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.

AL use was propagated by those who

clearly wanted to be known as scientists

and not as humanists.
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Sociology

Psychology

Logic

Literature

Mathematics

Anthropology

Computing

Translation

Statistics

Philosophy

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: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.

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 The importance of AL lies in the significant role it has

in solving language-related problems.

Language is crucial to human lives. Without language,
most important activities will be inconceivable.
Throughout the history and across the world, people
have been using language to communicate.
In our world there are many rapid changes. These
changes affect how people use language.
Hence, people need to investigate and understand
the facts of language use, to organize and formalize
what they know and to subject their knowledge to
rational consideration and critical analysis.
Only by doing so, people will be able to set out the
options for action and the reasoning behind them.

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- How can languages best be learnt and

taught?
- What social factors affect language learning?
- How can technology be used to contribute to
the effectiveness of language
teaching/learning?
- What are the related problems associated
with language disorders?
- How can these be prevented?
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:Major Branches of AL
bilingualism and
multilingualism
second language
acquisition
contrastive
linguistics
conversation
analysis
language pedagogy
language planning
and policies
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literacies

lexicography
language
assessment
discourse analysis
translation
pragmatics
computer-mediated
communication (CMC)

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Conclusion

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Conclusion

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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. Almadinah Almunawwarah:
Dar Al-Iman.
R. B. Kaplan (Ed.) (2002), The oxford handbook of applied
linguistics New York: Oxford University Press.

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