APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

INTRODUCTION:Applied includes studies on areas of psycholinguistics, languages, -learning disorders and so on. The present study focuses on learning and the relevant issues. According to the previous studies of linguistics, there are various ways of learning a language. There are other models of acquisition based on such sciences as philosophy and behavioral psychology.This study is devoted to learning and its obstacles as a fundamental topic in linguistics. The study utilizes a descriptive-analytic method, since it mostly focuses on learning.The present study is important because it investigates learning from a new perspective. According to previous studies, behavioral, biological and sociological scientists work on learning, as well. There are some vital questions that are always addressed by the researchers in those fields: Is learning a natural ability or a social phenomenon? What are the secrets of acquisition? What are the prerequisites for comprehension? What is the relation between and thought?The present study tries to answer the above questions, and to discover the main barriers to learning. The paper is comprised of three parts:The first part deals with a background of the subject, and some language-learning topics.The second part studies from behavioral and cognitive perspectives.Third part is devoted to learning, based on linguistics.Findings will be presented in the conclusion section, and the paper ends in a list of references.PART ONE: APPLIED LINGUISTICS ALONG WITH RELEVANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS:The study of began in the mid 20th century (the term applied linguistics was firstly introduced by the Institute of Learning English Language in Michigan University in 1946). That institute was very well-known for teaching English, and it was managed by Robert Lado and Charles Fries. Their works were published in Journal of Linguistics - Language Learning. Later on, the School of Linguistics started in Edinburgh University in Scotland (Abdulrahman, 1995).Applied is a part of which deals with psycholinguistics (Kozmanawane, ), learning, and the barriers to it. According to (Sharif, 2010), is a part of linguistics, devoted to theoretical linguistics, covering such areas as lexicography, learning, disorders, error analysis, and acquisition of a second language. obtains information from other sciences such as psychology, sociology, anthropology etc. Applied is a linguistic phenomenon related to a special situation from outside the system of language (Sharif, 2010).Ahmad Mustafa Abulkhair states that covers various topics like learning a foreign language, translation, lexicography, disorders and comparative which is another branch of (Abulkhair, 2006).Applied is one of the new sciences,1- Teaching and learning first language2- Learning foreign languages3- Language planning4- Sociolinguistics5- Psycholinguistics6- Treatment of barriers7- Translation8- Lexicography9- Comparative linguistics10- Computational linguisticsIt is clear that the above are major branches of science, such as sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics (Crystal, 1981). Furthermore, learning includes both learning the first and learning foreign languages. Moreover, amasses information about the nature of which can be used to investigate the basis of the (Corder, 1974). Ahmad Abulkhair claims that has two aspects, and linguistics. …