Conditions for Understanding a Text by Schoolchildren
The article is devoted to the urgent question of conditions for understanding a text by students. The author analyzes the process of sense perception of a text, factors influencing the adequacy of its understanding and reveals the causes of difficulties of senior schoolchildren when working with a text. The author affirms that the following conditions ensure understanding of a literary text by the students: a need of interaction with a work of art, recipient’s active position, experience of interpretation an artistic image, ability for empathy, etc. The article represents some results of the experimental research.