Applied Linguistics is concerned with the systematic study of
language structure, the acquisition of first and subsequent
languages, the role of language in communication, and the
status of language as the product of particular cultures and
other social groups
Examines the structure of language
and its role in communication
COMPONENTS
Education
Language acquisition
Most theory is based on SLA more than First Language Acquisition
LINGUISTICS COMPONENTS
Phonology
Pragmatics
use
GRAMMARING
Grammar
form
GRAMMARING
Lexis
2ND LANGUAGE TEACHING
SKILLS
GRAMMARING
SPEAKING
Fluency
Accuracy
LISTENING
READING
Social process
Multimodality
Types of Readers
Emerging Pre-reader
Novice reader
Decoding reader
Fluent Comprehending reader
Expert reader
WRITING
Multimodality
Social construction
Learning Styles
Individual differences
Learnig strategies
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic
Read/Write
Factors that affect
learning process
Individual differences
Affective
Motivation
Anxiety
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Study of the relationship between language and society
Culture
Age
Gender
Identity
Social Background
Inner, outer and expanding circle
CRITICAL APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Critical Work and Theory
Gender studies, queer theory and anti-racist pedagogy
"is a way of exploring language in social context that goes
beyond mere correlations between language and society and
instead raises more critical questions to do with access,
power, disparity, desire, differences and resistant"
(Pennycook, A.)