie.

• 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

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Linguistics Workgroup
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Psychology Workgroup
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Education Workgroup
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History Workgroup
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Politics Workgroup
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Geography Workgroup
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Philosophy Workgroup
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Media Workgroup
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Biology Workgroup
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