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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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• 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  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: 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
• Christina Clark  Why Fathers Matter to Their Children's Literacy
  This paper briefly summarises the findings from the field of father involvement that also address the issue of children’s literacy practices. 25 Jun 2009
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• 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 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 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