Community

language
learning
Background

The Community Language Method was created by

Charles A Curran. He was a professor of psychology.
He used counseling learning theory to teach
languages.

Teacher role

The teacher is the counselor and the one who translate

into the target language The teacher is dependent.
The teacher role is to help students to solve her or his
problems.

Students
role

The student speaks out in his mother tongue. He

became independent. They apply the target language
independently when they feel confident enough to do.
Students express how they feel about the learning.
process.

characteristic
s

It is a good Method to practice speaking and listening.

Native language is permitted among students.
Translation will be provided by the teacher. The
students present to the class the project that they do.