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Our research reports are available to download free of charge. Before downloading any reports, please ensure you have read our terms and conditions regarding their use. 

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Our research aims to improve literacy attitudes, habits and skills by informing policy and practice. We use a variety of approaches. Our extensive survey work provides a platform for the views of children, young people, their parents and literacy practitioners. We also conduct literature reviews that provide evidence of effective practices, and evaluate the impact of our own projects.

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  • NLT-Talk To Your Baby  Face to Face research literature review highlights
    As part of our Face to Face research project, the NLT commissioned the University of Dundee to produce this literature review of the evidence for why communicating with babies matters.
    19 Oct 2010
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  • NLT-Talk To Your Baby  Face to Face research management summary
    The Talk To Your Baby Face to Face research project aimed to identify key messages for parents and carers in relation to communication with babies and young children, and examine the most effective ways to promote these messages to parents and carers.
    19 Oct 2010
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  • Christina Clark and Irene Picton  Family Matters: The importance of family support for young people's reading
    Based on data from our second annual literacy survey, involving almost 21,000 8 to 16-year-olds, this report shows that what parents say, and what they do, can have a considerable impact on young people’s reading enjoyment, confidence and attainment.
    18 Dec 2012
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  • Christina Clark and Sarah Osborne  How Does Age Relate to Young People's Self-Perceptions as Readers
    This short research brief outlines an analysis of our self-perception survey in relation to the differences between primary and secondary pupils.
    5 Nov 2008
  • Christina Clark and Caroline Phythian-Sence  Interesting Choice
    This desk research explores the importance of book choice in children's and young people's literacy lives, what choice strategies are and how book choice relates to interest and self-awareness
    20 Jul 2008
  • Christina Clark and Lizzie Poulton  Is Four the Magic Number? Number of books read in a month and young people's wider reading behaviour
    Using data from our first annual literacy survey of over 18,000 young people, this short paper explores the relationship between the number of books young people read in a month and other variables.
    15 Dec 2011
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  • Reading The Game  Kick into Reading (part of Sports Stories) Interim Report
    Overview of project activity outlining areas of project delivery, number of participants, case studies, evaluation and feedback for Kick into Reading nationally. Kick into Reading is the storytelling phase of the RTG Sports Stories project.
    31 Oct 2007
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  • Christina Clark  Linking School Libraries and Literacy
    This paper explores what young people think about school libraries – do they use them? If yes, why? If not, why not? How is school library usage related to reading enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment?
    15 Sep 2010
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  • George Dugdale and Christina Clark  Literacy Changes Lives: An advocacy resource
    This document pulls together existing research about the impact of literacy on five areas in a person's life: economic well-being, aspirations, family life, health and civic/cultural engagement.
    2 Sep 2008
  • Christina Clark and George Dugdale  Literacy Changes Lives: The role of literacy in offending behaviour
    This brief paper examines the link between literacy and offending, and briefly outlines findings from the available research. It shows that the evidence is inconclusive, and suggests areas for further exploration.
    15 Nov 2008
 
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