Applied Linguistics Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)

Overview

About the program

The Applied Linguistics program at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) has built an effective academic environment that provides educational services for students in order to achieve the aspirations of the labour market through the development of academic programs and that outputs in accordance with the accreditation requirements and sustainable community development plans standards.

The program is designed to enable students, upon graduation, to:

•   Accurately and precisely use English and communicate– both in speaking and writing – in a variety of contexts and genres, and demonstrate a thorough command of the language and its linguistic structures
•   understand the structure of the English language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse).
•    demonstrate an understanding of language variation and cross-linguistic differences.
•   Produce and edit high quality, technical oral and written English communication and translation from English into Arabic and vice versa.
•  Apply theoretical frameworks for second language teaching, linguistic analysis, and communication theory.
•    Have knowledge of first and second language development and the development of bilingualism/multilingualism.
•   Be skillful in a wide range of instructional materials, approaches, and methods for learners at different stages of development and from differing cultural and linguistic backgrounds.