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Community Language Learning Teaching Method

what happens in a CLL class?

Teacher role: to act as a counselor as opposed to a chief

  • engage the learner as a whole person by taking in consideration its “culture; educational; developmental; and communicative process.”
  • teacher will need to adapt its syllabus because “the learners provide the topics.”

history & function of method

Student role: invest themselves completely into the process of learning a second language

5 stages of development

History:

  • participate in the group discussions
  • help others and also ask for help
  • students will grow from “childlike dependence to self-direction and independence.”
  • introduced in 1976 by Charles Curran
  • inspired by the humanistic psychologist, Carl Rogers
  • encompasses several psychological theories, such as Rogers’ “Person Centered-Therapy”
  • depicts the same situation as a client in a therapy session with a psychologist

1. Birth: learner is dependent on the person withholding knowledge

2. Self: learner begins to acquire certain knowledge and begins to understand how language functions

3. Seperate existence: learner begins to use language without the constant support of the teacher-counselor

4. Adolescence: learner uses language when wanted/needed, but will refer to the teacher-counselor when the learner realizes certain weaknesses

5. Independence: learner is capable of fully working with language independently

Function:

  • for students amongst a class to be regarded as a group-community
  • every individual is an essential and active participant in the learning development
  • stress and judgment free environment

pros & cons regarding the method

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pros:

  • encourages the students to bring their knowledge outside of the classroom
  • creates a safe space for the students
  • guided by an unconventional, non-judgemental teacher
  • teacher supports group to become as fluent as possible
  • teacher takes group through a series of stages to make students as comfortable as possible
  • Ariza, Eileen. (2002). Resurrecting the "old" language learning methods to reduce anxiety for new language learners: Community language learning to the rescue. Bilingual Research Journal, 26(3), 717-728.
  • Douglas, Brown. (2007). Teaching by principles. An interactive approach to language pegadogy (3rd Edition ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
  • Eisouh, S, Zuhair. (2011). Defensive learning and the TOEFL barrier: A case study. Education, 132(2) 310-320.
  • La Forge, P. (1977). Uses of social silence in the interpersonal dynamics of community language learning. TESOL Quarterly, 11(4), 373-382.
  • Richards, J. & Rodgers, T. (2001). Approaches and methods in language teaching. (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press.
  • Tosuncuoglu, I. (2011). Communicative language learning as a motivating factor. Educational Research and Reviews, 6(7), 509-515.

Cons:

  • students have to go through an independent journey to obtain their autonomy
  • teacher cannot handle an enormous class
  • students also have to share the same L1
  • approach that should be exclusive for adult learners
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