Lingüística Aplicada Anglesa
Reading Worksheet 1:
Read Grabe (2010): Applied Linguistics: A Twenty-First-Century and answer the
following questions:
1. On the basis of the information provided by Grabe, complete the following
chart. Which conclusions can you draw regarding the scope of Applied
Linguistics?
Decade Focus of Applied Linguistics
1950s
The term reflected there could be applied to in some cases first
language literacy and it is also applied to second language teaching.
1960s
Language assesment, language policies and a new field of second
language acquisition focused more on learning rather tan just teaching,
that is when applied linguistics became involved in al lof these.
Applied linguistics started to appear as a real problem-solving
enterprise
1970s
This one was seen as a discipline that goes to a real-world languange
based in only problems.
1980s
Applied linguistics got bigger in a systematic way aparto f language
teaching and language learing in problems such as language
assessment, language policy and planning, translation…
1990s
Applied linguistics emphasis on nations of language awareness,
learning and attentionm this one focuses in which are the forms for
language learning. What language teaching wanted was to be more
communicative in critic studies like critical awarness, pedagogy,
students rights, the descriptive use of language…
2. What is the central issue in Applied Linguistics? Has it changed in the same
way as its scope?
The central problem is basically that Applied linguistics is grounded in real
world problems and issues, so this issue has not changed at all but it has become
bigger.
3. Why is Generative Linguistics not dominant in Applied Linguistics? Which
are the competing approaches for linguistic analysis that are growing
recognition, instead? Why are they preferred to the generative approach?
Because Generative Linguistics is not real, this one is a fixed model. Fort he
other part Linguistics has to differ as the language does because this one in
