The Reading Association of the Philippines, a national affiliate of the International Literacy Association (ILA) based in Delaware, Unites States of America, is a professional association of reading educators, teachers, advocates, and parents. Its mission is to improve all aspects of the national reading programs and teaching pedagogy through teacher-training, upskilling, and research. Dr. Mirasol was the country representative to the International Development in Asia Committee of ILA.

Mirasol and Dr. Marie Grace Reoperez, RAP Secretary, 2021-2022, were the lead persons in the project proposal “Kape, Basa, Pag-asa.” This project has won a grant funding from the ILA Global Committee. Mirasol is also an academic researcher at the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education.

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In the study entitled “Reading perceptions, needs, and practices among parents of an urban poor community in the Philippines,” Mirasol and Topacio surveyed 274 parents of K-1 pupils in an urban poor community in Manila, Philippines.

While the parents “believed that reading is important for their children’s social development, and that they are aware that reading starts at home. However, their needs and practices contradicted their perceptions because reading seemed to be not their priority probably due to the limited access and budget for reading materials.”

The researchers acknowledged the challenge this posed to those in-charge of education in the community, including the teachers, who share in the task of developing literacy.

Mirasol and Topacio are researchers of the UST Research Center for Social Sciences and Education.

Reading Psychology is a Scopus Q1 journal in Taylor & Francis Online. The article can be found here:  

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The training was funded by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Coroza is also a professor of the Ateneo de Manila University and the UST Graduate School.

The successful fellows of the intensive training on translation were: Assoc. Prof. Jovito V. Cariño, Ph.D., and Prof. Franz Giuseppe F. Cortez, Ph.D. of the Department of Philosophy; Asst. Prof. Evalyn B. Abiog, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Rosalyn G. Mirasol, Ph.D. and Asst. Prof. Raquel R. Jimenez of the Department of English; Asst. Prof. Amur M. Asuncion, Ed.D, Asst. Prof. Elenita C. Mendoza, Mr. Alvin Ringgo C. Reyes, and Asst. Prof. Ma. Lanie V. Vergara of the Department of Filipino; Prof. Felicidad Galang-Pereña, Ed.D., and Assoc. Prof. Luciana L. Urquiola, Ph.D. of the Department of Literature and the Humanities; and Prof. Joan Christi S. Trocio-Bagaipo, Ph.D., Mr. Christopher E. Esparagoza, and Asst. Prof. Chito M. Sawit, Ph.D., of the Institute of Religion.

The intensive training on translation is a capacity-building effort of the Department of Filipino for the planned Sentro sa Salin, an office that will lead all translation undertakings in the University. According to Department of Filipino Chair Alvin Ringgo Reyes, the pool of translators of the Sentro shall come from the fellows of the training. They shall be assigned translation works within and outside the University based on their expertise to make knowledge in various fields more accessible to a wider Filipino audience, to translate indigenous knowledge for the benefit of foreign consumers, and to contribute to the intellectualization of the Filipino language.

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