Applied Linguistics

By Prof. Rajesh Kumar | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 1569

Language is an essential part of all that we do. It defines us as humans. This course deals with the applications of theoretical tools in understanding languages and out come of the analyses of theoretical tools. We aim to have delivered the applications of the fundamental ideas of language to the fields such as language teaching and learning, cognitive science, education, and language disorder and disabilities.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: BA, MA, B El Ed, B.Ed. PhD, Machine Translations, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Science
PRE-REQUISITES : Nil

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2019
End Date :	18 Oct 2019
Exam Date :	16 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

01: Applied Linguistics

02: Introduction to Language

03: Structure of Language

04: Language and Society

05: Multilingualism and Language Learning

06: First Language Acquisition

07: Second Language Acquisition

08: Language and Cognition

09: Disabilities

10: Cohesion and Coherence

11: Behaviorism and Language Teaching

12: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

13: A Critique of Behaviorism

14: Languages of home and school

15: Critical Period Hypothesis

16: Direct Method

17: Audio-lingual Method

18: Communicative Method

19: Computer Assisted Language Teaching

20: Method and Post Method

21: Language Learning and Errors

22: Contrastive Analysis

23: Perspective on Interlanguage

24: Materials

25: Audio-visual aids

26: Assessment

27: Cloze Procedure

28: Language and Education

29: Multilingualism, Language Teaching, and Cognitive Growth

30: Social Psychological Aspects of Language Learning

31: Aspects of Vocabulary

32: Language Policy and Language Teaching

33: Linguistics and its Applications

34: Application in Development of Social Theory

35: Evolution of Language (Linguistic Theory in Applied Linguistics)

36: Linguistic Competence Vs. Communicative, Social, and Discourse Competence

37: Language in and of Politics

38: Questions of Identity and Power

Books and references

Nil

Instructor bio

Prof. Rajesh Kumar teaches linguistics in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the IIT Madras in Chennai.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 16 November 2019, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched

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