Understanding Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related, real-life problems. The academic fields related to applied linguistics are translation, language technology, computer-assisted language learning, second language acquisition, educational linguistics, critical discourse analysis, language policy, situated language practices, rhetoric, and terminology.
Language Variation
Variation in language use among speakers
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Literary Devices: Definitions and Examples
Phonetic Level
NAME | EXAMPLE | EXPLANATION | ROLE |
Alliteration | It remains an open question how stammering… | Repetition of a single vowel or consonant phoneme. | |
Onomatopoeia | Uco, uco, uco, uco Bee-eater. | Imitation of real sounds through the use of certain phonemes. | |
Rhyme 1. Assonant 2. Consonant | Filled with water lilies (Assonant) He hit the back (Consonant) | Repetition of sounds from the last accented vowel. Assonant: Vowels and consonants Consonant: Only vowels |
Morphosyntactic Level
- Paronomasia:
Effective Communication in Teaching: Techniques for Clarity
Exaggerated Intonation and Stress
- a) Teachers use exaggerated intonation partly to show their students the importance of intonation, but also because the exaggerated intonation will help their facial expressions.
- b) Teachers place very clear stress on the most important words in the sentence.
- c) Intonation and stress carry a lot of meaning in spoken English.
Structurally Simplified Language
- a) Teachers speak in short, simple sentences. They pause at the ends of sentences. They look around the room before
Handwriting, Reading, and Speaking Skills Development
Features of Handwriting Development
When a child first puts a pen or pencil on paper, she begins the journey with a highly conscious participation in the writing process. Slowly, with time and experience, the shaping of letters into words and sentences becomes automatic. Initially, children move through the space on paper, making letters one after the other. This motion is called praxis. Scientific studies have sought to describe the features of handwriting movement, rather than advocate one method
Read MoreEffective Language Learning: Subskills, Techniques, and Activities
3 Specific Reading/Listening Subskills + Examples
- Identifying topic
- Recognizing specific words/sounds (decoding – look and say)
- Confirming predictions or guesses
Intensive and Extensive Language Practice
Extensive listening/reading: is the action of listening/reading a language in real life (outside the classroom) by yourself and for pleasure.
- News, films, songs, series, podcasts, magazines, newspapers.
Intensive listening/reading: is the action of listening/reading a language in a classroom. The aim
Read MoreLanguage Origins, Functions, and Evolution: A Comprehensive Analysis
Origins of Language
Origins of Language: Communication (animal-innate-specialized), Human Language (abstract and symbolic).
Core Aspects of Human Language
CARTS human language: sign language arbitrariness, displacement, dual articulation, productivity, prevarication, reflexivity, discrete units, creativity.
Language Functions
Representative: statements assertive, indicative mood, denotative language, 3rd person. Predom context.
Conative: hortatory statements, the imperative or subjunctive second person
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