Critical Applied Linguistics: An Evaluative Interdisciplinary Approach in Criticism and  Evaluation of Applied Linguistics’ Disciplines

Davari, H.

doi:10.7508/isih.2015.28.005

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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H. Davari

Assistant Professor, English Department, Damghan University

https://doi.org/10.7508/isih.2015.28.005

Abstract

The emergence of some significant critical approaches and directions in the field of applied linguistics from the mid-1980s onwards has met with various positive and opposite reactions. On the basis of their strength and significance, such approaches and directions have challenged some of the mainstream approaches’ claims, principles and assumptions. Among them, critical applied linguistics can be highlighted as a new approach, developed by the Australian applied linguist, Alastair Pennycook. The aspects, domains and concerns of this new approach were introduced in his book in 2001. Due to the undeniable importance of this approach, as well as partial negligence regarding it in Iranian academic setting, this paper first intends to introduce this approach, as an approach that evaluates various disciplines of applied linguistics through its own specific principles and interests. Then, in order to show its step-by-step application in the evaluation of different disciplines of applied linguistics, with a glance at its significance and appropriateness in Iranian society, two domains, namely English language education and language policy and planning, are introduced and evaluated in order to provide readers with a visible and practical picture of its interdisciplinary nature and evaluative functions. The findings indicate the efficacy of applying this interdisciplinary framework in any language-in-education policy and planning in accordance with the political, social and cultural context of the target society.

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Volume 7, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4December 2015Pages 129-151

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December 2015
Pages 129-151