Applied Linguistics: Its Meaning and Use

Abstract

This paper explains what applied linguistics is and its functions in various contexts. This brings out an attempt to familiarize with certain techniques useful for language teaching. One can easily understand what applied Linguistics is: how it is applied following theory of language and description of language; how it is related to language learning based on the concept of language learning and language analysis and how it is concerned in language teaching which clearly points out the reason for mistake only because of the confusion with the native language. Finally, the present paper exhibits how it is useful to teacher. When the teacher applies this method s/he must be clear. Instead of having conciseness he can give more examples than definitions. In-service training is suggested to teachers with regard to Applied Linguistics and its applications.