Research in applied linguistics carries out the mission of Iowa State University of Science and Technology by emphasizing areas with direct implications for practice, particularly in the use of technology. Technology studies in applied linguistics cut across the traditional areas of second language acquisition and teaching, second language assessment, and linguistic analysis of spoken and written English. These areas of study coalesce into research groups, conferences, projects, and particularly through playing a role in dissemination of research in the profession as editors of journals and major books and reference works.
Word cloud visually representing word frequency in Applied Linguistics project descriptions at ISU