Community Language

Learning

Background of Community Language

Learning

Community Language Learning (also called

Counseling Language Learning) was created by

Charles A Curran, a Jesuit priest and professor

of psychology, and Paul La Forge inspired by

the humanistic psychology of Carl Rogers. It

aims to remove the anxiety from learning by

changing the relationship between the teacher

and student.

What is Community Language Learning?

Community language learning (CLL) is anapproach in which students work together to develop what aspects of a language they would like to learn. The teacher acts as a counselor, while the learner acts as a collaborator, although sometimes this role can be changed.

This approach are use by the teachers to consider their students as ‘whole persons’. Whole persons means that teachers consider not only their students intellect, but also have some understanding of the relationship among students feelings, physical reactions, instinctive protective reactions, and desire to learn.

CLL combines innovative learning tasks and

activities. They include:

• Translation

• Group Work

• Recording

• Transcription

• Analysis

• Reflection and observation

• Listening

• Free conversation

The foreign language learner's tasks, according

to CLL are:

(1) to apprehend the sound system of the

language

(2) assign fundamental meanings to individual

lexical units

(3) construct a basic grammar.

In these three steps, the CLL resembles

the Natural Approach to language teaching in

which a learner is not expected to speak until

he has achieved some basic level of

comprehension.

There are 5 stages of development in CLL:

• Birth: feeling of security and belonging are

established.

• Self: As the learners' ability improve, they

achieve a measure of independence from the

parent.

• Separate Existence: Learners can speak

independently.

• Adolescence: The learners are secure enough

to take criticism and being corrected.

• Independence: The child becomes an adult and

becomes the know-er.