Applied Linguistics

Class Time: Spring Semester, Friday 14.30~16.00

Place: OUC Sapporo Satellite

Course Aims

The purpose of this course is to introduce the main areas of study of applied linguistics as a grounding for the more specialized elective courses that students’ will take in their second year of study. During the course, students will be given two minor written assignments and carry out a major piece of practical research into one of the areas of applied linguistics that we study in class. At the end of the course students will make a class presentation based on their findings and produce an academic report to be handed in by the last class.

This class is conducted in English.

Course Contents

Each class will be based on one aspect of applied linguistics. For homework, students will have reading assignments; issues related to these articles will be discussed in class in small groups. Students will also have to complete regular writing assignments as part of a long-term research project.

Schedule Lesson Plans

1.The Scope of Applied Linguistics
2.Grammar and Grammars
3.Vocabulary
4.Corpus Linguistics
5.Discourse Analysis & Pragmatics
6.English Language Teaching
7.Learner Motivation
8.Language Testing
9.Second Language Acquisition
10.Psycholinguistics
11.Language skills - Listening
12.Language skills - Speaking and Pronunciation
13.Language skills - Reading
14.Language skills - Writing
15.Curriculum Design
16.Presentations

Course Materials

Course Book:

Schmitt, N. (2010) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (2nd Edition). London: Hodder Education.

Additional materials:

Cook, G. (2003) Applied Linguistics (Oxford Introductions to Language Study). Oxford: OUP.
Davies, A. (2006) The Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Fromkin, V, Hyams, N, Rodman, R. (2006) An Introduction to Language (8th Edition). Thompson/Heinle.
Harmer, J. (2001) The Practice of English Language Teaching Third Edition. Longman.