Smetannikova the power of reading in foreign languages

Dr. Nataly Smetannikova

The POWER of READING

(in Foreign Languages)

18 European conference on Reading

Jönköping, August 2013

CONTEXT

• “100 books list” for “any respectful student”(V.Putin,Jan.3,2012)

• 100+ (plus)

• A circle of reading

• A number of lists

• “Reading that unites us”

Reading for

16 century Religion Education, human values Classical literature

19 century Learning, tests

Profession, business, training

Profession-oriented texts

20 century Ideology Education , political values

Politically-oriented texts

21 century Socialization Communication, human values

Modern literature

Before 16 Scroll code Oral reading

16 century Note – book book

Silent reading

19 century Text book, book Oral/silent For detail

20 century Newspaper, magazines

Scanning Skimming

21 century Print screen ?

READING (HOW?)

Reading at school

MT FL

In the curriculum yes yes

Across the curriculum yes but no

Beyond the curriculum no but no

Engagement into READING

RUSSIA:

• PISA 2009 : 459 points /462 in 2000

• Do not read for pleasure 21%

• Read for 30 min. 48% (35% in Finland)

Frequency of Reading & Reading Performance

READ per DAY Mean Score

Do not read 427

30 min 452

30-60 min 472

1-2 h 489

2 h 498

READING at UNIVERSITY (humanities)

MT FL

IN THECURRICULUM YES YES

ACROSS THE CURRICULUM YES, BUT NO

BEYOND THE CURRICULUM NO NO

University professors observations

• Read less

• Read fewer genres

• Avoid difficult books

• Decline in traditional values

• Underestimation of “good” modern literature

• Need in book discussion

Conclusions

•Lost opportunities

•Need in communication and socialization

“Reading that unites us” AIMS and OBJECTIVES

• AIM: a circle of reading

• OBJECTIVES :

1. Clusters

2. Various age groups

3. Analysis (readers/ books / engagement into reading)

PROCEDURES

TIME: March 1 – April 30, 2013

Questionnaire

1. What book has influenced you?

2. What book would you like to discuss?

3. What book do you recommend to read?

Overall Performance

On-line – 1014

Valid – 836

Men – 243

Women – 591

No answer - 2

Gender, %

29,1

70,9

MEN

WOMEN

Age, %

3,2

7,3

9,6

7,9

23

23,2

25,8

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

60 and more

50 - 59

40 - 49

30 - 39

20 - 29

15 - 19

before 15 y.o.

Education, %

37,4

19,1

2,2

30,8

10,6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

unfinishedsecondary

secondary vocational universities scientificdegree

Occupation, %

6,9

0,8

1

3

13,2

7,6

27,9

39,6

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

other

engineer

librarian

research associate

professor

teacher

student

school student

Place of work, %

48,7

39,5

1,5 1,6 2,9 5,8

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

school university library researchinstitute

business other

Fans of Reading (from what age, %)

0,4 0,1 0,7

3,8

5,6

15,5

14,1

16,2

7,5

4,8

12,1

1,6

5,3

2,7

3,9

1,5 2,1

0,7 0,5 0,4 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 30 45 51

Outcomes. Book clusters Cluster 1

1 Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe 1

2 Bulgakov, Mikhail. Master and Margarita 2

3 Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace 2

4 Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings 3

5 The Bible 3

6 London, Jack. White Fang 3

7 Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter 3

8 Orwell, George 1984 3

9 Kaverin, Veniamin. Two Captains 4

10 Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4

11 Conan Doyle, Arthur The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4

12 Pushkin, Alexander. Eugeny Onegin 4

Cluster 2

1. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. 2. Defoe, Daniel . Robinson Crusoe 3. Glukhovsky, Dmitry. Metro 2033 4. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 5. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov 6. Salinger, J. P., The Cather in the Rye. 7. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings . 8. Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace . 9. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit 10. The Bible

Cluster 3

1. Bulgakov, Mikhail. The Master and Margarita 2. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. 3. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4. Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter 5. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Idiot. 6. London, Jack. White Fang . 7. Coelho, Paulu. The Alchemist. 8. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 9. Suvorov, Viktor. Icebraker: Who started the Second

War? (Ledokol) 10. Hasek, Jaroslav . The Good Solder Svejk.

Overall numbers

• Total number – 32 books • Total books – 21 • Total authors - 19 • Russian authors – 12 • Foreign writers – 18 • In school curriculum – 7 • In University curriculum - 10 • Across curriculum – 5 • Beyond curriculum - 7 • Modern literature - 5

Authors

School curriculum University curriculum Across curriculum Beyond curriculum

M. Bulgakov The Bible G. Orwell J .Rowling

L. Tolstoy J. London V. Kaverin D. Glukhovsky

A. Pushkin M. Twain D. Defoe P. Coelho

F. Dostoyevsky A. Conan Doyle F. Dostoyevsky J. Hasek

L. Tolstoy J.P. Salinger

Conclusions

• Circle of reading of men is limited - 21 books, 19 authors

• Even competent readers need some sort of guidance: 4 books are read on their own

• The more you work with the book, the more memorable it becomes.

• Reading in foreign languages motivates men to read.

• Modern literature is important for making competent readers.

Thank you! Tack så mycket!

Спасибо большое!

nataly.smetannikova@yandex.ru