What is SLA? - The process by which people learn an L2., Why is the aim SLA study? - To understand the L2 learner and learning.  , How old is SLA? - Quite new compared to other areas of linguistics, What is language? - A system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication., What are Structuralists? - They said language is speech, structure and arbitrary., What are Mentalists? - Led by Chomsky, they said language is universal and innate., What is First Language Acquisition? - It is your origin language or the language you know best., What's the difference between Acquisition and Learning? - One is unconscious the other is conscious., What is Interlanguage? - The learner's current language system somewhere between the L1 and L2., What is Fossilization? - When SLA stops, the L2 learner does not improve., What is Language Transfer? - Your L1 affects your SLA in a positive or negative way., What is Universal Grammar? - Chomsky's hypothesis of an innate universal grammar we are all born with., What is Interlanguage Theory? - Created by Selinker to describe the learner's personal version of the L2. It is 'between' the L1 and L2., What is Monitor Theory? - Krashen's 5 hypotheses to try to explain SLA., What is Connectionism? - A theory that the brain makes endless and continuous weighted connections which are the basis of SLA., What is Constructionism? - A theory that SLA occurs when the learner matches words and grammar which are similar and constructs their L2 system., What is the Acculturation Model? - Schumann's idea that SLA is affected by how much the learner immerses into the culture of the L2., What is Sociocultural Theory? - A theory that language learning grows from social interaction.,

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