Rizal Experiment showed literacy achieved more quickly in local and national languages but finding glossed over¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1997 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? The Rizal Experiment demonstrated that literacy was achieved more quickly when instruction used the local and national language rather than English, yet this finding has been continually ignored in language-of-instruction policy decisions. → Doronila 1997

Evidence¶

Doronila 1997¶

Doronila, Maria Luisa C. (1997). A Research and Development Approach to the Delivery of Comprehensive Functional Education and Literacy in the Philippines. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED418217

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Historical narrative in Part II describing the community school idea piloted in many Philippine provinces during the post-war period (1946-1972). The author reports the experiment's finding and states it "has been continually glossed over in decisions regarding the language of instruction." No effect size or sample details are printed.

"One of the most significant experiments of this program was the shift in literacy instruction to Pilipino and the local languages (now known as the Rizal Experiment) showing that literacy was achieved more quickly with the use of the local and national language."

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Related Claims¶

• Teaching students in a language they understand benefits both language learning and broader learning — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Preserving a bilingual student's heritage language supports rather than hinders English acquisition — related