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COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING (CLL)

Hadeel Mohammad By/ Dr. Ahmad Awad

Saying :“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.”

“After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” 

Objectives :

1. Definition of the community language approach

2. How this approach is developed 3. The goals4. The roles of teacher and student 5. Teaching\learning process 

Definition :

It is an approach to the teaching of second and foreign language that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the means and the ultimate goal of learning a language .

THEORY :

. Also known as ‘ Counseling – learning ’ . . It’s a good method to practice speaking and listening .

. Teacher’s and students’ role : [ Teacher = Counselor / Students = Client ]

. Relationship between teacher and students : [ dependency independency ]

. Native language are permitted among students .

. Translation will be provided by the teacher .

. Specially created for adult learner who might fear to appear foolish . . Students apply the target language independently when they feel confident enough to do so .

. Students are encouraged to express how they feel about the learning process .

Activities :

Teacher translate it into the target language

A student speak out in his/her mother tongue

Students form a circle

1 ) Translation

Only target language production are recorded

Students repeat the chunks in target language

Teacher translate the language chunks into target language

Students speak out in their mother tongue

2 ) Tape recording

Teacher indicates understanding / empathy

Students are allow to express how they feel about the activities

Teacher takes time after carry out various activities

3 ) Reflection on experience

Present it to the rest of the class

Students work in a small groups to complete the task

Tasks like discussion of a topic , preparing a conversation are given

4 ) Group work

ADVANTAGES :. Works well with lower levels students who

are struggling in spoken English .

. Lower students’ anxiety and overcome threatening affective filter.

. It creates a warm , sympathetic and trusting relationship between teacher and learners .

. Counselor allow the learners to determine type of conversation .

. Train students to become independent .

DISADVANTAGES : . Some learners find it difficult to speak on tape .

. In order for students to become independent , teacher might neglect the need for guidance .

. Teacher has to be highly proficient in the target language and in the language of students .

. Translation is an intricate and difficult task . The success of this method relies largely on the counselor’s translation .

. It is time consuming to carry out .

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