National Literacy Trust：2026英国青少年的阅读行为与挑战分析（英文版）（28页）.pdf

1、 Teenage reading (Re)framing the challenge Christina Clark,Irene Picton,Aimee Cole and Vedika Puri National Literacy Trust February 2026 National Literacy Trust 2026 1 Levels of reading enjoyment and daily reading among children and young people have been falling for some time and are now at their l

2、owest point in over 20 years(Clark et al,2025).Our evidence,alongside wider research,shows that adolescence is a key point at which reading habits weaken and reading becomes less embedded in young peoples everyday lives.This challenge has been recognised at a national level.In the UK,the National Ye

3、ar of Reading(2026)places renewed emphasis on supporting reading across the life course,including a focus on maintaining reading engagement during adolescence.This has increased attention on how reading fits into young peoples lives as they get older.Adolescence matters because it is a time of signi

4、ficant change:increasing academic demands,reduced free time,greater independence,and shifting interests all affect how young people relate to reading.Longitudinal research highlights the importance of reading during this stage:young people who read regularly between the ages of 10 and 16 show strong

5、 cognitive progress(Sullivan and Brown,2014)at a time that leads directly into high-stakes examinations in the UK.Evidence also suggests that disengagement during adolescence is rarely about rejecting reading altogether.Instead,reading often becomes harder to maintain as young people juggle competin

6、g pressures and priorities(Clark et al.,2025;Webber et al.,2023).At the same time,teenage reading is taking place in a changing context.Young people encounter and engage with text across a wide range of formats,including digital,audio,and media-linked content.Studies of adolescents reading practices