COMMUNITY LANGUAGE
LEARNING
KIMBERLY MAE V. AÑIS
(reporter)
TOPICS
Advantages of
Community
Language
Learning
Philosophy
Behind CLL
Topic 1
Topic 2
How it works
in the
classroom
Topic 3
Pros and
Cons
Topic 4
Conclusion
Topic 5
INTRODUCTION
“The benefits of the approach
are fully realized when the group
work is structured to assure such
features as positive
interdependence, individual
accountability, and appropriate
uses of teamwork and
interpersonal skills.”
INTRODUCTION
Community language teaching emerged in the
1980s as a response to the growing demand for
a language curriculum that would enable
learners to use the second language in real-life
situations.
Advantages of Community
Language Learning
Promotes
Learning
Accuracy
and Fluency
Motivation
Philosophy Behind CLL
CLL is based on interaction between
learners and between learners and
knowers. The goal is to strengthen social
ties in order to establish a community.
This is defined as intimacy in CLL lingo.
The interaction between learners and
knowers goes through five stages.
1
The learner explains what they want to say
2
He tries to become self-assertive without success
3
The learner becomes resentful of their dependency
4
The learner becomes tolerant of their dependency
5
The learner becomes independent
Pros
Learners appreciate the autonomy CLL offers them and
thrive on analysing their own conversations.
CLL works especially well with lower levels who are
struggling to produce spoken English.
The class often becomes a real community, not just when
using CLL but all of the time. Students become much more
aware of their peers, their strengths and weaknesses and
want to work as a team.
Cons
In the beginning some learners find it difficult to
speak on tape while others might find that the
conversation lacks spontaneity.
We as teachers can find it strange to give our
students so much freedom and tend to
intervene too much.
CONCLUSION
CLL is a useful method for those who
want to motivate students from a more
humanistic perspective. With this
approach, students are actively
learning and engaged in various realworld task. Despite the problems, this
approach is yet one other way of
teaching a target language.
THANK YOU!
References:
https://sanako.com/applying-communicative-languageteachingapproach#:~:text=CLT%20methods%20primarily%20focus%20on,time%20using%20the%20target%20la
nguage.
https://educationalresearchtechniques.com/2016/06/10/communitylanguagelearning/#:~:text=The%20primary%20goal%20of%20CLL,suited%20for%20the%20local%20context