Community language learning (CLL) is a
language-teaching approach focused on group-interest learning.
It is based on the ''counselling-approach'' in which the teacher acts as a counselor and a
paraphrase
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r, while the learner is seen as a client and collaborator.
Background
The CLL approach was developed by
Charles Arthur Curran, a Jesuit priest, professor of
psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
at
Loyola University Chicago, and
counseling specialist.
According to Curran, a counselor helps a client understand his or her own problems better by 'capturing the essence of the clients concern ...
ndrelating
he client'saffect to cognition...'; in effect, understanding the client and responding in a detached yet considerate manner.
[Richards, Jack C (1986:138)]
Methods
Natural approach
Online communities
These types of communities have recently arisen with the explosion of educational resources for language learning on the Web.
Barriers
See also
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Language education
Language education refers to the processes and practices of teaching a second language, second or foreign language. Its study reflects interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary approaches, usually including some applied linguistics. There are f ...
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Language MOOC
References
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