Unit 1

What is Applied Linguistics?

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Oxford Dictionary
The branch of
linguistics concerned
with practical
applications of
language studies,
for example language
teaching, translation,
and speech therapy

Wikipedia
Applied linguistics is an
interdisciplinary field of
linguistics that identifies,
investigates, and offers
solutions to languagerelated real-life problems

Cambridge Dictionary

Applied
Linguistics
Definition

The study of language as

it affects situations in real
life, for example in
education or technology

International Association of Applied Linguistics

Applied Linguistics is an
interdisciplinary field of research and
practice dealing with practical problems
of language and communication that can
be identified, analyzed or solved by applying
available theories, methods and results of
Linguistics or by developing new theoretical
and methodological frameworks in
Linguistics to work on these problems.

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Norbert Schmitt
Applied Linguistics is using what we know
about language, how it is learned, and how it is
used, in order to achieve some purpose or solve
some problems in the real world.

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Areas in Applied Linguistics

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Second language
acquisition theory

second language pedagogy

Traditional
concern

interface between the two

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18 topics areas
media

its acquisition

Cognition

assessment

writing

the brain

Translation/
interpretation
technology

culture

Language
and

speaking

ideology
instruction

cognition

interaction
listening

research methodology
reading

policy