Costing linguistic research and language development work

If you wish you may print this module and use it as a work sheet. Write in your estimates next to each of the things to do that are relevant for your literacy program.

Here are some cost factors for costing linguistic research and language development work:

• Language activities such as

  • basic linguistic research
  • language development work, and
  • testing of linguistic proposals.

• Baseline data gathering on such things as

  • numbers of potential students (male and female)
  • a profile of basic literacy in the area
  • a profile of literacy among adults
  • nature and extent of bilingualism or multilingualism
  • levels of literacy among those literate, and
  • numeracy needs.

• Estimate the number of man-months of work needed to do the required research.
• Estimate the cost to hire researchers for the time required.
• Estimate other research related costs.
  • Travel
  • Equipment
  • Hiring language associates
  • Living expenses
  • Incidentals such as medicines, research permits, visas, or communication
• Estimate costs for testing activities, opinion polls, and decision making gatherings.
  • Travel
  • Communication costs
  • Costs of testing materials such as survey instruments or test publications
  • Costs of arranging for a conference or committee gathering of key local people such as travel, entertainment, or honoraria
• Estimate costs for publication and distribution of research results or policy documents.

• Funding a literacy program
• Preparing a budget for a literacy program
• Costing a literacy program
• Doing preliminary research and planning for a literacy program

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• In task module: Funding a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
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• In task module: Planning a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter
• In modular book: Plan a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter, Barbara K. Trudell (contributor), and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 18 May 1999

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