Linguistic Theory: The Essence of Critical Pedagogy

Abstract

In Spolsky’s educational linguistics model, basic reference to general linguistics has been supported by theories of language and language descriptions to introduce second language pedagogy. Respectively, the present work aims at visualizing the contribution of linguistic theory to critical pedagogy triggered by the nature of theory and the way it interacts with the sub-skills of critical thinking. For this purpose, the study adopted as samples the set of linguistic theories and descriptions offered by teachers of linguistics at university level, more particularly in Algeria.