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Major sequences and specialisationsApplied LinguisticsFlinders offers the opportunity to take a major sequence in Applied Linguistics within the Bachelor of Arts. WHY APPLIED LINGUISTICS?Applied Linguistics is concerned with the practical issues of language: acquisition of second or foreign languages, language teaching, language policy, multilingualism, cross-cultural communication, maintenance of languages, and assessment and treatment of language difficulties. The major provides critical, practical and theoretical knowledge relevant to careers in foreign language education, the teaching of English as a Foreign Language or Second Language, and in social communication and the pathology of speech.CAREER OPPORTUNITIESApplied Linguistics provides students with a firm foundation in the core theoretical and practical concerns of applied linguistics that are central to language education and planning, second language acquisition and cross-cultural communication. Careers in education, publishing and public service will be accessible to students completing this field of study.COURSE OVERVIEWThe Applied Linguistics major is concerned with the practical applications of Linguistics, the scientific study of human language. From this practical perspective, the major gives an insight into the workings of human language (its sounds, words and sentence structure), the psychological aspects of language, the learning and teaching of spoken and written language, variation in language use, and cross-cultural communication.Topics in the program are sequenced pedagogically in order to lay an adequate theoretical and analytic framework for subsequent study of the application of Linguistics to issues of language use. The First Year topics introduce central notions of Linguistic analysis in relation to the sounds of language, the structure of words and phrases, and meaning. Emphasis here is on the development of analytic and descriptive skills. These skills are further reinforced by the Second Year topics which cover key theoretical issues in descriptive Linguistics and introduce the study of applied areas. Emphasis is given to the critical evaluation of the application of Linguistic theory. The Third year topics further survey and critically assess the central and current concerns of Applied Linguistics. The coverage offered through the range and depth of the topics provides the student with preparations to undertake further studies at the Honours level. FURTHER INFORMATIONDr Colette Mrowa-Hopkins, Director of StudiesRoom 212, Humanities Building Tel: (08) 8201 2459 Admissions/Prospective Students Office
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