PRELIMINARY RESEARCH

Planning for MTB-MLE: Overview of preliminary research
Reasons why preliminary research is needed, the people who should do it and the ways that collected information can be used.

Information for planning MTB-MLE programs: Focus on local communities
Categories of information that communities can use to develop their research plans.

Examples of resources for preliminary research 

Baseline information for planning MTB-MLE programs
Template for collecting specific information through preliminary research. 

Planning community-centered literacy programs: Literacy attitudes survey
Template with questions that local researchers can use to document community members’ attitudes toward literacy in their own and other languages. 

MTB-MLE Research: Literacy in Use Survey
Template with sections to describe how Mother Tongue literacy is used in a local community. 

Preliminary Research: Test for reading ability (young people and adults)
Example of a pre-test to assess reading ability. 

Ideas for a pre-test for children entering a bilingual education program
Suggested components for a pre-test to assess young children’s familiarity with oral and written L1 and L2.