FORMATION OF READING COMPETENCE IN FIRST GRADER GIRLS IN SELFTRAINING CLASSES IN BULGARIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN FULLDAY EDUCATION CONDITIONS

Abstract

Literacy is a basic human right and a fundamental factor for individual and social development. It is
essential for:
- the possibility of the individual to grow as a person;
- the lifelong learning process;
- the formation of quality citizens of the world.
The established perception of the term "literacy" in Bulgaria is related to mastering the ability to read and write in
Bulgarian. These are general learning skills and without them the young student would not be able to continue his
studies further. Any success in acquiring decoding skills (combined with reading comprehension) and writing skills
favors the creation of a positive attitude in the student towards the learning process. The mastery of reading and
writing skills creates good prerequisites for high achievements of students in any academic discipline
Of key importance for the literacy of adolescents is the initial stage of the basic educational degree. Building reading
skills begins in a child's first year of school. Along with the formation of these skills, it is very important to encourage
children's interest in the written word, which is of great importance for the development of the student's personality.
Elementary school age students are highly motivated and eager to demonstrate their reading skills to adults. The
elementary teacher must maintain and develop this attitude and show the adolescent how diverse in purpose and topic
texts exist and how many different sources of reading information there are.
During the training of children at school, together with the formation of reading and writing skills, far more ambitious
tasks related to promoting and increasing their literacy and provoking an interest in reading must be solved.
An invariable part of the concepts of "literacy" and "linguistic literacy" is the concept of "reading competence". The
formation and improvement of this competence should not be the goal and task of Bulgarian language and literature
education only. It should be the goal and task of all activities in the conditions of the students' full-day education.
In this article, the essence of the concept of "reading competence" is considered and some methods, techniques and
techniques are proposed, applicable also in self-training classes in Bulgarian language and literature in the first grade
with the aim of forming this competence.