Research endeavors in the department have been primarily linked with classroom instruction and graduate studies. Textbooks in basic English and Filipino subjects: Communication Arts I & II, Aural-Oral Communication, Advanced Research and Composition, Sining ng Pakikipagtalastasan, Pagbasa at Pagsulat sa iba’t ibang Larangan and Retorika, suited to the needs of the USC clientele have been developed. These materials, largely for classroom use, are products of the teachers’ classroom observations and experiences backed up by theories of experts in the field.

Textbooks, however, are not the only products of classroom-based researches. Data on subjects like Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, both in the undergraduate & graduate levels have been collected. These data await analysis and interpretation and eventual publication.

On the other hand, teachers in their pursuit of graduate and post-graduate studies have generated theses and dissertations. These studies have contributed to the bulk of research endeavors in the department.

Since the late 70’s, the Cebuano Studies Center (CSC) has involved the faculty of the department in several CSC research projects. A number of these projects, such as Lessons on Conversational Cebuano, Anthology of the Best Poems and Stories in the Annual Cornelio Faigao, and the Annotated Bibliography of Postwar Cebuano Painting & Sculpture, are still on-going. Future researches conducted by DOLL faculty and funded by CSC are further planned.

With the creation of Social Science Research Center (SSRC), research collaboration is developed through the participation of the faculty from different departments, including DOLL. Moreover, research de-loading for curriculum development is continuously availed of by the faculty. This opportunity will result in enhanced programs that cater to the needs not only of the students from DOLL but also of those from other departments.

In November 2002, the DOLL initiated a partnership with the Japan Foundation, through the launching of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Donations of books and instructional materials on the Japanese Language and culture are expected to result from this partnership. It is possible that the Doll will be granted scholarships and financial assistance for the propagation of Japanese Language Learning either here or in Japan.

Recently, a linkage was established with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which would facilitate the sending of Japanese arts and culture, review the Nihongo syllabi, construct instructional materials for a possible offering of Nihongo 3.

The department’s contact with Joselito de Vera of the Philippine National Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) will ensure a continuous stream of volunteers from other countries to work with the DOLL faculty and enhance instruction particularly in the humanities.

In November 2002, the DOLL together with other department of the University of San Carlos formed a 5-year interdisciplinary project study under the auspices of the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) to develop the research capabilities of faculty members.

DOLL is starting to collaborate with other Philippine institutions of learning such as the Department of English and Comparative Literature of the University of the Philippines, Diliman and De La Salle University, Department of Linguistics.

The department envisions a collaboration with various universities particularly in the Southeast Asia Region with the object of investigating linguistics and literary situations produced in post-colonial countries like the Philippines. There is a plan to tap the expertise of linguistics and authors from countries such as Australia, Canada, India, and South America and Africa to enhance our literature instructions in the university.