The Language; his study and his teaching

Abstract

This text talks about language and its relationship with language teaching. In which the concept of language is characterized by presenting an overall vision of some language schools; the applied linguistics current issues and, finally, it makes a reflection about the language teaching process.En este texto se aborda el lenguaje y su relación con la lengua; se caracteriza el concepto de lengua; se presenta una visón general de algunas escuelas lingüísticas; se trata el problema de la lingüística aplicada; y, finalmente, se hace una reflexión sobre el proceso de la enseñanza de la lengua.