Applied linguistics is the study of language problems and using linguistic research to solve practical issues involving language. [1] It was founded in 1956 at the University of Edinburgh and uses findings from linguistics, psychology, sociology, and education. [2] Applied linguistics investigates language problems and develops practical solutions. [3] It primarily concerns second language acquisition theory, teaching methods, and the connection between the two.

1. What is
?Applied Linguistics
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2. Try to think about these
..questions before reading on
• What is the difference
between linguistics and
applied linguistics?
• When was the term first
used?
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3. Try to think about these questions
..before reading on
• What is the relation between
language teaching and applied
linguistics?
• How can applied linguistics help
in solving problems that arise in
the area of language teaching?
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4. ...GENERAL POINTS
• The term Applied Linguistics (AL) is
an Anglo-American coinage.
• It was founded first at the
University of Edinburgh School of
Applied Linguistics in 1956.
• Then at the Center of Applied
Linguistics in Washington D.C. in
1957.
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5. ...GENERAL POINTS
• AL use was propagated by those
who clearly wanted to be known
as scientists and not as humanists.
• AL in the past based itself mainly
on the findings of theoretical
linguistics especially in language
teaching.
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6. ...GENERAL POINTS
By the time AL has been found to
make use of many sciences in
language teaching, like: linguistics,
psychology, sociology, and education.
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7. GENERAL DEFINITION
• AL is a field , the purpose of
which is to investigate problems
related to language and to put
some practical steps to solve
these problems.
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8. Corder 1974
AL 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.
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9. Crystal 1985
AL is a branch of linguistics where the
primary concern is the application of
linguistic theories, methods and
findings to the elucidation of language
problems which have arisen in other
areas of experience.
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10. Richards et al. 1985
AL covers two main points:
2. The study of second and foreign
language learning and teaching.
3. The study of language and
linguistics in relation to practical
problems.
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11. Streven 1992
AL is a multidisciplinary
approach to the solution of
language-related problems.
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12. Norbert Schmitt, 2002
Traditionally, the primary
concern of AL has
been second language
acquisition theory, second
language pedagogy and the
interface between the two
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13. :For further reading
Please, refer to the course text-book
A Course in Applied Linguistics)
for EFL/ESL Arab Students). p. 13
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14. In our next lecture,
we‘ ll talk about
.areas of AL
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