ABSTRACT

Applied linguistics was originally brought to Japan primarily through English language teaching (ELT) professionals, and its potential has been explored exclusively in connection with ELT. As a result, there is a prevailing belief as though applied linguistics were a synonym of ELT. After nearly four decades since the discipline emerged in Japan in the 1980s, the primary focus of applied linguistics has shifted from ELT to the application of linguistics to the solution of problems in society, and then to a more interdisciplinary approach to the solution of problems related to communication, including language. In this article, the author uses reflective narrative to discuss the developments of applied linguistics as an academic discipline with special attention to its relationship with ELT: to clarify the position of ELT within applied linguistics in Japan, in the past, present and future.

摘要

应用语言学最初主要是通过英语教学（ELT）专业人员带到日本的，而其潜力已经专门与ELT结合使用了。结果，人们普遍认为应用语言学是ELT的同义词。自1980年代日本出现该学科近40年后，应用语言学的主要重点已从ELT转向语言学的应用，以解决社会问题，然后转向一种跨学科的方法来解决相关问题。交流，包括语言。在本文中，作者使用反思性叙事来讨论应用语言学作为一门学术学科的发展，并特别注意其与ELT的关系：