Graduate Certificate of General and Applied Linguistics

The Australian National University

As language assumes ever greater importance in an interconnected, multilingual world, the study of linguistics and applied linguistics is relevant to a growing number of careers from language teaching to natural language processing. In the Graduate Certificate of General and Applied Linguistics, you will have the opportunity to explore selected topics across general and applied linguistics areas such as structural linguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, language contact, language teaching, language and culture, social interaction, forensic linguistics and language documentation.Learning Outcomescritically examine literature, theories, ideologies and applied practices relevant to diverse linguistic and sociocultural phenomenaapply established theoretical frameworks to the identification, description, analysis and explanation of linguistic data and language use