TEACHING READING IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Abstract

This article shows that reading aloud is an important step in the development of mature silent reading. The analysis of psycho-physiological mechanisms of the two forms of reading proves it. The Expressiveness Quotient of reading illustrates that there should be achieved a certain level of oral reading before it can be transferred to silent reading. The development of students' awareness of the means and forms of formulating thought in reading is of great importance in teaching reading. Success in reading much depends on the strategies and ways of realizing how the process of reading is being carried out.