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• Christina Clark and Rodie Akerman  Being a Reader: The relationship with gender
  This brief paper re-focuses our self-perception research and examines the link between gender and reader self-perception 4 Apr 2008
• Christina Clark and Lizzie Poulton  Book ownership and its relation to enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment
  18,141 young people aged 8 to 17 participated in our first annual online survey in November/December 2010. It included a question about book ownership, which is the focus of this brief report. 31 May 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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• Christina Clark  Britain's Next Top Model: Role models and their impact on literacy
  Forming the basis for a subesequent survey of young people and their role models, this brief paper outlines the available research on the impact of role models on young people's literacy. 29 Apr 2008
• Christina Clark and Amelia Foster  Children's and Young People's Reading Habits and Preferences: The who, what, why, where and when
  In our first large-scale reading survey, we explored why some pupils choose to read for pleasure and others do not. We surveyed over 8,000 primary and secondary pupils whose schools were part of our Reading Connects initiative. 3 Dec 2005
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• Christina Clark and Sarah Osborne  Demystifying the Reluctant Reader
  This article supplements our 2008 report on the Self-Perceptions of Young People as Readers and focuses on the so-called "reluctant" reader. 9 Dec 2007
• Viv Bird and Rodie Akerman  Every Which Way We Can: A literacy and social inclusion position paper
  This position paper is based on our findings two years into a three-year project on literacy and social inclusion. The purpose of the paper is to review the evidence gathered and to provide a resource for those concerned with issues in this field 1 Feb 2005
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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 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