Applied Linguistics 665

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Applied Linguistics 665

• Introduction

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Some Fundamental Concepts

• Every language is complex.
• All languages are systematic. (not for NS)
• Speech is the primary mode of language writing
  is a secondary one.
• First language is acquired naturally.

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Parts of speech...

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Conjunctions

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What is Linguistics?

• A. Linguistics is the study of specific languages
  with the goal of learning to read, write or speak
  them.
• Or
• B. Linguistics is the scientific study of the
  phenomenon of human language.
• A-Ha! The answer is B

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What is Human Language?

• Human Language

Arabic German Spanish English French
Japanese Greek Dutch Italian Turkish Russian
Urdu Swedish
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• C. Linguistics is concerned with trying to make
  people speak properly.
• Examples
• a. Love is what I live for.
• b. He wants to boldly go where no man has gone
  before
• Or
• D. Linguists are concerned with describing how
  people speak.
• Oh yes! The answer is D

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• E. Linguistics is highly relevant for primary and
  secondary school teachers.
• Or
• F. Linguistics is not relevant for primary and
  secondary school teachers.
• I got it! The answer is E

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Why Do Teachers Study Linguistics?

• To know how language works.
• To help their students.
• To make good decisions.
• To be more effective.

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Even Math Teachers? Why?
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• Oh yes!
• Regardless of subjects taught language is
  involved.
• Because...

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Aspects of Language Development

• Halliday (1984)
• We learn language.
• We learn through language.
• We learn about language.

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How Should We Study Language?

• Observe (we collect data and analyze it)
• Hypothesize (we hypothesize a rule)
• Test (we gather more data to test our hypothesis)
• Conclude (we write a final rule based on our
  observation and tests)
• Hello! This is the scientific method!!!