COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING

 

CONCEPT

Community Language learning is a humanistic method that emphasizes the role of human values and the understanding of the learner’s feelings and emotions in the teaching/learning process. In such a method, the learner is perceived as a ‘whole learner’. That is to say, teachers consider not only students’ feelings, but also their physical reactions and desire to learn.

OPINION 

This method its where the students work together to develop some aspects of the language they would like to improve and it  allows  the teacher and the students work the same objective. As far as we know this method is been used for the teachers and the students because they create a bond and both of them feel comfortable with the learning processs 

Advantages of the method:

• The teacher is responsible of creating a safe environment where all the students feel comfortable 

• The students learn by interaction 

• The students help to each other in the learning process

Disadvantages:

• Translation is an intricate and difficult task.

• Some learners find it difficult to speak English with other students