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1、Community-language-Community-language-learninglearningIntroductionIntroduction The CLL method was developed by Charles A.Curran,a professor of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago.Curran believed that a way to deal with the fears of students is for teachers to become language counselors.Defini

2、tionDefinition Community language learning(CLL)was primarily designed for monolingual conversation classes where the teacher-counselor would be able to speak the learners L1(mother tongue).Its a method that is based on English for communication and is extremely learner-focused.RoleRoleT:a counselorS

3、:a client dependentindependentHow to useHow to useStage 1-Reflection Stage 2-Recorded conversation Stage 3-Discussion Stage 4-Transcription Stage 5-Language analysis Stage 1-ReflectionStage 1-Reflection The students think in silence about what theyd like to talk about,while the teacher remains outsi

4、de the circle.Stage 2-Recorded conversationStage 2-Recorded conversation Once they have chosen a subject the students tell the teacher in their L1 what theyd like to say and the teacher discreetly come up behind them and translate the language chunks into English.Stage 3-DiscussionStage 3-Discussion

5、 Next the students discuss how they think the conversation went.They can discuss how they felt about talking to a microphone and whether they felt more comfortable speaking aloud than they might do normally.This part is not recorded.Stage 4-TranscriptionStage 4-Transcription Next they listen to the

6、tape and transcribe their conversation.the teacher only intervenes when they ask for help.Stage 5-Language analysisStage 5-Language analysis In this way they are totally involved in the analysis process.The language is completely personalised and with higher levels they can themselves decide what pa

7、rts of their conversation they would like to analyse,whether it be tenses,lexis or discourse.ProsProsTeacher-student centered:both are decision-makersCreative thinking+self-evaluation+dynamicThe class often becomes a real community,not just when using CLL but all of the time.Students become much mor

8、e aware of their peers,their strengths and weaknesses and want to work as a team.ConsConsIt can only be done with small numbers of students.The students have to share a single mother tongue.The teacher has to be highly proficient in the target language and in the language of the students.ConclusionC

9、onclusion Although CLL is primarily meant as a whole approach to teaching,it equally useful for an occasional lesson,by working together they overcome their fear of speaking,its a good idea to evaluate the method.but their success is determined by the teachers translation expertise,and there is too much reliance on an inductive strategy of learning.Questions to be answered Questions to be answered What skills are emphasized in this method?What are some characteristics of the learning process?Thanks for your attention!Thanks for your attention!结束结束