Scarlett Moffatt has revealed she watches TV with the subtitles on as she hopes it will widen her vocabulary. The Gogglebox star, 30, described how she has been ‘learning words she didn’t know before’ through the screen captions. Scarlett explained she set herself a New Year’s resolution for the first time in January, deciding: ‘I … Read more
Stephen Fry and Sir Lenny Henry are backing a campaign that argues watching television with subtitles on can ‘double’ a child’s chance of becoming a good reader. The group Turn on the Subtitles (Tots) is ‘so brilliantly simple and can help children’s literacy so much that we want to shout it from the rooftops!’ Sandi Toksvig, … Read more
Calls for children’s TV to turn on the subtitles in a bid to raise literacy levels among youngsters missing school due to coronavirus quarantine The campaign to add subtitles to children’s TV hopes to raise the reading age Research shows 94 per cent of children engage with subtitles if they are shown Presenter Stephen Fry … Read more