What is a method?

Building a relationship with and among students is very important.

• Building a relationship with and among students is very important.
• Language is for communication.
• Any new learning experience can be threatening. When students have an idea of what will happen in each activity, they often feel more secure.
• Students feel more secure when they know the limits of an activity.
• The students’ native language is used to make the meaning clear and to build a bridge from the known to the unknown. Students feel more secure when they understand everything.

• Principles of Community Language Learning Method

Communicative Language Teaching

Interaction, authentic communication and negotiating meaning

Understanding of English through active student interaction; role play, games, information gaps