No. 1 in Australia in Modern Languages
Applied Linguistics will be of particular interest to those studying second or foreign languages, and to anybody seriously interested in practical issues to do with communication in social contexts.
It is also a useful general preparation for a career in second or foreign language teaching, including teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) or as a Second Language (TESL).
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Applied Linguistics is concerned with practical issues involving language in the life of the community. The most important of these is the learning of second or foreign languages.
Others include:
- language policy,
- multilingualism,
- language education,
- the preservation and revival of endangered languages, and
- the assessment and treatment of language difficulties.
Research expertise
Our research expertise includes areas as diverse as
- Australian English,
- cinema studies,
- popular culture,
- food studies,
- pragmatics and discourse analysis,
- sociolinguistics,
- Applied Linguistics,
- language education,
- European and Latin-American literatures,
- travel writing,
- first and second language acquisition,
- gender and sexuality studies,
- gesture and sign language,
- health communication,
- language and identity,
- language and technology,
- language documentation and description,
- language and autism,
- memory studies,
- Indigenous languages of Australia,
- second language testing and assessment,
- second language writing,
- speech perception and production,
- psycholinguistics,
- translation and
- cultural mediation.
You can read about some of our research stories on our website and in tweets from @indiglang and @CoEDLang.
Other areas of interest include professional communication, for example, between doctors and their patients, between lawyers and their clients and in courtrooms, as well as other areas of institutional and cross-cultural communication ranging from the boardroom to the routines on an answer phone.
Click here to go to Areas of Study
- Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy - Assoc. Prof. Neomy Storc
Guides - Graduate Research Hub of University of Melbourne
Graduate Subjects
Generic skills
The generic skills that students who complete this course should develop are:
- the ability to communicate effectively;
- the ability to convey information appropriately and accurately; and
- the ability to apply knowledge in practice, research skills development.
Graduate attributes
The Melbourne Experience enables graduates to become:
- knowledgeable in their specialist discipline with skills to examine issues with multiple disciplinary perspectives;
- aware of social and cultural diversity in communities; and
- potential leaders in their professions and their communities.
For further information please see http://provost.unimelb.edu.au/teaching-learning
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