Community Language Learning

Community Language Learning

1. Background

   • Develop by Charles A. Curran and his associated
   • weaknesses
     • Students have too much freedom
     • Teacher´s participation is reduced
   • Strengths
     • Teacher proeficiency in L1 and L2
     • The teacher acts like a computer/Behind students
     • Communication/class are recorded
     • Language analysis/tenses and vocabulary
     • Length of stages

2. Approach

   • Encouragement of cooperation
     • Discussion
       • Characteristics
         • Learners
           • Write about their experiences/transcription
           • Autonomy in CLL
         • Teachers
           • Ask for reflection/ideas for the class topic
         • Materials are produced in class
       • On how the conversation went
   • Oral production and Comprehension

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