Please check our publications page, where teachers can access one-page poster summaries of our academic publications.

You can also access presentations by researchers and practitioners, on the following topics, here:

Developing early language through reading:

https://lalco.org.uk/developing-and-enhancing-early-language-through-reading/

Improving early reading acquisition:

https://lalco.org.uk/improving-early-reading-acquisition-and-development/

Supporting multilingual language and literacy:

https://lalco.org.uk/understanding-and-supporting-multilingual-language-and-literacy/

Motivating reading for pleasure:

https://lalco.org.uk/motivating-and-sustaining-reading-for-pleasure/

With the support of the General Teaching Council of Scotland, you can access the LALco webinar series here:

https://lalco.org.uk/language-and-literacy-webinar-series-2019-2020/

With the support of Education Scotland, and in collaboration with Scottish Book Trust, you can access a presentation on Leading on Reading for Pleasure here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhkRoGuj5ZM

For a short video based on the Reading to Dogs project, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcqHkOpqbJk

For a brief summary of interventions to promote reading during the teenage years, please see: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/motivating-teenagers-to-read-how-to-encourage-reading-for-pleasure-at-school?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=scottish_book_trust&utm_content=post

Finally, additional resources for teachers are available from the Improving Children’s Reading: Research Informing Practice project.  These include 3-5 minute videos covering a range of topics, including early reading instruction, word reading and spelling, reading habits, reading for pleasure, and sex differences in reading.  You can access these videos here: http://www.readresearch.education.ed.ac.uk/research-videos/