1 Linguistic Comparison: Identify a particular area in English Linguistics, e.g. an aspect of pragmatics or segmental phonology, and compare it with the corresponding system of your own language or another language you have some familiarity with. Discuss similarities and differences and account for these as appropriate. More importantly, you should discuss what implications these similarities and differences might have for second language learners or for everyday communication and/or why this is an important area in language teaching and language use. You may need to narrow your topic down to a manageable area so that you can provide original examples and comparisons and in-depth discussions.