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Linguistics
The scientific study of human language.
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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.
