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.

Constabulary

Since 1st August 2007 I have been a 'constable' on Citizendium - an administrator or 'sysop' who helps out in cases such as behavioural disputes, pages to be deleted, and applications to be approved. To get help with these sorts of problems it is best to email constables@citizendium.org in the first instance, but where I am involved, feel free to contact me. I'm in Japan, so am more likely to be on-line between about 0200 and 0900 UTC (GMT), which is 2100-0400 EST.

Note that constables who are also significant contributors to an article can't intervene in a dispute about it, nor adjudicate in any case where they are personally involved, so for articles I've edited or discussed content, another constable is necessary.

Getting around and maintaining Citizendium

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'.

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 Comprehension approach British Association for Applied Linguistics Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Sourced from Wikipedia, but much originally mine Contact language Comparative linguistics Romansh language Grammar Sign language Linguistics template New material: Creolistics Martha Young-Scholten Fossilization (language acquisition) Cranberry word Languages of the United States of America language acquisition template. 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: Politics: Members' Lobby Tony Blair Gordon Brown Alistair Darling Capital Mahmoud Ahmadinejad U.S. Government New material: Pseudostate Association of Electoral Administrators Culture: Grand Hotel (Scarborough) Yorkshire Scarborough Castle People's Republic of China Germany Paris Africa Bonfire Night Red Dwarf (science fiction series) Koshi-byo (Nagasaki) Penguins in popular culture Penguin (word) Chips (food) Degree (academic) Boston 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.

• 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.

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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