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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>The CLL approach was developed by <a href="/facts/Charles_Arthur_Curran/92J6WX5N">Charles Arthur Curran</a>, a Jesuit priest,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> professor of <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a> at <a href="/facts/Loyola_University_Chicago/Dfq5IapC">Loyola University Chicago</a>, and <a href="/facts/Counseling/NegQy5mS">counseling</a> specialist.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>According to Curran, a counselor helps a client understand his or her own problems better by 'capturing the essence of the clients concern ...[and] relating [the client's] affect to cognition...'; in effect, understanding the client and responding in a detached yet considerate manner.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="methods">Methods</h2> <h3>Natural approach</h3> <h3>Online communities</h3> <p>These types of communities have recently arisen with the explosion of educational resources for language learning on the Web. </p> <h2 id="barriers">Barriers</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Language_education/MQb6Iu8q">Language education</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Language_MOOC/D1dN1ILp">Language MOOC</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Richards, Jack C. (1986:113) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>American Journal of Psychotherapy (1955). COTF BIO. p. 123. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Richards, Jack C. (1986:113) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching <a href="/wiki/Richards,_Jack_C." target="_blank">/wiki/Richards,_Jack_C.</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Richards, Jack C (1986:138) <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>