Government planning
Syllabus design and material development
Classroom teaching
Evaluation
Contribution of linguistics: applications and implications
Applications
Linguistic description can be directly used as input into syllabus and material development.
Implications
There is an indirect relationship between linguistics and FLT.
Contents: what to teach?
Methodology: how to teach?
What we learn from a certain theory is helpful in deciding those.
The role of a teacher
Organizer
Language user