Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
ISSN 1990-9233
IDOSI Publications, 2013
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.15.8.11238
Linguistics
Language
INTRODUCTION
The history of English Language Teaching is
linked with developments in many fields and especially
with linguistics, applied linguistics, the psychology of
learning and education. Titone [1] emphasized that there
have been two basic positions held in English language
teaching : a ) Form-focused teaching which emphasizes
the teaching of the rules of grammar, structures, the
development of vocabulary and the sounds of language;
b) Meaningfocused teaching which emphasizes
language use, communication or fluency and appropriacy
of expression in different situations. Language teaching
came into existence as a profession in the twentieth
century. Its foundation was developed during the early
part of the twentieth century, as applied linguists focus
on the fields of linguistics and psychology to support
what was thought to be a more effective teaching
methodology. Language teaching in the twentieth century
was characterized by frequent changes, innovations
and development of language teaching ideologies [2].
Corder [3] argued that applied linguistics was a collection
of applications of linguistics at various levels to the
language teaching operation, albeit of linguistics in a
broad sense. Cook and Wei [4] mentioned that applied
linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of research and
practice dealing with practical problems of language and
Corresponding Author: Ali Akbar Khansir, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Iran.
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CONCLUSION
Language is a means of communication thoughts
and feelings, though not the only means. Cries, signs,
gestures, pictorial representations, etc., also serve as a
means. Man alone uses language for communication
[30]. The term applied linguistics seems to have
originated in
the United States in the 1940s. The
creation of applied linguistics as a discipline represents
an effort to find practical applications for modern
scientific linguistics [8]. Applied linguistics is often
said to be concerned with solving or at least
ameliorating social problems involving language.
Schmitt and Celce-Murcia [31] argued that Applied
Linguistics is using what we know about (a)
language, (b) how it is learned and (c) how it is used, in
order to achieve some purpose or solve some problems
in the real world [32]. In recent years, the role of applied
linguistics in English language teaching (ELT) has been
considerable in designating English academic courses at
universities, teacher training institutions, English
materials and providing the programmes for English for
specific or general purposes for English learners around
world. In addition, the relation between Linguistics and
language teaching is necessary, from of this point of
view, Taylor [33] pointed out that some specific
linguistics knowledge is required by the language
teacher-for assessment, for choosing learning activities,
for course planning and design. Halliday [34] mentioned
that the principle contribution of linguistics to language
teaching is to provide a revealing description of the
language being taught.
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