Course10910611442 lectures
Applied Linguistics
Prof. Rajesh Kumar · IIT Madras
About
Language is an essential part of all that we do. It defines us as humans. This course deals with the applications of theoretical tools in understanding languages and out come of the analyses of theoretical tools. We aim to have delivered the applications of the fundamental ideas of language to the fields such as language teaching and learning, cognitive science, education, and language disorder and disabilities.
Intended audience: BA, MA, B El Ed, B.Ed. PhD, Machine Translations, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Science
Lectures
Week 1: Introduction to Applied Linguistics
Week 2: Language Acquisition
Week 3: Sounds
- Vocal Apparatus
- Places and Manners of Articulation
- Speech Mechanism
- Language Experience and Perception of Sounds
Week 4: Words
Week 5: Sentences Part One
Week 6: Sentence Part Two
Week 7: Application Part One
- Application of linguistic structure in social theory
- Second Language Acquisition
- Language and Multilingualism
- Language and Thought
Week 8: Application Part Two
- Language, Culture and Cognition
- Classroom discussion on Language, Culture and Cognition
- Language and Gender
- Language, Media and Network society
- Classroom discussion on Language, Culture and Cognition 2
- Classroom discussion on Language, Culture and Cognition 3
- Music and Language
Week 9: Application Part Three - Language Teaching
- Language Teaching
- Language Teaching Methods - I
- Language Teaching Methods - II
- Materials and Assessment in Teaching Language
Week 10 : Application Four - Language and Disability
- Disability and Learning Disorder
- Language Development and Specific Difficulties
- Dyslexia: A Developmental Phenomenon or a Disorder
- Specific Learning Difficulties
- Speech disability and assistive technology
Week 11: Application Five - Language and Computers
Week 12
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Madras
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Rajesh Kumar
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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