2. Outlines
What is applied Linguistics?
History of A. L
Domains and aims of Applied Linguistics
Interdisciplines and A.L
Conclusion
References
3. What is ‘applied linguistics’?
Applied linguistics is a branch of linguistics where the primary
concern is the application of the linguistic theories, methods and
findings to the explanation of language problems which have
arisen in other areas of experience.
6. Hi st ory of Term: Appl i ed Li ngui st i cs
The t er m Appl i ed Li ngui st i cs ( AL) i s an
Ang l o - Ame r i c a n coi nage.
I t was f ounded f i r st at t he Uni ver si t y of
Edi nbur gh School of Appl i ed Li ngui st i cs
i n 1956.
Then at t he Cent er of Appl i ed Li ngui st i cs
i n Washi ngt on D. C. i n 1957.
AL use was t heor et i cal l i ngui st i cst heor et i cal l i ngui st i cs
pr opagat ed by t hose who cl ear l y want ed t o
be known as sci ent i st s and not as
humani st s.
AL i n t he past based i t sel f on t heAL i n t he past based i t sel f on t he
7.
8. Aim of Applied Linguistic Studies:
The study of second language and foreign
language learning and teaching.
Investigate problems related to language
learning and teaching.
To find some practical steps to solve those
problems.
9. The importance of AL lies in the significant role it has in
solving language-related problems.
Language is crucial to human lives. Without language, most
important activities will be inconceivable.
Throughout the history and across the world, people have
been using language to communicate.
10. In our world there are many rapid changes. These changes
affect how people use language.
Hence, people need to investigate and understand the facts
of language use, to organize and formalize what they know
and to subject their knowledge to rational consideration and
critical analysis.
Only by doing so, people will be able to set out the options
for action and the reasoning behind them.
11. - 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?
13. Interdisciplinary Studies
• Interdisciplinarity involves the combining of two or
more academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a
research project).
• It is about creating something new by crossing
boundaries, and thinking across them.
• It is related to an interdiscipline , which is an
organizational unit that crosses traditional boundaries
between academic disciplines , as new needs and
professions emerge. ( origin of language, Translation of
lang. through computers)
14.
15. Inter-disciplines: Sociolinguistics
• looks at how language is used in a social
context, e.g.
– language use and social class
– language use and gender
– language use and occupation
– bilingualism
– code switching
18. Applied areas of linguistics
• creating writing systems for languages
which do not have them
• education
– teaching children the language they already
know
– teaching English as a foreign or second
language
19. More applied areas of linguistics
• speech and language therapy
– developmentally disordered speech
– acquired speech disorders
• computing
– natural language interfaces
– machine translation
– speech recognition
– speech synthesis
20. More applied areas of linguistics
• international and intranational relations
– international languages
– standard language
– national languages policy
– translation services
23. References
• Cook, G. (2003). Applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
• R. B. Kaplan (Ed.) (2002), The oxford handbook of
applied linguistics New York: Oxford University Press.
• Corder, S. P. (1974). Error Analysis. In Allen J. P. B. and
Pit Corder (1974, editors). Techniques in Applied
Linguistics (The Edinburgh Course in Applied
Linguistics). London: Oxford University Press.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinarity
