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An Overview of Applied Linguistics
By Lec. Pang Samarnh
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What is Applied Linguistics?
• Though the term "applied linguistics" has traditionally been associated with the scientific study of such areas as TESOL, TEFL, TESL, language teaching and learning, applied linguists do a variety of things: The basic idea is, as the definition implies, to contribute to the real-world issues.
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Some of the questions that applied linguists ask include:
-How can languages best be learnt and taught?
-What social factors affect language learning?
-How can technology be used to contribute to the effectiveness of language teaching/learning?
-What are the related problems associated with language disorders? How can these be prevented?
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Question
• According to the definition, what are some possible issues concerned in the field of Applied Linguistics?
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Areas in Applied Linguistics
• Traditional concern of applied linguistics has been– second language acquisition theory – second language pedagogy– interface between the two
• Other areas– authorship identification– forensic linguistics– language-related disorders (aphasic, autistic
speakers)
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Areas in Applied Linguistics—AAAL 2002 (18 topic areas)
• language and its acquisition
• language and assessment
• language and the brain
• language and cognition
• language and culture
• language and ideology
• language and instruction
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Areas in Applied Linguistics—AAAL 2002
• language and interaction
• language and listening
• language and media
• language and policy
• language and reading
• language and research methodology
• language and society
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Areas in Applied Linguistics—AAAL 2002
• language and speaking
• language and technology
• language and translation/interpretation
• language and writing
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The Development of Applied Linguistics—Early History
• the ancient Greeks– Plato and Aristotle: design of curriculum of
grammar, rhetoric
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The Development of Applied Linguistics—Early History
• English:– Samuel Johnson (1755). Dictionary of the
English Language• authority on the meanings of English words
• standardizing English spellings
– Robert Lowth (1762). Short Introduction to English Grammar
• adopted as ‘correct English”
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The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
• L2 teaching methods:– Grammar-translation method (ability to ‘analyze’ language)
– Direct method (use-based, exposure to oral language)
– Reading MethodVocabulary Control Movement)
– Audiolingualism (World War II) (Behaviorism)
– Cognitive approach (Chomsky, 1959)
– Communicative competence (Hymes, 1972)
– Monitor theory (Krashen, 1982)
– Focus on form (Doughty and Williams, 1998)
– CALL
– Corpus Linguistics
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The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
• Social/Cultural and Contextual Elements– Philosophy– Psychology (experimental science): separation of
individual and society (Chomsky)– Labov (1970): How social factors influence L1
language use Tarone (1979) did the same for L2– Sociolinguistics: The study of the interface of social
factors and language use– Pragmatics– Discourse Analysis
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The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
• Social/Cultural and Contextual Elements– Philosophy– Psychology (experimental science): separation of
individual and society (Chomsky)– Labov (1970): How social factors influence L1
language use Tarone (1979) did the same for L2– Sociolinguistics: The study of the interface of social
factors and language use– Pragmatics– Discourse Analysis
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The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
– Sociolinguistics: The study of the interface of social factors and language use
– Pragmatics– Discourse Analysis
• Social and contextual influences cannot be divorced form individual learners when language learning and use are studied.