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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Linguistics

Applied linguistics

Language; Linguistics

An interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are ...

Transfer

Language; Linguistics

The influence of mother tongue upon the second language. When structures of the two languages are similar, we can get positive transfer of facilitation; when the two languages are different in ...

Interlanguage

Language; Linguistics

The type of language constructed by second or foreign language learners who are still in the process of learning a language, i.e. the language system between the target language and the learner's ...

Validity

Language; Linguistics

The degree to which a test measures what it is meant to measure. There are four kinds of validity, i.e. content validity, construct validity, empirical validity and face validity.

Communicative competence

Language; Linguistics

As defined by Hymes,the knowledge and ability involved in putting language to communicative use.

Syllabus

Language; Linguistics

The planning of course of instruction. It is a description of the cousr content,teaching procedures and learning experiences.

Psycholinguistics

Language; Linguistics

The study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language.

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