1. An Overview of Applied Linguistics
By Lec. Pang Samarnh

2. What is Applied Linguistics?
Though the term "applied linguistics" has traditionally been associated with the scientific study of such areas as TESOL, TEFL, TESL, language teaching and learning, applied linguists do a variety of things: The basic idea is, as the definition implies, to contribute to the real-world issues. 

3. Some of the questions that applied linguists ask include:
-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?

4. Question
According to the definition, what are some possible issues concerned in the field of Applied Linguistics?

5. Areas in Applied Linguistics
Traditional concern of applied linguistics has been
second language acquisition theory
second language pedagogy
interface between the two
Other areas
authorship identification
forensic linguistics
language-related disorders (aphasic, autistic speakers)

6. Areas in Applied Linguistics—AAAL 2002 (18 topic areas)
language and its acquisition
language and assessment
language and the brain
language and cognition
language and culture
language and ideology
language and instruction

7. Areas in Applied Linguistics—AAAL 2002
language and interaction
language and listening
language and media
language and policy
language and reading
language and research methodology
language and society

8. Areas in Applied Linguistics—AAAL 2002
language and speaking
language and technology
language and translation/interpretation
language and writing

9. The Development of Applied Linguistics—Early History
the ancient Greeks
Plato and Aristotle: design of curriculum of grammar, rhetoric

10. The Development of Applied Linguistics—Early History
English:
Samuel Johnson (1755). Dictionary of the English Language
authority on the meanings of English words
standardizing English spellings
Robert Lowth (1762). Short Introduction to English Grammar
adopted as ‘correct English”

11. The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
L2 teaching methods:
Grammar-translation method (ability to ‘analyze’ language)
Direct method (use-based, exposure to oral language)
Reading MethodVocabulary Control Movement)
Audiolingualism (World War II) (Behaviorism)
Cognitive approach (Chomsky, 1959)
Communicative competence (Hymes, 1972)
Monitor theory (Krashen, 1982)
Focus on form (Doughty and Williams, 1998)
CALL
Corpus Linguistics

12. The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
Social/Cultural and Contextual Elements
Philosophy
Psychology (experimental science): separation of individual and society (Chomsky)
Labov (1970): How social factors influence L1 language use Tarone (1979) did the same for L2
Sociolinguistics: The study of the interface of social factors and language use
Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis

13. The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
Social/Cultural and Contextual Elements
Philosophy
Psychology (experimental science): separation of individual and society (Chomsky)
Labov (1970): How social factors influence L1 language use Tarone (1979) did the same for L2
Sociolinguistics: The study of the interface of social factors and language use
Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis

14. The Development of Applied Linguistics—The 20th Century
Sociolinguistics: The study of the interface of social factors and language use
Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis
Social and contextual influences cannot be divorced form individual learners when language learning and use are studied.