What are Linguistics and Applied Linguistics about?
Anyone can study Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. It is not necessary to know a language other than English, or to be good at learning languages, to do well in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. The field offers rigorous intellectual training which stands one in good stead wherever clear, independent, creative thinking is valued. 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). Linguistics and Applied Linguistics is inherently a multi-disciplinary study, drawing on methodologies and theories from many fields, including archaeology, psychology, anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, sociology, social theory, education, the mathematical sciences and
