The Manga Form as a Method to Increase Teenagers’ Reading Literacy

The formation of reading literacy in the modern educational standard serves as an impetus for the search for new forms and means of motivating students to work with text and its sense perception. Comics, which are creolized texts, make active interest among teenagers and young people. An unusual form of conveying the information and further comprehension of the text can be actively used in increasing reading skills. One of the types of comics that are in demand among the youth target audience can be called the “manga” form. Readers are interested in the emotions and feelings, that are the foundation of this genre, and the author’s methods of depicting deep philosophical thoughts through the drawn characters and their remarks. Graphic-symbolic language allows the author to show own worldview, and the reader to develop imaginative thinking and interpret the actions and motives of the characters. The integration of verbal and visual means in manga helps to promote interest in reading and increase teenagers’ reading literacy.