Five generatios of Applied Linguistics

1. Five generations
of
Applied linguistics
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2. What is Applied
Linguistics?
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3. Defining the Scope of ALxDefining the Scope of ALx
“ALx 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.”
(Corder, 1974, p. 24) (Ibid.)

4. Defining the Scope of ALxDefining the Scope of ALx
• “Whenever knowledge about language is
used to solve a basic language-related
problem, one may say that applied linguistics
is being practiced.
• ALx is a technology which makes abstract
ideas and research findings accessible and
relevant to the real world; it mediates
between theory and practice.” (Strevens,
1992, p. 76)(Ibid.)

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6. Defining the Scope of ALxDefining the Scope of ALx
Therefore, applied linguistics involves
a- what we know about language
b- how it is learned
c- how it is used
• The primary concern of applied linguistics
has been second language acquisition theory,
second language pedagogy and the
interrelationship of both areas.

7. ALX in Licenciatura Program
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ICTs
Pedagogy
Linguistics
EFL
ALx
Language
education
Professional
development
Colombian
policies

8. WhatWhat‘‘s applied Linguistics?s applied Linguistics?
It is an inter an trans disciplinary approach
identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-
related real life problems.
For Applied Linguistics, the central question is:
How far can existing models of description in linguistics be
used to resolve the practical problems of language use we
are concerned with?

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10. Five generations of ALx
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Description Characterised by
1 Linguistic / behaviourist ‘scientific’ approach
2 Linguistic ‘extended paradigm
model’
language is a social phenomenon
3 Multi-disciplinary model attention also to learning theory
and pedagogy
4 Second language acquisition
research
experimental research into how
languages are learned
5 Constructivism knowledge of a new language is
interactively

11. Discussion
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12. Linguistics v/s Applied LinguisticsLinguistics v/s Applied Linguistics
Linguistics is the
scientific study of
language. It endeavors
to answer the question--
what is language and
how is represented in
the mind?
• Oriented to the solution
of linguistic problems.
• It puts linguistic
theories into practice in
areas such as foreign
language teaching,
speech therapy,
translation, and speech
pathology

13. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
Facultad de Bellas Artes y Humanidades
Departamento de Humanidades e Idiomas