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Linguistics enjoys a paradoxical place in second language (SL) teaching. Unlike students majoring in Linguistics who see it as "study of the mind", those who take it as part of a language degree see it as relevant as far as it supports language learning. However, a good command of the language is not sufficient for effective teaching. I address the need to revise the place of linguistics in SL curricula and present an innovative teaching approach that analyzes language in a scientific, systematic manner while focusing on those aspects of language that are of direct relevance to future language teachers.
Maite Correa (Sun,) studied this question.