COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNINGCLLHistorical Overview Developed by Charles A. Curran and his associates in Chicago.

Influenced by Carl Rogers humanistic psychology.

IntroductionCLL represents the use of Counseling-Learning theory to teach language.

In humanistic psychology, Curran found that person often feel threatened by a new learning situation or fear that they will appear foolish.

A way to deal with the fears of students is for teachers to become language counselors.

CLL advises teachers to take their students as whole person.

T S RelationshipROLETeachers Role : a counsellor Students Role : a client

T S RelationshipInteraction

Teachers Part

Facilitate students ability to express something in target language.Provide direction.Structure the class.

Students Part

Become members of a community.Be assertive to have conversation.Take more and more responsibility.Interact with each other.T S RelationshipGOALSTeachers want their students to learn how to use the target language communicatively.They want their students to learn about their own learning.They want their students to learn how to learn from one another.The Techniques of the CLL MethodTape recording student conversation

This technique used to record student produce language as well as give the opportunity for community learning to come about.The Techniques of the CLL MethodTranscription

Students make the transcription of their conversation that have been recorded.The Techniques of the CLL MethodReflection on Experience

The teacher give the students the opportunity to reflect on how they feel about the language Learning experience. Themselves as learners, and their relationship with one another.The Techniques of the CLL MethodReflective Listening

The students relax and listen to their own voices speaking the target language on the tape.

The Techniques of the CLL MethodHuman Computer

A student chooses some part of the transcript to practice pronouncing. The Techniques of the CLL MethodSmall Group Task

Small groups might be asked to make new sentences with the words on the transcript. Then, groups shared the sentences they made with the rest of the class.

The Important Aspects in CLLSA R DThe Important Aspects in CLLSecurity

non-threatening learning environmentThe Important Aspects in CLLAttention and Aggression

Ability to attend to many factors in learning so the students dont lose the learning.

Actively involved in the learning experience.

The Important Aspects in CLLReflection and RetentionWhen Ss reflect on the language as the teacher reads the transcript three times; when Ss are invited to stop and consider the active experience they have.

The integration of the new material that takes place within the whole self.

The Important Aspects in CLLDiscrimination

Sorting out differences among target language forms such as Human Computer.Areas of language and language skills that are emphasizedThe students produce what they want to be able to say in the target language.Grammar points, pronunciation patterns, and vocabulary are worked, based on the language the students have produce.The most important skills are understanding and speaking.How does the teacher respond to student errors?Teachers should tell it in a non-threatening way. Teacher repeat correctly what the student has said incorrectly.STRENGTHSNonthreateningStudent independence.Emphasizes the humanistic side, and not merely its linguistic dimension

WEAKNESSESTeacher poor translator?The teachers may not have special training to attempt counselling.