Principles of Text Selection in Teaching Foreign Languages

Abstract

Reading is a communicative activity aimed at obtaining information contained in a written text, a method of communication through text. Reading plays a huge cognitive and educational role; it cultivates a person’s feelings and will, and contributes to the formation of personality in people’s lives. The need for reading for a specialist is obvious, since most of the information comes through printed materials. The article discusses the principles of text selection in teaching foreign languages.