Learning to Read through the Example of Mirjam Pressler’s Novel “Bitter Chocolate”
The relevance of the topic is due to the need to study the problems of teaching reading at the university, as well as the formation of communication skills on the example of an authentic German text. The aim of the article is to show possible methods for teaching reading of a non-adapted foreign language text. To achieve this goal, it was necessary to solve the following tasks: to characterize the concept of text; to determine the types of reading; to highlight the stages of working with text; on the example of the novel "Bitter Chocolate", to give sample tasks that can be used in home reading classes. The hypothesis of the study is to justify the need for the student to learn to read in a foreign language as one of the ways of learning a different culture. The main research methods are tasks that are aimed at correctly understanding the content of what has been read, as well as the assimilation of new vocabulary and grammatical material. The presented exercises are aimed at the formation of oral speech skills and the development of communicative competence.