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'''Community language learning''' ('''CLL''') is a [[language-teaching method]]<ref>Richards, Jack C. (1986:113) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching</ref> in which students work together to develop what aspects of a language they would like to learn.

It is based on the ''Counselling-approach'' in which the teacher acts as a counsellor and a [[paraphrase]]r, while the learner is seen as a client and collaborator.

The CLL emphasizes the sense of community in the learning group, it encourages [[interaction]] as a vehicle of learning, and it considers as a priority the students' feelings and the recognition of struggles in language acquisition. There is no syllabus or textbook to follow and it is the students themselves who determine the content of the lesson by means of meaningful conversations in which they discuss real messages. Notably, it incorporates [[translation]], [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]], and recording techniques.

==Background==