Linguistic and Language Learning
Nowadays, in China, more and more people begin to learn English as a foreign language in order to have the ability to communicate with foreigners.For them, the first thing they should do is to learn linguistic---the guide for our language learning.
On one hand, linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It can be broadly divided into three subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context. With language, we can communicate to others about many things, through spoken word or in writing. That is how history is recorded, spoken or written. But language is very complex; the function of linguistics is to identify the elements in order to analyze it. For example, when we talk about a sentence we try to analyze it from four aspects: sound system, grammatical system, lexical system and discourse system.
On the other hand, linguistics is the foundation of language. Without linguistics, there wouldn’t know what happened during a particular period in time. People learn to speak and process spoken language more easily and much earlier through the learning of linguistics.
The language teaching practice or learning must take into account the regularities. When we learn a language, we should follow the linguistics rules.Without a solid foundation of linguistics it is hard for students to reach high levels.
In my opinion, linguistics and language learning are interactional with each other. Although linguistics cannot present us a definite explanation of language, it can help us to think constructively about language and understand the charm of language.The research of the relationship between linguistics and language is important for our daily language learning. However, if we apply linguistics theory mechanically, language learning will deviate form the methodology generated by linguistics rules.。