FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AS THE MAIN TREND OF MODERN LEARNING

Abstract

The relevance of the article lies in the needs of modern education, since it is devoted to understanding the meta-subject concept of ‘functional literacy, which is realized in several varieties and has different forms of organization of education in modern conditions, which today is aimed at educating a person who is able not only to solve the diverse tasks, but also apply learning outcomes in real life. The formation of such competencies is closely intertwined with the development of functional literacy. The authors reveal the relevance of work on functional literacy and demonstrate its importance at the present stage. The paper presents a different understanding of this concept. In a broad sense, ‘functional literacy is the ability of a person to enter into relations with the external environment and adapt and function in it as quickly as possible.’ In a narrow sense, it is the application of knowledge in real life. The article considers the concepts of ‘functional literacy’, ‘mathematical literacy’, ‘financial literacy’, ‘reader literacy’ and other varieties, attention is paid to the process of their formation. The authors are convinced that the formation of functional literacy is not only a trend of modern education, but also a necessary component of it. It is stated that the development of functional literacy will make it likely to bring knowledge and methods of its application as close as possible, to implement interpretive methods and teaching techniques. The examples proposed in the article are possible ways of working at different stages of the Russian language lesson.