Acquiring Grammatical Registers and Styles: A Methodological Perspective

The main emphasis of this study is placed on the issue of teaching stylistic grammar to teacher-trainees. The purpose of the article is to analyze registers and styles of communication, specify their discriminative features, and design a methodology incorporating a corresponding system of activities. Advancing stylistic competence is identified as a target of acquiring stylistic grammar. To achieve the target students are expected to learn how to switch registers and mix styles of communication. With this in mind, a corresponding methodology is designed, which incorporates a system of stylistically oriented activities.