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• Amanda Halden, Christina Clark and Fiona Lewis  National Literacy Trust and Nursery World survey: Investigating communication, literacy and language development in the early years sector
  In May 2011 Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust launched its language development survey to celebrate Hello; the national year of communication. The National Literacy Trust teamed up with Nursery World to carry out research into the sector’s sup 12 Jul 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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• Cathy Hamer  Talk To Your Baby and National Childbirth Trust Research Review
  Dr. Cathy Hamer, policy and communities manager at the National Literacy Trust developed a research review for the National Childbirth Trust on the importance of parent-child communication from birth. 4 Apr 2012
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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  Children's and Young People's Reading Today
  This report outlines findings that relate to children and young people's reading habits, taken from our second annual literacy survey , which we conducted in November/December 2011 and in which nearly 21,000 young people aged 8 to 16 participated. 7 Sep 2012
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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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• Christina Clark  Setting the Baseline - Young People's Writing in 2010
  18,141 young people aged eight to 17 participated in our first annual literacy survey in November and December 2010. This report focuses on the writing aspect of the survey and explores how much young people enjoy writing, how good a writer they think the 20 Dec 2011
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• Christina Clark  Setting the baseline: Reading in 2010
  This report outlines the findings from our first annual omnibus survey of over 18,000 children and young people as they relate to reading. 22 Aug 2011
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• Christina Clark  Why Families Matter to Literacy
  A brief research overview of the literature on the importance of involving parents in their children's literacy 28 Nov 2007