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Definition of language; what do we mean when we say that language is systematic? - ANSWER-the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. Systematic means that there is a pattern to it. The behavioristic, nativist, and functional approaches in the study of SLA; classical conditioning, operant conditioning - ANSWER-... Innateness Hypothesis, LAD and UG; principles and parameters - ANSWER-... Competence and performance - ANSWER-... Structural linguistics; generative linguistics; prescriptive, descriptive and explanatory adequacy - ANSWER-... First language acquisition: stages, telegraphic utterances, pivot grammars; wug test, children's morphological development in English - ANSWER-... Ausubel's Meaningful Learning Theory, subsumption, cognitive pruning and systematic forgetting; language attrition - ANSWER-... Carl Roger's Humanistic Psychology; Paolo Freire, empowerment, dialog - ANSWER-... Styles vs. Strategies, learning styles, field independence and dependence, left-and right-brain functioning, ambiguity tolerance, reflectivity and impulsivity, visual, auditory and kinesthetic styles - ANSWER-n Learning strategies, metacognitive, cognitive and socio/affective strategies. (Be able to define and explain the strategies and give examples). Strategies-based instruction - ANSWER-...