subject: Some Tips For Those Who Want To Study Applied Linguistics. [print this page] If you are interested in languages, their functioning and you like solving novel problems, then Linguistics is what you really need.
There are many important skills that you can develop while studying the Applied Linguistic.
Let us consider those skills:
1.First of all, you will gain the understanding of how to work with the languages. You will find out the process of the mastering the language, and how people learn their first, second and even third foreign language. This knowledge is valuable for those who want to make a career in language education, translation, speech pathologists and some other that presuppose working with languages and communication.
2.The one who studies Linguistics acquires a wide range of generic skills. Let us consider what the generic skills are.
3.First of all, it is a language teaching skills. One will know how to learn languages and how to study them. He/she will gain abilities to work with different languages that will increase his/her career prospects.
4.One will acquire skills of speech therapy. So, he/she will be able to help people who have some speech pathology as stroke victims, for example.
5.While studying Linguistics, one acquires abilities in cross-cultural communication as well as in cross-linguistic communication. Those skills are valuable for the careers of translator and interpreter.
6.One will learn how to work with different kinds of texts. For example, one will acquire skills of text interpretation and literary analysis of the novellas and other works of literature.
7.Moreover, your skills will be valuable if you want to work in publishing. Publishers need linguists who have good knowledge of the language and can work with different kinds of dictionaries and thesauruses.
So, Linguistics opens good opportunities for a career development in different fields.
