: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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:Language Teaching
 AL provides the intellectual for advances in language
teaching in numerous contexts in a number of
countries.
 It does not take the developments in linguistics and
look for ways of applying them to teaching. Instead,
the problems faced in language teaching are solved
with the help of AL.

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:Language Policy and Planning
AL assists language planners by providing
answers to questions like: to whom the policy/plan
applies and at what level.
AL also plays a vital role in planning the national
or local language(s) of countries.

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:Speech Pathology
Speech therapy/pathology is activities and
exercises designed to help relieve or overcome
language problems or speech defects to help
someone regain the use of speech after having
suffered speech loss.

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:Speech Pathology
AL INCORPORATES into many professional
training courses for treating patients with speech
disorders by speech therapists.

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:Lexicography and Dictionary Making

A new generation of lexicographers has emerged

whose loyalty lie with AL. Sinclair’s Cobuild
Dictionary (1987) is a principal example of the way
applied linguists contribute to lexicography.

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:Lexicography and Dictionary Making
This dictionary is a computerized database designed
to link the learning of vocabulary thematically to real-
world communicative contexts.

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:Translation and Interpretation
The training of translators and interpreters
now often includes training in AL, specifically in the
area of contrastive analysis where the translator is
trained to point out the areas of similarities and
differences between languages concerned.

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:Computer assisted language Learning
Many programs and software have been developed
to assist in learning and teaching languages.

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:Computer assisted language Learning
Teaching programs presented by a computer in a sequence.
The student responds on the computer, and the computer
indicates whether the responses are correct or in correct.
The use of computer to monitor students’ progress and
direct them to the appropriate lessons, material, etc.

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:Computer assisted language Learning
The use of computer to provide exploratory
environments for language learning by presenting
problems in need for resolution and providing
tools for further learning.

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 CONCLUSION
The primary concern of AL has
been second language acquisition theory,
second language pedagogy and the
interrelationship of both areas.

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 CONCLUSION

As a hybrid discipline, AL uses information

from sociology, anthropology, and
information theory as well as from linguistics
in order to develop its own theoretical
models of language and language use, and
then uses this information and theory in
practical areas such as foreign and second
language learning and acquisition, speech
therapy, language planning, lexicography and
CALL.

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 CONCLUSION
In addition to all the areas mentioned, findings of AL
are of great help to many other sciences like
linguistic advertising, foreign language application
in business, syllabus design, literacy and
bilingualism.

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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.

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