CORRELATION OF THE FORMATION OF READING SKILLS IN NATIVE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES
The article examines the aspects of correlation of reading skills in native and foreign languages. The author analyzes the stages of the formation of reading skills at school and university, lists the target skills being formed, compares their identity and difference. Professionally-oriented teaching of reading in foreign language relies on a number of skills of reading in native language, at the same time complementing their hierarchy with more complex speech-thinking activities. The author includes the concept of thesaurus and its varieties-verbal-semantic and cognitive in this process, which contributes to the successful formation of professional reading skills in foreign language. The author identifies specific composite skills that are subject to targeted formation among students of non-linguistic universities. The article highlights the criteria for selecting authentic text material for the development of these skills.