Analysing Third-year Primary Pupils´ Reading Skills in Relation to the Reading Method

The diploma thesis deals with the reading level of pupils in the third year, who in the first year learned to read by different methods. The thesis is divided into theoretical and research parts. The theoretical part deals with the characteristics of pupils at the younger school age, the development of reading skills, the teaching of early reading by the analytical-synthetic, genetic and Sfumato methods. Furthermore, it defines reading literacy, and refers to international research surveys, types and qualities of reading, diagnosis of reading, reading defects and their correction. The research part focuses on the diagnosis of the reading performance of pupils in the 3rd grade of primary school. The reading results are evaluated according to the criteria based on the theoretical part of the thesis