# data[].attributes.body
CLL is primarily meant as a 'whole' approach to teaching I have found it equally useful for an occasional lesson, especially with teenagers.

It enables me to refocus on the learner while my students immediately react positively to working in a community. They take exceptionally well to peer-correction and by working together they overcome their fear of speaking.

# data[].attributes.body
In the beginning some learners find it difficult to speak on tape while others might find that the conversation lacks spontaneity.

We as teachers can find it strange to give our students so much freedom and tend to intervene too much.

In your efforts to let your students become independent learners you can neglect their need for guidance.

# data[].attributes.body
Learners appreciate the autonomy CLL offers them and thrive on analysing their own conversations.

CLL works especially well with lower levels who are struggling to produce spoken English.

The class often becomes a real community, not just when using CLL but all of the time. Students become much more aware of their peers, their strengths and weaknesses and want to work as a team.

# data[].attributes.body
Understanding, and a positive evaluation of the other person's worth develops between the teacher and the learner.

A relationship characterized by con-validation is considered essential to the learning process and is a key element of CLL classroom procedures.

A group of ideas concerning the psychological requirements for successful learning.

# data[].attributes.body
Stage 1- Reflection
I start with students sitting in a circle around a tape recorder to create a community atmosphere.

Stage 2 - Recorded conversation
Once they have chosen a subject the students tell me in their L1 what they'd like to say and I discreetly come up behind them and translate the language chunks into English.

Stage 3 - Discussion 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.

Stage 4 - Transcription next they listen to the tape and transcribe their conversation. I only intervene when they ask for help.

Stage 5 - Language analysis
I sometimes get students to analyze the language in the same lesson or sometimes in the next lesson.

# data[].attributes.body
Students feel more secure when they have an idea of what will happen in each activity.

They learn no defensively when they feel secure.

Building a relationship with and among students is very important.

Any new learning experience can be threatening.

# data[].attributes.body
Students typically have a conversation using their native language.

The teacher helps them express what they want to say by giving them the target language translation.

The transcription of the conversation becomes a ‘text’ with which students work.

During the course of the lesson, students are invited to say how they feel, and in return the teacher understands them.

# data[].attributes.body
CLL is an approach in which students work together to develop what aspects of a language they would like to learn.

It is a method that is based on English for communication and is extremely learner-focused.

CLL classrooms, namely a focus on fluency in the early stages, an undercurrent of accuracy throughout the course and learner empowerment as the main focus.