1. Applied linguistics TEMA 1

2. What is applied linguistics? Applied linguistics is the of the knowledge about the nature of language achieved by linguistic research for the improvement of the efficiency of some task in which language is a central. (Corder 1974) utilization practical component

3. Subfields of linguistics (1) -Adolescent language learning. -Adult language learning. -Artificial intellingece. -Bilingualism and multilingualism. -Child language and early childhood education. -Communication in professions. -Computational linguistics. -Contrastive linguistics and error analysis. -Corpus linguistics. -Critical discourse analysis. -Discourse analysis. -English as a global language. -Ethics, rights and values in Applied Linguistics. -Forensic linguistics. -Gerontolinguistics. -Immersion education. -Intercultural communication. -Interdisciplinarity in Applied Linguistics. -Interface between Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. -Interpreting and translating. -IT, Internet and language learning.

4. Subfields of linguistics (2) -Language and ecology -Language and education in multilingual settings. -Language and entertainment. -Language and mind. -Language and subcultures. -Language and the media. -Language disorders. -Language for especial purposes. -Language in contact. -Language loss, attrition and re- learning. -Language planning and language policy. -Language teaching methodology and teacher education. -Language, gender and power. -Learner autonomy in language learning. -Lexicography and lexicology. -Mother tongue education. -Multimodality. -Multiple literacies. -Pragmatics. -Psycholinguistics: Processing.

5. Subfields of linguistics (3) -Rethoric and stylistics. -Second language acquisition. -Semiotics. -Sign language. -Sociolinguistics. -Writing of Grammars (reference and pedagogical). AILA Singapore (2002)

6. “The most well-developed branch of applied linguistics is and sometimes the term is used as if this were the only field involved” Crystal (1997: 23) the teaching and learning of foreign languages