Preguntas De Linguistica

OVERVIEW OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Montse Piña
Oscar Ramírez Cuevas
Jimena Rodríguez López
Ana Cristina Vizcarra Gutiérrez

1. What do we perceive through language?
Weperceive the internal and external world. Without it, thought, identity, interaction, education and society could be only rudimentary.
2. Can languages be successfullyanalyzed?
No. Languages are complex. They are a mixture of exceptions and contradictions
3. . What aspects are mixed to create new methodologies?
Political urgency, commercialpressure and teacher/student anxiety
4. What is the meaning of the following statement: "Though there may be no such thing as 'methods that work' (Oller, 1993) there may bemethods that do not help."?
It means that teachers cannot ignore the practical circumstances of what they do (size of the class, expectations of learners, availability oftechnology) nor the theoretical aspects (pedogogical process) to accomplish the best students' learning process
5. What does Applied Linguistics seeks for?
Identify within thedisciplines concerned with language and learning, those insights and procedures of enquiry which are relevant for the formulation of pedagogic principles and their effectiveactualization in practice..
6. Which areas are concerned to Applied Linguistics?
Speech therapy, communicative interactions, language in education and language teaching and learning.7. ¿En qué consiste la dicotomía lingüística?
Es un término empleado para designar un par de conceptos complementarios de la Lingüística (teoría y práctica).
8. ¿Cuál es másrelevante para la lingüística aplicada?
Ambos son equivalentes, no existen términos de superioridad o inferioridad. La teoría es tan importante como la práctica y viceversa.