The overwhelming majority of children, 94 per cent, were found to have engaged with the #subtitles, especially in the simpler shows when words appeared at a rate of around 81 a minute.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/12/read-my-lips-how-lockdown-tv-could-boost-childrens-literacy

If English-language #subtitles were to be run along the bottom of the screen for all programming, they argue, #reading levels across the country would automatically rise.
#literacy

I always smile when I see NO mention of foreign language learning in these anglocentric-world articles. Some of us learned both how to read and English with #subtitles

The initiative is called @TOTScampaign - turn on the subtitles
NB: The idea of same language subtitling SSL for literacy has been around for many years in India.
https://turnonthesubtitles.org/