Three-phase model for teaching reading strategies in higher education

Importance. Reading in higher educationis aimed at preparation for interaction with authentic materials in professional settings. Therefore, there is a need to develop practice-oriented skills within the learning process, which requires making adjustments to the generally accepted model of organizing reading tasks. The purpose of the study is to adapt the three-phase model of text work to the use of metacognitive reading strategies in higher education.

Research Methods. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, the conditions for organizing work within the three-phase model were determined, its functional components were identified. The way of progressive integration of four reading strategies into this model was designed with taking into account their role in the realization of functional components.

Results and Discussion. Procedural functions reflecting the communicative goals of each stage were identified for each stage of the three-phase model: motivational-informational, interpretive, and reflective. Four reading strategies were integrated into this continuum. The list of strategies includes: previewing, which allows assessing the relevance of the material without direct interaction with the text; skimming, which serves as a way of determining the structure of the text; scanning, which is used for highly accurate understanding of the semantic elements of the text; and the K-W-L table, which is used for retroflexive analysis of the information learned from the text.

Conclusion. The three-phase model of reading allows integrating strategies without considerable structural changes. At the same time, the use of the indicated strategies leads to the expansion of potentially forming reading skills during task completion.

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