Karakalpak State University Faculty of Foreign Languages Department of English language and literature Djavod Kurbanbaev

b) Relations of Methods of Foreign Language Teaching to Linguistics.

Methods of foreign language teaching is most closely related to Linguistics, since Linguistics deals with the problems which are paramount importance to Methods, with language and thinking, grammar and vocabulary, the relationship between grammar and vocabulary, and many others. Methods successfully uses, for example, the results of linguistic Investigation in the selection and arrangement of language material for teaching. It’s known that structural Linguistics has had a great impact on language teaching. Teaching Materials have been prepared by linguists and methodologists of the structural school.

Methods of foreign language teaching like any other science has definite ways of investigating the problems which may arise. They are:

1) A critical study of the ways foreign languages were taught in our country and abroad.

2) A thorough study and summing up of the experience of the best foreign language teachers in different types of schools.

In recent years there has been a great increase of interest in Methods since foreign language teaching has many attractions as an area for research. A great deal of useful research work has been carried out. New ideas and new data produced as the result of research are usually developed into new teaching Materials and Techniques.