Explain about what is Community Language Learning actually

1. Community Language
Learning

2. 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.

3. What is Community Language Learning?
Community language learning (CLL) is an
approach 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.

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CLL combines innovative learning tasks and
activities. They include:
Translation
Group Work
Recording
Transcription
Analysis
Reflection and observation
Listening
Free conversation

5. 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.

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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.