Conduct of Survey for the Language Instruction and Transition in Education Systems (LITES)

Project Title: Conduct of Survey for the Language Instruction and Transition in Education Systems (LITES)

Client: Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

Brief Description: The LITES study is aimed to provide decision makers with information on how to support foundational literacy acquisition in bilingual and multilingual outcomes in upper primary school through policy design and implementation. This assignment covers the quantitative research to examine the relationship between classroom conditions and student language and literacy skill development, as well as the internal cognitive processes and pathways of skills transfer across languages for reading comprehension. It focuses on two areas: (1) classroom and teacher factors tailored for multilingual literacy acquisition, specifically: teacher competency and attitudes, classroom language environment and usage, and availability and quality of teaching and learning materials; and (2) the cognitive and linguistic processes underpinning successful multilingual literacy acquisition.