TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR THE FORMATION OF READING LITERACY OF STUDENTS ON THE BASIS OF THE PISA-2018 RESEARCH

Abstract

The article outlines the content and methodical provision of training future language teachers for the formation of students’ reading literacy in lessons of foreign literature on the basis of the PISA-2018 study. Taking into account the framework of the “National report on the results of the international study of the quality of education PISA- 2018”, the analysis of model curriculum on foreign literature in 5 grades, the content of the concept of “reading literacy” as a person’s ability to widely understand the text, search for new information, its reproduction and use, interpretation of the content and formulation of own conclusions, understanding and evaluation of the content and form of the text. It is outlined that the international study PISA-2018 and the results of the assessment of external independent evaluation for the past five years indicate shortcomings in the educational process and led to the updating of the necessary methods and tools to improve the situation. It was found that model programs on foreign literature in grades 5–6 and textbooks developed on the basis of model programs contain the necessary source base to ensure a successful transition from primary education to basic secondary education, as well as the gradual acquisition of subject knowledge and development by students reading literacy as a key competence. The developed exercises and tasks are aimed at the formation of reading literacy in schoolchildren, which involves the ability to interact with the text at a deeper, interpretive level; critically evaluate the received information, put forward one’s own hypotheses based on the reading, apply it in real life situations. This is a group of skills based on detection, perception, comprehension, awareness, adequate understanding of semantic information, its analysis; ability to read and write; express their thoughts in accordance with language norms; transform information; the ability to detect information provided in the text in an implicit form, to prove the reliability of arguments, supporting one’s own conclusions with facts from the text and implicit evidence, to make assumptions about a new understanding of the text after analyzing it and selecting counterarguments.