Applied linguistics is the study of language in relation to practical problems. It originated in language education but now applies to other fields like speech therapy and translation. According to the document, applied linguistics aims to investigate language problems and find practical solutions. It draws from various disciplines like linguistics, psychology, and sociology. Applied linguistics covers areas like second language teaching and learning, as well as language disorders, therapy, and professional language uses. The overall goal is to better understand language's role in human affairs and provide knowledge to make language-related decisions.

1. Chapter One
What is Applied Linguistics ?

2. 1-1 Introduction
 The term Applied Linguistics (AL)
is an Anglo-American coinage.

3.  It was founded first at the
University of Edinburgh School of
Applied Linguistics in 1956.

4.  Then at the Center of Applied
Linguistics in Washington ,D.C. in
1957

5.  AL use was promulgated by
those who clearly wanted to
be known as scientists and
not as humanists.

6.  AL in the past based itself
solely on the findings of
theoretical linguistics .

7. The position then was ,
essentially , that in order to be
able to teach a language , one
needed to know how the
language question was
structured (e.g. grammar and
translation and audio-lingual
methods of language
teaching were very common).

8. •It was especially linguists who had
contributed so greatly to the
language courses within foreign
language teaching.

9. Contrary to this assumption , a large number of
authors of the last few decades have expressed their
conviction that there was more than one discipline as
the basis of foreign language teaching or learning.
 In addition to linguistics and its sub-disciplines , one
often finds psychology, sociology, pedagogy and
education.

10. General Definition of Applied Linguistics
•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.

11. •From this definition we can derive the
following purposes of Applied Linguistics
(i) To investigate problems related to
language .
(ii) To take some practical steps to
solve these problems.

12. AL originated in language education –
first – language , second –language
and foreign language teaching and
learning - but it is now an integral
part of various specialized fields such
as speech therapy , lexicography and
dictionary making , translation and
interpretation , etc.

13. 1-2 Definitions of the Term

14. 1- Corder 1974
2- Crystal 1985
3- Richards et al. 1985
4- Strevens 1992
5- Wilkins 1999

17. The main concern of AL is the teaching
and learning of foreign languages, and
sometimes the term , AL , is used as if
this were the only field involved

18. AL covers two main points:
(i) The study of second and
foreign language learning
and teaching.
(ii) The study of language
and linguistics in relation to
practical problems , such as
lexicography , translation,
speech pathology , etc

19. In order to develop its own theoretical
models of language use , AL takes
information from psychology,
sociology , anthropology , and
information theory as well as from
linguistics. It then uses this
information and theory in practical
areas such as syllabus design, speech
therapy , language planning, stylistics
, educational linguistics , etc.

21. Wilkins (1999) , however, shows the purposes of
AL in the following definition:
'' In abroad sense , applied linguistics
is concerned with increasing
understanding of the role of language
in human affairs and thereby with
providing the knowledge necessary
for those who are responsible for
taking language –related decision
whether the need for these arises in
the classroom, the workplace, the law
court, or the laboratory

22. From these definitions of the term AL
, one can sum up that it covers, in
addition to language teaching and
language learning several areas of
language studies ranging from
language disorders , language therapy
,lexicography, translation
,professional uses of language , etc.

23. Reference :
Noor, H. & Al- Qadi, N. (2016). A Course in Applied Linguistics for EFL/ESL
Arab Students. Berlin: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.

24. • Thank you so much
•Dr. Fawzi Eltayeb Yousuf Ahmed
email: feltayb12@gmail.com