Role of reading texts in teaching foreign languages (study of historical texts), reading strategies
The article considers reading as one of the essential types of students' communicative and cognitive activities. Reading as a speech activity is focused on extracting information from the text and carries out different functions: it makes for the practical development of a foreign language; it is a way of learning language and culture, a means of information and educational activities and self-development. Reading is a means of acquiring knowledge in various spheres of speech activity in learning foreign language that can help to adapt in a foreign communicative environment. Reading strategies for successful application of a foreign language are considered. The classification of types of reading is given. It has been inferred that there is a need to introduce into the program of effective teaching a foreign language the aspect of reading various types of texts.