2015م - 1444هـ


Applied linguistics for Language Teachers



Alan Maley on theory & practice

'Theory is when we know everything but

nothing works. Practice is when

everything works but no one knows

why. We have combined theory and

practice: nothing works and no one

knows why!'

(Maley, 1991:23)





Terms/theoretical concepts that

teachers need to understand

Terms/theoretical concepts that

students need to understand

Terms/theoretical concepts not

relevant to teaching

Theoretical aspects I need for

my teaching but have been

missing so far from my

linguistic courses so far