List of publications on a keyword: «reading comprehension»

The article addresses the problem of developing reading comprehension skills in 4th-grade students. It proposes the use of Critical Thinking Development Technology (CTDT) strategies as an effective tool. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the practical application of a set of strategies—"Read-Stop Thinking Method," "INSERT," "Cluster," and "Hexagon"—for in-depth text analysis. Specific methodological techniques used with literary works from the 4th-grade curriculum are described. The conclusion is drawn about the high effectiveness of these strategies for developing analytical and systemic thinking, as well as for achieving the interdisciplinary skills required by the Federal State Educational Standard for Primary General Education (FSES PGE).

The article focuses on the use of supplementary authentic reading texts in teaching English as a foreign language. It aims at improving the reading skills and strategies of adult learners in a conventional classroom setting and in a computerized learning environment. The use of authentic materials is an important principle of communicative language learning and it contributes to the development of an individual learning style and learner autonomy. Developing reading skills is an important part of foreign language teaching. Foreign language textbooks offer a variety of reading texts but there is usually a one-size-fits-all approach to the way the texts are presented and to the choice of reading comprehension exercises. When that is the case, foreign language teachers try to find supplementary texts and design their own exercises. In order to achieve better results, certain issues have to be taken into account. These are the similarities and differences between reading in one’s first language and reading in a foreign language, the reasons for reading and the aims of a reading programme, the advantages and disadvantages of using authentic texts at all levels of language proficiency and the criteria we use to choose appropriate texts from various sources.