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Ros Lugg: Literacy expert wants subtitles added to all kids shows to improve literacy
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Experts want the new home learning TV programmes to have subtitles automatically.
It is believed that having subtitles is an easy and proven way to improve children's literacy.
Literacy expert Ros Lugg told Kate Hawkesby this is something that very few people are aware of this.
"There's a lot of research showing early readers can make three or four times as much progress if children's programmes have got subtitles automatically added."
She says that it helps through the ages - with one university lecturer finding students got higher grades when he added subtitles to videos.
Lugg says that most parents may not be able to set up their TV to do this, so it should be automatically set up by TV programmers.
It is believed that having subtitles is an easy and proven way to improve children's literacy.
Literacy expert Ros Lugg told Kate Hawkesby this is something that very few people are aware of this.
"There's a lot of research showing early readers can make three or four times as much progress if children's programmes have got subtitles automatically added."
She says that it helps through the ages - with one university lecturer finding students got higher grades when he added subtitles to videos.
Lugg says that most parents may not be able to set up their TV to do this, so it should be automatically set up by TV programmers.
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