您是否对孩子如何学习语言，第二语言说者的技能发展，如何诊断和治疗各种语言障碍，或社会或文化环境如何与语言互动感兴趣？在我们的计划中，您将在语言学，动手实地调查，临床观察，教学实践和实践讲习班上打下坚实的基础，以补充您的学术课程。我们提供以下三个专业的选择：听力科学或语音和语言科学：在这些专业中，您将学习基础科学和通信过程，包括语音和听力的解剖学和生理学，声学，语言学，儿童语言发展和某些人类交流障碍。应用语言学/英语作为后继语言教学（TESL）：在本专业中，您将学习与英语作为后继语言的学习和教学有关的理论和
Applied Linguistics is an interdisciplinary field focused on the application of findings and techniques from research in linguistics and related areas. Students studying Applied Linguistics at Brock University learn about the structure of language and how to apply linguistic theories and methods of linguistic analysis to such areas as first or second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language teaching methodology, and communication sciences and disorders.<br><br>Applied Linguistics provides an opportunity to apply scientific reasoning to language-based problem solving. A background in applied linguistics is essential for language teachers, translators, speech-language pathologists, audiologists and many other language professionals. Linguistic knowledge can also provide a valuable foundation for human interaction and communication in a wide variety of other fields.