DEVELOPING READING LITERACY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LITERATURE LESSONS (BASED ON PISA-STYLE TASKS)

Abstract

The article examines the problem of developing reading literacy of high school students in literature lessons. It explains the concept of “reading literacy” as defined in the PISA international assessment framework, and describes three groups of reading skills and the types of tasks aimed at developing them. A system of PISA-style tasks based on A.P. Chekhov’s play “The Seagull” is proposed, including work with continuous and noncontinuous texts. The article concludes that the systematic use of such tasks in literature lessons makes it possible to move from reproductive retelling to the interpretation and evaluation of a literary text