Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami
Foreign Languages Faculty
English language and Literature
Independent work on Comparative typology.
CREATING A LEARNING / УЧЕБНЫЙ MODULE.
Independent work topics.
1. Branches of typology according to the levels of language
hierarchy
2. Two plans of the language
3. The main factors in the cause of development of linguistic
typology
4. Language documentation
5. Experimental linguistics
6. Computational linguistics
7. Phonological typology. Language prosody. Stress and rhythm in
the English and native languages.
8. Different types of sound change in the English and native
languages
9. The problem of typological categorization
10. Boundary and gradience phenomena
11. Synthetic structure of languages
12. Analytical structure of languages
13. Cooperation of linguistic typology with other branches of
linguistics. Psycholinguistics.
Corpus linguistics and its applications
14. Importance of comparative typology in overcoming native
language interference in TEFL
Students, please, follow the instruction provided below and do the task.
INSTRUCTION.
Select one of the abovementioned topics and delve into it deeply.
You are supposed to make a presentation for your learning module based on
your topic with the help of this website: [Link]
Whenever you visit the website, it requires you to register in, after that you can
see + (including COURSE, MODULE, FILE). Here, you need to choose
Module section and start your presentation.
Presentation pages are minimum 10. (if you want to add more, you are
welcome).
Criteria of presentation: Cover page, introduction, body part (including, main
aspects of your topic, justification (scientists’ contribution), reliable pictures)
concluding part and reference list (cite the exact sources that you applied for
your module)
Final stage is your oral speech. For this part you are likely to record it (both
video and audio). Here, ScreenPal application comes in handy for you.
minimum 5 minutes). After recording, you need to upload your video file in
the platform.
Suggestion: before starting to design your learning module, please, investigate ins
and outs of both website and application on YouTube as it can offer you versatile
instructional videos.
Bear in mind:
Due date/deadline; (as you are not given a second chance!)
Off topic
The usage of discourse markers in your speech (linking words like,
however, on the other hand, ….)
Organized speech; (without background noise, free grammar mistakes, …)
Use a laptop instead of mobile phone.
Assessment criteria:
On- topic (relevance) 7 points
Organized speech 7 points
The format of the PPT (criteria) 4 points
Application of IT tools. 2 points