READING LITERACY AS A SYSTEM FORMING COMPONENT OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article presents a study of the concept of ‘reading literacy’, systematizes approaches to its research, presents a definition of a theoretical and practical problem field, elaboration of recommendations for the development of students’ reading skills, the use of new kinds of exercises in teaching different types of reading at a university. The article presents various aspects of the studied concept and points of view on the formation of reading literacy, which is part of speech activity, demonstrates meta-subject (general) methods of developing reading literacy used in teaching at a university, including digital ones. Strategies for working with text, ways of forming a qualified reader are identified and theoretically grounded. The authors are convinced that reading literacy is a necessary component of educational activities at a university, which is to bring knowledge and methods of its application as close as possible in today’s diverse and mobile information field.