Issue of a teacher’s reading culture

We consider the current issue of changing the ways and quality of reading among modern readers of business and fiction literature and the task of improving reading culture. Features of development and interrelation of reading culture of preschool children, school children of different age groups, students and teachers are noted. The main attention is focused on the characteristics of teachers reading: the reader’s competence of primary and secondary school teachers is revealed. Competence of teachers associated with the ability to form students’ correct ways and qualities of reading skills, make library extracurricular reading in accordance with the laws of the formation of the circle of children’s reading, develop creative skills with the text. The significant intellectual ability of a teacher to make a comprehensive analysis of the work in preparation for the lessons of literary reading is revealed. Attention is paid to the educational competence of a teacher. We summarize the importance of the description of the existential foundations of reading for all groups of a reader’s qualifications, specifics, and functions of reading. In conclusion, the prospects for the development of a teacher’s reading culture are formulated.

reading culture, age group of readers, modern reading issues, teacher as a professional reader