Conduct of modern science– 2016 • Díl 1

Science without borders - 2020 ★ Volume 14
S. Mutallibov. 
S. Mutallibov.
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MATERIALS OF THE XVI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE ★ March 30 - April 7, 2020
ENHANCING THE SPIRITUALITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, A WIDER
PROPAGANDA OF READING. DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING
THROUGH LITERATURE READING
Atayeva O gulnur Magsatbayevna
Xorazm Viloyati Gurlan Tumani 33-umumta'lim maktabi Nemis va Ingliz tili fani
oqituvchisi
Annotation: Today, more than 60 percent of Uzbekistan's population is young 
people. Therefore, a key priority of all the positive changes in the country has become 
a concern for the upbringing of harmoniously developed younger generation as to be 
physically healthy and spiritually mature, intellectually rich, having not only the 
comprehensive knowledge and popular professions in the modern world, but also the 
creative, independent thinking. This study investigated the efficacy of developing 
critical thinking through literature reading. A few strategies are incorporated into the 
course design: reading comprehension pop quizzes, learning log, group presentations, 
guided in-class discussion with Socratic questioning skills and individual essay- 
question reports.
Key words: Critical thinking, literature, mental process, argumentation, 
language proficiency, thematic development, learning habits, deductive, inductive
Literature-based reading has an important effect on the development of 
critical thinking. A reader must recognize patterns within text, fit details into these 
patterns, then relate them to other texts and remembered experiences.
Literature reading is eminently congenial to the essential traits of critical 
thinking for the following reasons. First, the mental process of literature reading 
requires critical thinking skills. Literature reading is a complex process that requires 
readers to recall, retrieve and reflect on their prior experiences or memories to construct 
meanings of the text. While they are doing so, they need to demonstrate the following 
capacities: to differentiate facts from opinions; to understand the literal or implied
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