Annotation: The article investigates the biographical novel “The Last Station” by American writer Jay Parini and interprets the similes used in the novel. Stylistic analysis shows the function of similes in revealing the inner world of personages through their speech.
Key words: simile, tenor, vehicle, ground, biographical novel, literary characters.
Summary: The article discusses the literary peculiarity of Stiven King’s novels and the influence of it to Uzbek scientific fantasy.
Key words: scientific fantasy, genre, miracle.
Summary: Given article discusses the matter of the usage of one of the modern methods of teaching as critical thinking in Russian classes.
Key words: comprehension, challenge, reflection, critical thinking, methods of teaching.
Summary: Methods of past tense forms expressions of English language in Uzbek language were investigated.
Key words: English and Uzbek languages, past tense, the expression of past tense forms.
Annotation. This article studies the ways of expressing specific features of science fiction in Uzbek translations of “Island of Doctor Moreau” by H.G.Wells.
Key words: science fiction, translation, translator, literary translation, scientific translation, novel, reader.
Summary: A discussion of the ways of assessment can be classified from a reading skill point of view.
Key words: assessment, reading skill, proficiency, achievement, placement, and diagnostic assessment.
Summary: The significance of mingles and information about the numerous tasks of arranging mingles in the English classes was investigated.
Key words: mingle, communicative approach, communicative interaction, questionnaire, opinion poll.
Summary: The significance of simile and information about their specific features in the English and Russian languages were investigated.
Key words: stylistics, simile, stylistic device, original simile, traditional simile, direct simile, negative simile.
Summary: There are various methods of tests in teaching language and each of them has its influence on teaching.
Key words: test, practicality, reliability, validity, authenticity, washback, diagnostic tests, proficiency tests, achievement tests, placement tests.
Annotation: The article discusses “pastoral” poems in English literature of the Renaissance period and reflection of this theme in the poetry of poets of the world literature.
Keywords: renaissance, pastorals, eclogues, elegy, nature, sad songs, shepherd’s song, song of praise.
Summary: The article discusses the effective ways of teaching grammar in English language classes and useful strategies that can help teachers to make lessons more effective.
Key words: strategy, system, language, communication, method, approach, grammar-translation, text, context.
Summary: The article defines the term academic writing and discusses the problems of coherence and cohesion in writing process.
Key words: language, skill, process, coherence, cohesion, concept, paragraph, substitution, logical.
Summary: In this article the great contribution of J.K.Rowling to development of the world and English children’s literature has been analyzed.
Key words: world literature, children’s literature, fiction, fantasy genre.
Summary: In this article the peculiar features of descriptive composition writing in the English language.
Key words: descriptive composition, describing people, describing objects, describing places.
Summary. In the article were identified constraining factors development of social tourism and investigated attitude of population to social tourism. Defined prerequisite occurrence social tourism in Ukraine and proved necessity for its development.
Keywords: tourism, tourism industry, social tourism, tourist flow.
Summary: The basic physical qualities of man and recommendations about training of it were explored.
Key words: physical qualities of man, power, dexterity, flexibility, speed, endurance.
Summary: The basic features of components of healthy lifestyles students were explored.
Key words: healthy lifestyle, students, sleep, nutrition, tempering.
Summary: The basic recommendations about precaution of overstrain risk of locomotorium and evidence of this overstrain were explored.
Key words: locomotorium, swimmer, risk, overstrain.
Scientific debate: the issue of economy and finance: Abstracts of VIІI International scientific-practical conference (Kyiv-Budapest-Vienna, December 28, 2016)
Summary. In the article factors of influence to the development of excursion companies is classified. Conceptual diagram of determination of the most influential factors is developed. The basic features of influence by the example of excursion companies of several types is formulated.
Keywords: excursion business, excursion company, influential factors development, diversification.
