Applied linguistics is any attempt to work with language in a critical andreflective way, with some ultimate practical goal in mind. This includes(amongst other things): deliberately trying to learn (or teach) a foreignlanguage or to develop your ability in your native language; overcoming alanguage impairment; translating from one language to another; editinga piece of writing in a linguistically thoughtful way. It also includes doingany research or developing any ideas or tools which aim to help peopledo these sorts of things