The Department of Applied Linguistics plans and organizes the implementation of scientific research and international cooperation activities; collaborates with scientific research organizations to provide scientific research services aimed at integrating scientific research with teaching and learning practices; provides social services and international cooperation in the department’s field of expertise.

Currently, the department’s staff are involved in two state-level projects, serving as project leaders and members of various grassroots and national university-level research projects, participating in numerous scientific conferences both domestically and internationally, and publishing articles in domestic and international scientific journals. These activities contribute to ensuring the quality of education at the department while enhancing expertise and professionalism in teaching and research.

Some key research areas of the Department include:

• Applied linguistics: language technology, computational linguistics, specialized languages such as business and information technology (IT).
• Teaching methods, foreign language education policies.
• Multilingual education, multilingual literature.
• Interdisciplinary studies in language, education, and culture.
• Language assessment and evaluation.
• Specialized translation and interpretation.
• Cultural intersection.
• Comparative linguistics.