Abstract
The elaborated monograph deals with is the problematics of reading literacy of pupils of primary education. The aim of the monograph is an analysis of the possibilities of the development of reading literacy of pupils of the primary education by means of tasks and processing practical methodical handbook for teachers about the topic.
Part of the monograph is a research implemented by means of several investigated materials (a didactic test, materials for investigating the silent reading with attention, record sheets of other issues etc.), which is focused on the investigation of the level of reading literacy of the pupils of third, fourth and fifth grade of primary school at four types of tasks due to the skills of acquiring and processing information contained in various types of texts.The relations of chosen basic variables to the state and development of reading literacy of pupils are analyzed on the basis of the results of research activities, the conclucions are made and the themes of the discussion proposed. The results of the research were applied in a practical handbook of the creation of the tasks focused on developing the reading literacy of pupils, which is a part of the thesis.