DEVELOPING CREATIVE COMPETENCE FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN READING COMPREHENSION OF LITERARY TEXTS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

In the framework of the article, the author discusses the concept of junior high school students’ creative competence in general and their creative competence in reading comprehension of literary texts in particular. On that basis, the article presents a measure of teaching reading comprehension of literary text to develop students’ creative competence, that is organizing response activities through different roles when approaching the literary work (the role of characters, a writer, or observers). Being in the role of different subjects in the text, student lives with their emotions, joys, and sorrows; understand the fate, and co-create with the writer. When stepping out of the text, the students recognize and evaluate the values of the text as well as know how to apply creatively to themselves. Organizing that process in teaching reading comprehension of literary texts, teachers will contribute to helping students develop the creative competency in reading comprehension of literary texts