reading strategies, fifteen years old Ukrainian pupils, reading development strategies, PISA international research

The paper presents results of the quantitative research on the level of reading strategies of fifteen years old pupils from Kyiv and Chernihiv region and their comparison with the results of Czech pupils of the same age (Vicherková, 2018). The research sample consisted of 121 subjects. The research data were obtained through the structured questionnaire. The main conclusion of the research is that Ukrainian pupils consider themselves reading literate. However, the fact contradicts the actual level of their reading strategies. The questionnaire items categorisation delimited the main factors influencing the fifteen years old Ukrainian pupils' level of reading strategies as well as the reading strategies level of the fifteen years old Czech pupils.