The document discusses the history and definitions of applied linguistics, highlighting its emergence in the mid-20th century and its focus on language teaching and practical applications. It distinguishes applied linguistics from linguistics by emphasizing its role in addressing real-world language-related issues such as language learning, assessment, and policy. Additionally, it identifies the subfields of applied linguistics and its integration of theories from other disciplines to improve language education and practice.

1. Applied Linguistics
Nila Syarifun Nisak
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2. History and
Definitions

3. Definition
Applied
Linguistics
VS
Linguistics
History
Our
process is
easy
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4. 1.
History of
Applied
Linguistics

5. When did it
begin?
 It is an Anglo-American Coinage
 1956: at the University of Edinburgh School
of Applied Linguistics
 1957: at the Center of Applied Linguistics
in Washington D.C
 1967:The British Association of Applied
Linguistics (BAAL) was formally established
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 1960s -1970s: applied linguistics was about language
teaching.
 Its dedication to language teaching had been remarked in other
areas of language use, especially institutional language use

6. The Source
and Target
The Source
What Applied linguistics draws on?
○ psychology, sociology, education, measurement
theory and so on.
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The Target
What Applied linguistics equips us to do?
○ The target clearly cannot be anything and
everything to do with language.
○ focus on language teaching: for example, speech
therapy, translation and language planning.

7. 2.
Definition of
Applied
Linguistics

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Cook (2003: 20)
“the task of applied
linguistics is to mediate
between linguistics and
language use”
“the academic discipline
concerned with the
relation of knowledge
about language to
decision making in the
real world.” (5)
Richard et.al (2000: 28)
“the study of second
and foreign language
learning and teaching”
“the study of language
and linguistics in
relation to practical
problems”

9. “Applied Linguistics entails using what we know
about language, about how it is used, and about
how it is learned in order to solve some problem in
the real world.
Field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers
solutions to language related to problems
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10. Language
use
Language
contact
Language
learning
What
problems are
related to
language?
Language
policy and
planning
Language
assessment
Language
Teaching
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Literacy
Language
and
technology
Translation
and
interpretation
Language
pathology

11. 3.
Applied
Linguistics
VS
Linguistics

12. Discursive
Do you still
remember what
Linguistics is?
A study about
language
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Linguistics is primarily
concerned with the nature of
language and communication
Form
Meaning
Use
communicative

13. What makes them
different?
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14. Linguistics
is concerned with
language in itself and
in findings ways of
analysing language
and building theories
that describe
language.
Focus
Applied Linguistics
is concerned with the
role of language in
peoples’ lives and
problems associated
with language use in
peoples’ lives.
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15. Linguistics
○ Phonetics
○ Phonology
○ Morphology
○ Syntax
○ Pragmatics
○ Semantics
Subfields
Applied Linguistics
○Language Acquisition
○Psycho/Neuro linguistics,
○Language Teaching,
○Humor Studies,
○Discourse
○Analysis/Rhetorics
○Text/Processing/Translation
○Computational Linguistics
○Language Control/ Dialectology
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16. Linguistics
○ What features are common to all human languages?
○ What is language and how is it organized?
○ How are the modes of linguistic communication
(speech, writing, sign language of the deaf) related to
each other?
Sample of
Questions
Applied Linguistics
○How can we teach languages better?
○How can we diagnose speech pathologies better?
○How can we improve the training of translators?
○How can we develop valid language examinations?
○How can we determine the literacy levels of a population?
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17. How do they
relate? Linguistics
Applied
Linguistics
Education
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18. o Applied linguistics mediates position between
language related disciplines (linguistics,
psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics) and
professional practice
It uses theories/principles from language related
disciplines in order to understand language related
issues and to solve language related problems.
Applied linguistics conducts research into
professional practice and on the basis of the results
develops theory.
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AppliedLinguistics
Linguistics
(the study of the nature, structure and variation of language).
Education (teaching, learning, acquisition, assessment).
Sociology
(the scientific study of human behavior and the study of society).
Psychology (the science of mind and behavior, and the application
of such knowledge of various spheres of human activity).
Anthropology
(the scientific study of the origin and behavior of people).

20. More
Subfields of
Applied
Linguistics
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21. Applied
Linguistics
to foreign
language
teaching and
learning
• EAP, ESP, EYL,
• CALL/TELL,
• Materials development
and evaluation,
• Syllabus design and
language curriculum
development,
• Language testing,
• Language teaching
methods and techniques,
• Language teacher training
and education,
• Research into second and
foreign language learning,
• Language education
policies and language
planning,
• Educational technology
and language learning,
• Immersion education,
• Language education in
multilingual settings.

22. Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at nilanulis.com & kulo.nila@gmail.com
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23. References:
Davies, Allan. (2007). Introduction to Applied Linguistics:
From Practice to Theory (2nd ed.) Edinburg: Edinburgh
University Press.
Pole, Brian. (2015). A History of Applied Linguistics, Kees
de Bot (Ed.). Routledge, London and New York. xiv þ
154 pp.
Richards, Jack C. and Richard W. Schmidt, Longman
Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied
Linguistics, (2010) Harlow: Longman
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