How to make home reading classes more effective

Abstract

It is the purpose of this article to discuss ways to improve the efficiency of foreign language teaching in general and home reading in particular. The necessity of creating an integrated, scientifically and methodologically well thought-out system of home reading classes for the 1st - 5th- year students of foreign language departments at universities on modern linguistic material is substantiated. Some efficient methods for developing speech competence of students in the four major language skills are suggested.