TEACHING ENGLISH MINIMAL GRAMMATICAL UNITS IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY AND TYPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS

Abstract

The paper touches upon learning minimal grammatical units of English on the basis of modern methods of teaching languages and typological linguistics. The author proceeds from the fact, that the strategy in the initial stages of assimilation of the mentioned units both by native speakers and as well as the “foreign” learners, is essentially identical. Hence, the modern typological models of minimal grammatical structures in the English language are analysed not only in different language layers but also in the process of teaching. Also, the author reveals the syntactic features of the English structures in relation to Armenian.