BLUE
What is the meaning of TESOL?
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
"In McDonald's the employees communicate with each other using a specific language different from the one used in Burger King"
In which area could this issue be studied?
Workplace communication
What branch of linguistics dedicates to the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language?
Psycholinguistics
What is the meaning of IATEFL?
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
What are the 3 major areas of study of Applied Linguistics in which language-related problems are classified?
Language and educationl
Language, work and law
Language, information and effect
What are some advantages of the existence of associations that promote English and English teaching? Mention 3
Help with development of English language
Form a community of English teachers that support each other by sharing knowledge and experiences
Access to all kinds of material related to English and English teaching
Improvement of the process Teaching- Learning for English language
Mention 5 problems from daily life that could be solved through Applied Linguistucs
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What kind of problems could be classified in the area of Language Planning?
Mention the most important characteristics of Applied Linguistics
•Autonomus, disciplinary, problem solving
•Practical identification of problems
•Concerns to all the people involved with language
Area in charge of analyzing linguistic evidence in the area of criminal investigations, for example, the tapes that Hanna Baker recorded before she committed suicide
What branch of linguistics studies the language in its abstract and model form?
Theoretical linguistics
Explain what's the difference between Translation and interpretation and why it's one of the areas with the most difficult problems to solve
Interpretation- spoken language
Translation- written language
BONUS
What is the name of the major Teacher Ximena studied?
•Arrangement and presentation of written language
•Typography and layout, effective combination of language with pictures and diagrams
Posters, brochures, infographics, etc
Mention in which are we could classify the following problems
Dyslexia
Stuttering
Muteness
Clinical linguistics
Mention in which are we can classify the following problem
The mother tongue of a kid is different to the official language of his town and he has to learn that new language to communicate at school
Language and eduaction-
Additional language education
Second language education
Explain the relation among Applied Linguistics and other disciplines
Intermediary between theory and practice
AL uses theories/principles from language related disciplines in order to understand language related issues
According to the problem, we select the useful disciplines
What is the name of the area in charge of resolving the issues related to monolingual, bilingual and specialized dictionaries?
Language, information and effect
Lexicography
What does the area of language testing study?
•Assesment/ evaluation of language achievement/ proficiency
L1 and L2
Which branch of linguistics is dedicated to describe how a particular language is used?
Descriptive linguistics
•language learning
•language teaching
•literacy
•language contact (language & culture)
•language policy and planning
•language assessment
•language use
•language and technology
•translation and interpretation
What's the difference between the areas of Literary stylistics and Critical discourse analysis if both solve issues related to the effect of language in people?
Literary stylistics - Language cause an effect in the feelings and emotions of people that read this literature (novels, poems etc)
Critical discourse analysis: Language has a persuasive/ manipulating / indocrinating effect on people (marketing, politics)
LINGUISTICS:
Concerned in language/ Analyses language/ Build theories
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Role of language in people's lives/Language Problem-solving/ Multidisciplinary
Is dedicated to finding solutions to real-life problems related to language
Applied linguistics
Give the definition of Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics is using what we know about language, how it is learned, and how it is used, in order to achieve some purpose or solve some problem in the real world”