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Areas of AL

Lecture 2. Areas of AL. 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. Some of the Areas related to A L.

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Areas of AL

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  1. Lecture 2 Areas of AL

  2. 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. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  3. Some of the Areas related to A L Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  4. Language Teaching: • AL provides the intellectual for advances in language teaching in numerous contexts in a number of countries. • It does not take the developments in linguistics and look for ways of applying them to teaching. Instead, the problems faced in language teaching are solved with the help of AL. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  5. Language Policy and Planning: • AL assists language planners by providing answers to questions like: to whom the policy/plan applies and at what level. • AL also plays a vital role in planning the national or local language(s) of countries. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  6. Speech Pathology: • Speech therapy/pathology is activities and exercises designed to help relieve or overcome language problems or speech defects to help someone regain the use of speech after having suffered speech loss. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  7. Speech Pathology: • AL INCORPORATES into many professional training courses for treating patients with speech disorders by speech therapists. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  8. Lexicography and Dictionary Making: • A new generation of lexicographers has emerged whose loyalty lie with AL. Sinclair’s Cobuild Dictionary (1987) is a principal example of the way applied linguists contribute to lexicography. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  9. Lexicography and Dictionary Making: • This dictionary is a computerized database designed to link the learning of vocabulary thematically to real-world communicative contexts. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  10. Translation and Interpretation: The training of translators and interpreters now often includes training in AL, specifically in the area of contrastive analysis where the translator is trained to point out the areas of similarities and differences between languages concerned. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  11. Computer assisted language Learning: Many programs and software have been developed to assist in learning and teaching languages. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  12. Computer assisted language Learning: • Teaching programs presented by a computer in a sequence. The student responds on the computer, and the computer indicates whether the responses are correct or in correct. • The use of computer to monitor students’ progress and direct them to the appropriate lessons, material, etc. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  13. Computer assisted language Learning: • The use of computer to provide exploratory environments for language learning by presenting problems in need for resolution and providing tools for further learning. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  14. CONCLUSION The primary concern of AL has been second language acquisition theory, second language pedagogy and the interrelationship of both areas. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  15. CONCLUSION As a hybrid discipline, AL uses information from sociology, anthropology, and information theory as well as from linguistics in order to develop its own theoretical models of language and language use, and then uses this information and theory in practical areas such as foreign and second language learning and acquisition, speech therapy, language planning, lexicography and CALL. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  16. CONCLUSION In addition to all the areas mentioned, findings of AL are of great help to many other sciences like linguistic advertising, foreign language application in business, syllabus design, literacy and bilingualism. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

  17. References Cook, G. (2003). Applied linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Noor, H. & Al-Qadi, N. (2003). A course in applied linguistics for EFL/ESL Arab students. AlmadinahAlmunawwarah: Dar Al-Iman. Mrs. Hind Albeladi - March 2010

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