Introduction to Applied Linguistics

Lecturer: Steve Chiang (蔣湧濤)

Phone: 02-24622192 #2017

Course ID: M9D0111H

Credits: 3

Course Prerequisites: None

Course Description and Goals:

Overview of the field of applied linguistics

Familiarization with research and scholarship in the field

Schedule Type: Question/Answer sessions, Pair/group discussions, Class Presentations

Course Schedule (subject to change):

Week 1: Introduction & Chapter 1 An Overview of Applied Linguistics

Week 2: Chapter 2 Grammar

Week 3: Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Week 4: Chapter 4 Discourse Analysis

Week 5: Chapter 5 Pragmatics

Week 6: Chapter 6 Corpus Linguistics (selection of presentation topic)

Week 7: Mid-term Exam

Week 8: Chapter 7 Second Language Acquisition (presentation starts)

Week 9: Chapter 8 Psycholinguistics

Week 10: Chapter 9 Sociolinguistics

Week 11: Chapter 10 Focus on the Language Learner: Motivation, Styles and Strategies

Week 12: Chapter 11 Listening

Week 13: Chapter 12 Spaking and Pronunciation

Week 14: Chapter 13 Reading

Week 15: Chapter 14 Writing

Week 16: Chapter 15 Assessment

Week 17: Final Exam