1.Theoretical linguistics as a branch of language studies. 2. The system of English vowels. English consonants. 3.English syllables. 4. Word accent (stress), intonation. 5.The notion of the word in lexicology. Types of word meaning. 6.General characteristics of the English vocabulary. 7.Morphemic analysis of English words. 8.Word formation in Modern English. 9.Replenishment of Modern English word-stock. 10. Phraseological units in English. 11.Grammar meaning, forms, categories. 12.Lexical-grammatical classes of words. 13.Word groups as an object of grammar studies. 14. Sentences as an object of syntactic studies. 15. Pragmatic aspects of communication. 16.Stylistic varieties of English. 17.Problems of lexicography. 18.American English. 19.Typology of languages as a field of linguistics. 20. Levels of typological analysis. 21.The system of consonants and vowels in English and Russian. 22. Stress and intonation in English and Russian. 23.Typology of parts of speech and grammar categories. 24. Typology of categories of singular parts of speech. 25.Typology of words. Means of nomination in English and Russian. 26.Typology of word formation in English and Russian. 27. Typology of word groups, sentences, parts of sentences in English and Russian. 28. Comparative typology and methods of English teaching. 29. Phonetic interference and the ways of its overcoming. 30.Interference on the lexical level and the ways of its overcoming. 31.Interference on the morphological level and the ways of its overcoming. 32.Interference on the syntactic level and the ways of its overcoming.