Development of Effective Reading Skills in Higher Education Students: from Work Experience

Abstract

In the article the acquisition of some new competences is stressed, as it is necessary for successful realization of professional and everyday goals in different areas. It is marked that the applicants for high education have to develop reader’s skills, know the basic techniques and methods of effective reading, learn quickly to perceive and study text information, which is the basis for the success in different areas of education. The educational free choice component «Effective reading» is considered, introduced into the educational process of the state institution «Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University» for educational-qualification level bachelor's degree. Its urgency is stressed. The purposes, goals of the educational component are characterized as well as professional knowledge and skills and special competences, which the applicants for high education acquire in the process of working on this educational component. The article has subject content of the educational component, textbook «Effective reading». The article presents the analysis of levels of formation of effective reading skills, which the applicants for high education of the first (bachelor’s) level of the educational programme «Primary school education» have before and after working on the educational component.