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Department of Applied Linguistics

Language is what makes us human. Even if we are not aware of it, language defines who we are and how we relate to others. In our department, we study the ways in which language shapes our world. This helps us overcome prejudice and inherent bias and enables us to look critically at ourselves and the world we live in. The skills you will learn in our courses can be applied in a variety of fields, including teaching, marketing and journalism: Linguists make better teachers, involved citizens or critical consumers.

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About Applied Linguistics Department


The Department of Applied Linguistics at AUC has as its primary focus the application of linguistic knowledge to language pedagogy, particularly the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language and the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The department also focuses on issues pertaining to language and society, language and identity, language and politics and language and discourse. Courses in our department aim to prepare students for community-based careers and research.

It is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that addresses a broad range of language-related issues in order to improve the lives of individuals and conditions in society. It draws on a wide range of theoretical, methodological and educational approaches from various disciplines -- from the humanities to the social, cognitive, medical and natural sciences -- as it develops its own knowledge base about language, its users and uses and their underlying social and material conditions.

The Department of Applied Linguistics

Associate Professor Nihal Sarhan from Applied Linguistics defines the study of Linguistics and explains what students can do with a focus in this discipline.

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The TAFL program at AUC not only provided me with the fundamentals of teaching and linguistics, but it also provided me with practical experience as a fellow student by giving me the chance to observe AFL classes, assist teachers in their classes and teach. 

Mona Maged Azam '19
AFL Instructor and Researcher

Before applying to this program, I had 8 years’ experience of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. I filled several positions such as AFL education developer, trainer, senior instructor and vice manager. However, I felt that teaching because I have a passion for it and accumulated some experience is not sufficient. So I joined this program. 

Hasnaa Essam '18
AFL Education Vice Manager and Instructor at Arabia language Institute
Contact Us

The Department of Applied Linguistics
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74   
New Cairo 11835, Egypt   
t: +2.02.2615.1916 

apln@aucegypt.edu