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Community Language Learning

Community Language Learning (CLL) focuses on interactions between learners and between learners and teachers. Interactions between learners are unpredictable and help deepen intimacy within the learning community. Learners are motivated to keep pace with peers. When interacting with teachers, known as "knowers", learners express what they want to say and the teacher provides the language form. Learners progress through stages from dependence to independence. The role of the learner is to be a community member, listen carefully, express messages and feelings, and eventually counsel other learners. The teacher's role is to encourage, support, monitor relationships, and politely critique. CLL does not use a conventional syllabus but aims for student self-

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Community Language Learning

Community Language Learning (CLL) focuses on interactions between learners and between learners and teachers. Interactions between learners are unpredictable and help deepen intimacy within the learning community. Learners are motivated to keep pace with peers. When interacting with teachers, known as "knowers", learners express what they want to say and the teacher provides the language form. Learners progress through stages from dependence to independence. The role of the learner is to be a community member, listen carefully, express messages and feelings, and eventually counsel other learners. The teacher's role is to encourage, support, monitor relationships, and politely critique. CLL does not use a conventional syllabus but aims for student self-

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Community

Language Learning
CLL

Judy
March 3th, 2017.
counselor client
(knower) teacher (learner) student
What is Community Language
Learning?
Language is people; language is person in contact;
language is persons in response.
La Forge (1983)
CLL interactions are of two
different kinds:
-Interaction between learners.

-Interaction between learners and knowers.


Interaction between learners

Are unpredictable in content.


Involve exchanges of affect.
Exchanges
deepen in intimacy as the class becomes a
community of learners.
Thedesire to be part of the community, pushes learners to keep
pace with the learning of their peers.
Interaction between learners and
knowers.

The learner tells the knower what he or


she wishes to say in the target language,
and the knower tells the learner how to
say it.
Stages between learners and
knowers.
Stage 1 Dependent

Stage 2 Self-assertive

Stage 3 Resentful and indignant

Stage 4 Tolerant

Stage 5 Independent

La Forge (1983)
Being a member of the community
Listening carefully
Telling messages independently
Repeating messages
Expressing feelings, frustration
Being counselor of other learners

Role of Learner
Role of the teacher

Encourager
Supporter
Monitoring
relationship
Politely criticizer
Syllabus
CLL DOES NOT USE A CONVENTIONAL LANGUAGE SYLLABUS.

Themain objective is that students express themselves meanwhile


they communicate with another's students.

The
teachers responsibility is to offer a simple and appropriate
way to express the wishes of the students and help them to
communicate.
Learning task and activities with conventional ones

Translation
Group Work
Recording
Transcription
Analysis
Reflection and
observation
Listening
Free conversation
DISADVANTAGES

Personal learning conflicts


Anger

Anxiety

Similar psychological disturbances


Learning is not viewed as an individual work but as
something that is achieved collaboratively.

Learners are expected to listen to the knower, and to


express feelings like anger or sadness. As well joy and
pleasure and finally to become counselor of another's
learners.
Thanks for your
attention!

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