Community language learning (CLL)

 Community language learning (CLL)

Charles Arthur Curran at Jewish priest, professor of psychology at Loyola University, Chicago developed this in 1972

It dispensed with the hierarchal student teacher relationship and developed a counsellor -client relationship

It falls within humanistic tradition

Stephen Krashen further developed this thinking during the 1980s

In terms of second language acquisition certain effective factors in the student psyche may cause a mental block that prevents input L2 from reaching the language acquisition device

In a CLL class learners sit in a circle and talk naturally about the subject.

Learners may use first or second language.

Teacher stands behind the learners

Teacher translates or reformulates the utterances correctly.

if they need conversation is recorded, It is played back and translated.

The learner repeats what the teacher says

CLL class had no present syllabus.

It is a democratic approach