PREFACE
1. APPLIED LINGUISTICS
1.1 DEFINING APPLIED LINGUISTICS AS AN ACADEMIC FIELD
1.2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
1.3 CONCLUSION
2. APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND OTHER BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
2.1 INPUT FROM PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
2.1.1 Background
2.1.2 Methods of psycholinguistic research
2.2 INPUT FROM SOCIOLINGUISTICS
2.2.1 Background
2.2.2 Methodology in sociolinguistics
2.3 INPUT FROM PRAGMATICS
2.3.1 Background
2.3.2 Methodology in pragmatics
2.4 INPUT FROM TRANSLATION STUDIES
2.4.1 Background
2.4.2 The field of translation studies
2.4.3 Translation studies and other disciplines
3. AREAS RESEARCHED
3.1 THEORIES OF FOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING AND ACQUISITION
3.1.1 Verbal behaviour theory
3.1.2 Interlanguage theories
3.1.3 Cognitive theory
3.1.4 The discourse theory
3.1.5 Universal grammar theories
3.1.6 The Monitor Model
3.2 STYLES AND STRATEGIES IN FOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING
3.2.1 Learning styles
3.2.2 Learning strategies
3.3 BIL1NGUALISM
3.4 CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS DESIGN AND EVALUATION
3.4.1 Definition
3.4.2 Syllabus types
3.4.3 Research into curricula and syllabi
3.5 COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (CALL)
3.5.1 History
3.5.2 Current practices and research
3.6 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
4. MAJOR JOURNALS OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
LEARNING STYLES QUESTIONNAIRE