• Aims and Objectives – To enable the students to have fundamental knowledge of the nature and contents of applied linguistics – To enable the students to conduct some research in this area with the knowledge they acquire by taking the course 12.06.2020 . 3 What is applied linguistics? • Basic assumptions and misconceptions: 1. subordinate to linguistics or application of linguistic theories: Beijing and China; empire and colony 12.06.2020 . 4 Disagreements • How to give Applied Linguistics a scientific definition? • So far no general agreement on clear-cut boundary where Applied Linguistics can be strictly defined / delimited. • 桂诗春(编著):《应用语言学》(Applied Linguistics)湖南教育出版社,1988(外语专业教师) • 文秋芳(著):Applied Linguistics: Research Methods and Thesis Writing《应用语言学研究方法与论文写作》, 外语教学与研究出版社,2001(外语专业教师) • 1st view: best represented by Wang Dechun (SISU) (Chinese and Russian tradition: from the point of view of a linguist) – Lexicography, translation, language teaching and learning, language and machine translation, stylistics. • 2nd view: best represented by Gui Shichun (GW) • and Oxford series of readings on AL: consists of about 20 books and covers a wide area of discussion and a wide range of topics (European and American tradition: from the perspective of applied linguistics itself) 12.06.2020 . 7 International: Oxford Series on AL 1. Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching 1. any theoretical study related to the application of language 2. the application of theories to language teaching and learning 12.06.2020 . 5Fra Baidu bibliotek Representatives 12.06.2020 . 2 Course Description 1. A General Introduction: What is Applied Linguistics 2. Language Behaviour and Language Learning 3. Second Language Learning 4. Performance Analysis and Discourse Analysis 5. Learner Characteristics 6. Relevance of Source Disciplines 7. Historical Development of FLT 8. Language Policy and Syllabus Design 9. Selection of Course Contents 10. Testing and Summary • Teaching plans: – 16 hours of lectures • Evaluation: – term paper • Norms: – Title + abstract + key words + body + reference / bibliography – No plagiarism Applied Linguistics Instructor Feng Qi Course for Postgraduate Program School of Foreign Languages Shanghai University Sept. 12, 2010 12.06.2020 . 1 Course Description 2. equalize linguistics:盐 = 氯化纳 3. independent discipline: has nothing to do with linguistics 4. independent discipline but related to linguistics in some way 12.06.2020 . 6 China: Books on AL • 冯志伟(著):《应用语言学综论》广东教育出版社, 1999(汉语) • 于根元(著):《应用语言学概论》商务出版社, 2004 • 何玉英,蔡金亭(主编):《应用语言学》(Applied Linguistics)上海外语教育出版社,2005(汉语)