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• Reading The Game  Premier League Reading Stars independent qualitative assessment 2010
  Assessment conducted by BDRC Continental Ltd, July 2010. 23 Jul 2010
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• Sally Melvin  Words for Work evaluation report
  This National Literacy Trust report summarises the outcomes of the first year of the Words for Work pilot, working with two schools with funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. 10 Aug 2010
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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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• 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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• Reading The Game  Premier League Reading Stars report - 2010
  Evaluation of our Premier League Reading Stars activity for 2010. 21 Dec 2010
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• Christina Clark and Lucy Hawkins  Public Libraries and Literacy
  This paper presents additional information from our 2009 survey. It explores why young people use or do not use their local library and how this relates to their reading behaviour and attitudes more widely. 4 Feb 2011
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• Angelica Bonci  A research review: the importance of families and the home environment
  Parents are the first teachers and role models for their children, and therefore have a strong influence on their learning. Yet, studies continue to show that many parents are not aware of the importance they play in their child’s education and have a lim 1 Mar 2011
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• Christina Clark and Jonathan Douglas  Young People's Reading and Writing: An in-depth study focusing on enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment
  At the end of 2009, over 17,000 pupils took part in our study of children and young people's reading and writing attitudes, behaviours and attainment. You can now read the report on the full range of findings. 7 Apr 2011
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• Christina Clark  Boys, Girls and Communication
  In summer 2010 we conducted the first large-scale survey of young people's view on communication skills in the UK. This brief report explores what boys and girls think about communication skills, how confident they are in their skills and how important th 4 May 2011
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