Country studies
The Physical Background of Great Britain. The climate of Great Britain.
The population of the UK. Components of National population change.
Historical outline of Great Britain.
The State System in Great Britain, general characteristic.
The political role of the monarchy.
British Parliament. The House of Lords. The House of Commons.
The legal system in the UK.
British economy and agriculture.
Theoretical grammar
English as an analytical language, its typological characterization.
Derivational typology of words in English.
Lexical words as grammatical words. Their semasiological, formal and functional differentiation.
The Adjective. The category of intensity and comparison. Substantiation of adjectives. The noun. The category of case m Modern English. The category of number. Divergent views on different kinds of cases.
The system of the English verb. The category of mood. The number of moods in English Grammar.
Modality and tense in Modem English. The meaning of the modal verbs such as: can, may, must, should.
Grammatical peculiarities of the non-finite forms of the English verb.
Semantical and structural typology of the adjectives.
Lexicology
Functional styles. The formal (bookish) vocabulary. The informal (colloquial) vocabulary.
Classification of loan words according to their origin (Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, etc ).
The structure of word. Suffixes. Productivity of suffixes. Prefixes. The origin of prefixes. Semantic classification
Composition. Types of composition. The criteria of compounds.
Figures of speech. Metaphor. Kinds of metaphor. Types of similarity.
Metonymy. Association. Kinds of metonymy. The metonymic usage of words. Common and different features between metaphor and metonymy.
Synonyms. Groups of synonyms. Sources of synonyms.
History of the english language
Verner's law. The shift of the stress. The first Germanic consonant shift. Grimm's law.
Phonetic changes in Old English. Loss of consonants in OE.
The nominal system, the verbal system in Old English.
The appearance of new diphthongs in Middle English.
Spelling changes in Middle English.
The Great Vowel Shift. Some interpretation of the Great Vowel Shift.
Strong and weak verbs in Germanic languages.
Шкільний курс англійської мови та методика її викладання
Different types of interaction: lockstep, pair work, group work, role play, individual work.
Songs and rhymes in teaching English.
Language learning games: letter games, word games, speaking games, drama games.
Basic ways of using pictures and cards in language teaching.
Planning principles. The shape of the lesson.
The system of exercises for teaching pronunciation and factors that influence the process of teaching pronunciation.
Testing pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.
Listening comprehension as a language activity and teaching listening comprehension at the beginner’s level.
Listening comprehension lesson. Principle for listening comprehension in the classroom.
Teaching dialogue: types of dialogue, linguistic and psychological characteristics of dialogue.
Ways of teaching dialogue. Stages of teaching dialogue.
Teaching monologue: types of monologue, linguistic and psychological characteristics of monologue.
Ways of teaching monologue. Stages of teaching monologue
Modes of teaching reading. Teaching basic reading.
Academic reading. Kinds of academic reading.
Testing reading and listening comprehension.
The characteristic features of the modern English lesson. The aims of the English lesson.
Ways of conveying the meaning of the words. A system of exercises for practicing vocabulary.
Potential vocabulary. Active and passive vocabularies. Memory techniques.
Teaching grammar. Active and passive grammar. Rules in teaching grammar.
The content of teaching pronunciation, typology of sounds and exercises in teaching pronunciation.
Techniques for developing grammar habits. Exercises for practising grammar structures.
The ways of conducting dictations. Types of dictations.
The peculiarities of teaching materials suitable for the elementary level: Blue Skies, Friends.
Teaching beginning level pupils to write.
Writing activities for intermediate and advanced learners. Testing writing.
The peculiarities of teaching materials suitable for the intermediate level: Friends, In Touch, Excellent!
Methodology as a science. Its categories. Its relations to other sciences.
School Syllabus. Levels in teaching English.
The modern system of evaluation of students” achievements.