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

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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

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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

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