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Royal Holloway-University of London: Research Shows Using Subtitles to Help Children Read Does Not Work Despite Worldwide Campaigns
November 27, 2025
LONDON, England, Nov. 27 -- The Royal Holloway-University of London issued the following news:

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Research shows using subtitles to help children read does not work despite worldwide campaigns

New research by academics at Royal Holloway has concluded that using subtitles to help children learn to read is ineffective and traditional methods are best.

In 2021, a campaign claiming that television subtitles were a 'magic button' to imp . . .

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