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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.
