12. IMPORTANCE OF COMPARATIVE TYPOLOGY IN
OVERCOMING NATIVE LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE IN
THE PROCESS OF TEACHING EFL
Activity 1.
Work in pairs. Learn carefully the tables below.
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Activity 2.
Complete the text with the right word from the box.
Comparative
typology
Interference
interlanguage
liquidate
the process of
learning
influence
_____________ deals with comparing languages of different systems
and with defining similarities and distinctions in language phenomena.
At the same time the comparative typology studies
________correspondence and interlevel synonymy among languages
compared. Besides, comparative typology proposes ways of
liquidating negative ________ of one language in the process of
learning a new one. In the process of teaching a foreign language the
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teacher should explain his/her learners positive and negative influence
of their native language. _________ exists in all levels of the
language, that is in phonological, morphological, syntactical and
lexical levels of the language. If the pupils know the phonological,
morphological, lexical and syntactical levels of their native language
consciously it will be easy for them to ______ the interferences they
come across in ________ a foreign language
Activity 3. Make a mini presentation on the theme “Typological
characteristics of the Uzbek, Russian and English word order in the
sentence”.
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