Community language learning

Community language learning
is an approach in which students work together to develop what aspects of a language they would like to learn. The teacher acts as a counsellor and a paraphraser, while the learner acts as a collaborator, although sometimes this role can be changed.This method was developed by Charles E. Curran, a professor of psychology at Loyola University. This method refers to two roles: that of the knower (teacher) and student (learner).
Teachers who use the Community Language Learning Method want their students to learn how to use the target language communicatively.The teacher's initial role is primarly that of a counselor.This does not mean that the teacher is a therapist.Rather,it means that the teacher recognizes how threatening a new learning situation can be for adult learners.
some characteristics of the teaching or learning process are :

• students typically have a conversation using their native language.
• teacher helps them express what they want to say by giving them to target language translation in chunks.

According to Curran,there are six elements nessecary for nondefensive learning,such as ;

1. security
2. aggression
3. attention
4. reflection
5. retention
6. discrimination

The most important skills are understanding and speaking the language at the beginning,with reinforcement through reading and writing.