CC ae 2 OR OR POE wu. ogeln. com Far Free Notes S. Applied Linguistics Definition: Applied linguistics is an umbrella term that covers a wide set of numerous areas of study connected to the everyday use of language. It i ter and Trans disciplinary approach. ¢ Ay pplied Linguistics¥s an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates and offers solutions to language related real life problems.)Some of the academic fields related to Applied Linguistics are education, linguistics, psychology, anthropology and sociology.(It puts linguistic theories into practice in areas such as foreign langua therapy, translation and speech pathology. TThefemphacid in applied linguistics is on language users and_the ways in which they use lan; es, contrary to theoretical linguistics Which studies the language in the abstract Hiatal ie aos @ teaching, speech cu with Carnot referring it to any particular context, or language, like ‘Chomskyan generative grammar for example. Major ches of Applied Linguistics) include bilingualism and multilingualism and CALL (Computer Assisted Language Leaming), Conversational Analysis, discourse analysis, language pedagogy, language planning, pragmatics, forensic linguistics and translation etc. Difference between linguistics and applied linguistics: Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It endeavors to answer the question ---- what is language and how js it represented in the mind? Whereas Lo.olod. cel -Co Wy Applied Linguistics identifies, examines and investigates the problems related to the language in real time situations. It puts linguistic theories into practice in arcas such as foreign language teaching, speech therapy, translation theories given in any language.“ Strevens defines Lorars \xeln. Com “Whenever knowledge about language is used to solve a basic language related problem, one may say that applied linguistics is being practiced.” bselh com Some of Applied Linguistics: Lota’ ‘Applied linguistics is the utilization of the knowledge about the nature of language achieved by linguistic research for the improvement of the efficiency of some practical task in which language is a central component. ii, Whenever the knowledge about the language is used to solve a basic language related problem, one may say _. that Applied Linguistics is being practiced. iii, Applied Linguistics is a technology which makes abstract ideas and research findings accessible and relevant to the real world. It mediated between theory _ and practice. Lotow - sely. Cav iv. Applied linguistics involves ) What we know about language? b) How it is learnt? veamicu wius Car¢) — Howitis used? ns v. The primary concern of Applied Linguistics has been | second language acquisition theory, second language pedagogy and the interrelationship of both areas, vi, It studies the techniques of language teaching ang learning, vii, It develops the ways of language testing. viii, It takes into account psycho and netiro-linguistics, ix. It studies the impact of society on language and vice versa in sociolinguistics. x. It works on discourse analysis of written & spoken language. La Lot. Agely COW xi, It works for the use of language in technology in the form of computational linguistics. xii, It helps in translation studies from one to another language. Cowreo. boeln- Com Applied linguistics studies the problems that occur due to language in various fields of life and try giving their tentative solution, CWS . Wocelh . can 1. A speech therapist sets out to investigate why a particular child failed to develop normal linguistic skills, 2 Language learning problems (ous. gel com | 3, Language teaching problems. 4. Language contact problems including language and cultural issues, | 5. Language policy and planning problems, 6, Language assessment problems. turcve » beta: COM 7, Language use problems. 8, Language and technology problems. 9. Translation and interpretation problems, 10, Language pathology problems. Interestingly even among appli difference of opinion as to the sco, 2 the domaine ante applied Tinguistes, There are miny issn applied linguists such as discourse analy, ‘at cana stylistcs and rhetoric as well a language leamning by ct ier and adults, both as mother tongue and second cr torsion language. Correlation of language and gender, as ell par transfer” of information “in” media’ and’ inerpenaal veamicu wiul Carcommunication are analyzed by applied linguists. Also forensi¢ linguistics, interpretation and translation, together with foreign language teaching methodology and language change are developed by applied linguistics, Therefore, the focus in Applied Linguistics is also put on analyzing language attitudes, adopting common language policy, creating teaching textbooks and other materials. As it can be seen there are many trends in applied linguistics, some interconnected, others not having too much in common. There are, however, some very general tendencies among applied linguists to put more effort on certain investigations such as languages of wider communication, corpus analysis, or critical applied linguistics. When it comes to languages of wider communication it is clear that with the increasing numbers of international travels and technological advances the need for an international language raises. As English is the contemporary lingua franca applied linguists attempt to include language policy and planning. in their interest, but is also concerned with analyzing language and identity, and special educational needs. Corpus analysis takes both quantitative and qualitative approach to the study of language and applied Linguists focus of the identification of pattems of language use depending on social context, audiences, genres and settings. Critical applied linguistics is interested in the social problems connected with language such as unemployment, illiteracy and pedagogy. OER towes . deel. COND box PDEs Scanned with Car